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I am unsure of how to post photos quickly (American style)! It takes forever! I am taking many photos. Love my camera- thank you Dan.

The pictures are pretty self-explanatory, but I want to point out Treisy. She is the girl sitting next to me while playing guitar. This is a typical of her, as she is often in a care-giving role. She took on the mother role when her mom died, I heard, and it seems clear that her practiced "role" continues. Right after Marty snapped this, Treisy started cleaning out her friend's ears, with her finger! I will post more pics of Treisy and her friends (sisters).

The older woman, Gloria, runs the tortilla house. It was fun to watch her handle VERY large and heavy buckets full of "maize." It was even more fun to see her scoop up abut five tortillas at a time and have them stacked perfectly on the end of her tool. She works fast, oh boy. She's done this a few times.

The young woman next to her is 15 year old Allana who knows some English, which is always fun for both of us. She made me count out the tortillas in Spanish, even though I had to recount in English every time. We sang a long (I hummed) to the radio station she obviously loved. Every time I new song came on she said something like, "THIS is a good one, or I LOVVVE this one."
Typical 15 and so sweet.

I asked her if I could eat a fresh tortilla and she said "Si!" Then, she and Gloria conspired and whipped up an omelet for me as well on the side of the huge griddle. It was delicious and mostly because their hospitality skills are so very generous.