Since I saw him last, my gardener Paciano’s son Eduardo completed a three-day pilgrimage to Talpa, walking  and sleeping in rugged mountain terrain, to view its famous Virgin.   Today is the first time I’ve seen him in  three weeks, since I was in the states for nine days so missed two sessions.  When he turned up for his weekly English lesson today, he brought me this lovely hand carved wooden owl, inscribed  with this message  on the bottom, (which I have translated from the Spanish): “Souvenir of Talpa for dear Judit (sic).

Such a tender and unexpected gift from this sweet teenage boy!!! Today we spent a good hour reviewing the English names for parts of the body. To check his progress, I asked him to draw the human body and to label its parts.  After carefully  measuring distances to get the proportions correct, here he is at his labeling task. Joints are the hardest ones to remember. Certainly true with me re/ remembering them in Spanish!