THIS is how a MANGO grows...

 

Me very happy in the garden near the office of our mushroom company in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia.

THIS is how mangoes grow!

What a sight to hold them in your hands like that...

For husband Pieter it was a discovery as well.

Too bad it is not yet ripe or I would eat it!

By the end of November they're ripe and ready for transport to the fruit markets.

East Java has a very delicious sweet variety and while living in Indonesia we bought LOTS of them, fresh at the local market.

Have you ever seen mangoes on a tree?

MONDAYS for doing Laundry in the Stream

 When driving to work in East Java, we came across this stream where women were doing their laundry...

On Monday morning, November 4, 1996 on our way up into the mountains of East Java, Indonesia to the mushroom farm...

We spotted these women in a stream, doing their laundry!

Usually they're hitting the wet garment on a rock and kneed and rinse, whatever it takes.

A tedious procedure!

It certainly does make one aware how privileged we all are with our WASHING MACHINES!

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Do YOU eat with Chopsticks?

 Being in Asia, I really do feel like a fish in a bowl!

Eating with chopsticks at restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia...

May 27, 2001 ready for going to dinner with our Indonesian boss and his wife...

Me in a long Escada outfit

Artful dessert waiting for us to finish our meal.

See the hot towels being rolled up for refreshing after the meal?