Morning

There was a raging storm last night. Door slamming and opening with the wind. Lightening, thunder, rain, and snow on the high peaks. I went on the back balcony and saw Sun walking around the house. I went downstairs and outside where the Momma dog and one of the three puppies showed up. When Sun came in I asked if he stayed up all night. He said yes, that he walks around the house this way and that way making sure everything is well. Sometime he rests for a little. During the day he sleeps at his home. At night he makes sure we are OK. He said the rain was good for the wheat fields but the lightening was not. Everything is so clean now.

Bonnie put a new bottle of water on the water cooler. Rakesh said she was the first volunteer to ever do so. Otherwise, we all just call one of the people working here and say, "Will you put more water on." I asked Rakesh if he thought our taking photos all the time was strange. He didn't really want to answer, but then said yes, because we do it constantly. I asked if he visited American if he thought he would do the same. The response was essentially that no, he would look and experience and keep those things in his head. I think that, know that, taking pictures definitely puts a filter between us and our experience as well as distracts.

Kathy and other bird watchers would be in bird watchers paradise here. There are 556 different species of birds here. The yoga teacher has invited everyone to lunch today so is not teaching yoga this morning. Hence, I can be down in the living room just typing away. We are going to Norbulinka Institute this afternoon to see Tibetan Arts and Crafts. The institute was set up to keep those aspects of Tibetan culture alive.