TIDBITS FROM MAJURO

1.  Three Amigos!  On the left is a pandanus (in Marshallese – Bob)  They hang on a small like palm tree about 8 – 20 feet tall.  This Bob lies on the lagoon after erosion and winds knocked over its tree.  These are good to eat.  When they are ripe, there is an orange in the grooves.  You pull off the green knobs and it is like sucking a paint brush!  The brush ends get stuck in your teeth but it tastes good.  Some make a juice out of them but we don’t know how.  Next to the Bob is a small coconut tree starting to grow out of the coconut which you can see is half out of the sand.  You can break open the husk of these that have leaves coming out of them and the middle of the coconut is no longer liquid but a solid.  Kind of like the texture of styrofoam!  They then call it “u”.  It is really delicious and you can just eat it, cook it with vegetables, or they make a drink called “liquod” that they add milk to.  The third amigo is a eroded, washed up coconut shell from the lagoon with eye holes courtesy of the local rat population!  it is surprising how many coconuts on the ground have rat holes in and through them.  Got to pick them up fast! 

2.  A rural home in Laura while out in service.  Notice to the right is a tent!  That is the bedroom and the building in the middle is there main house.  Behind the house is their outdoor kitchen.  This is one of Lynn’s return visits.  You have to take a “Montana dirt road” to get to it.  Except a .10 mile drive vs Montana’s 100 miles!

3.  Different view of our house.  Remember we live in the downstairs.  The red door to the right is the courtyard where one of our bathrooms is.  Notice above the courtyard in the back is our neighbors lanai.  That is over our bedroom.  The tree next to the house is a breadfruit tree which hasn’t produced yet.