For those of you who asked … or didn’t
A few of you have asked about our home. It is a very comfortable ranch-style three-bedroom house. The one wall of the living room is the fiction library for MCCers—so there is always something for us to read! The kitchen is adequate, but I do miss my own kitchen. Our bedroom serves also as our home office and has its own bathroom. There are two guest rooms and another bathroom which are not pictured. The attached garage serves as a storage area for MCC furniture and appliances from various service workers.
Our verandah serves as our “second” living room. We have morning and afternoon tea on the soft chairs here and also eat our breakfast and supper at the small table. Daisy, our dog, is beginning to grow up and Ron has been able to teach her to fetch a stick—sometimes.
The large tree was completely bare when we arrived and we thought it must be dead and were thinking how to cut it down. However, about three months ago it started getting leaves and then flowers. For two weeks large flocks of cattle egrets sat in the tree eating the flies which came to the flowers. Our front yard has many flowering bushes which were planted by the former country reps.
Our house is surrounded by a wall with barbed wire on the top. Walls are common in our neighborhood—for security reasons. However, it does make it difficult for us to know our neighbors. We find this very different than other places we have lived and are sad about that. The person who works for us has lived here 4 years and she also doesn’t know our neighbors. There is a small grassy area between our walls and the street. Sometimes cows graze in the neighbors grassy area!
And just so you know—we miss our granddaughter very much!
July 25th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I enjoy seeing photos of your daily life!
August 6th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Sally Jo and Ron: I’ve been enjoying vicariously your Ugandan saga. You write well. Just wanted to let you know you’re being remembered and that your story is being followed with interest. P.S. you really do have a darling grandchild!
August 7th, 2011 at 2:25 am
Thanks, Michelle and Mary. Mary, we never know who all are reading; nice to hear from you.