nag tibba.

last weekend we all headed off to climb nag tibba. a peak a few hours drive from here around 10,000ft... dechen usually loves being outside and she's not too heavy yet so we figured this may be our one chance for a trip like this in a long time.

drew, josie and nova... just a little different than the hills of the turtle mountains

two shepherds at the top... they couldn't figure out why we were out here

an old, 2-storey temple in a village on the final day

ornate carvings at the village store

our campsite in the field of daisies

dechen sure was excited to squeeze the goats

this was our first time out camping with dechen, and after 3 days and 2 nights we've realized that our nice-compact tent is now too small.

visitors.

after a few quiet weeks our house is now full again... we're slowly taking over this place with manitobans... our friend nova has been here for 3 weeks now, working as an artist in residence doing lots of clay workshops with students and staff. here's a picture of chris and nova in this amazing tree on the path up the mountain from school.


josie and drew have been here for a couple weeks now... after being sweated out in the mid 40 degree temperatures of delhi they've been doing lots of wanderings around mussoorie and the area... they just left this afternoon to spend a few days in a remote mountain village... i'm sure they'll have lots of stories to tell when they return.

on one of their first days up here we had a huge rainstorm which is super rare at this time of year, but in the wake of the storm the snow peaks were pretty amazing.

here dechen is helping out with the weaving at the leprosy mission... all of the people were amazed by how much she had grown since the last visit.

not too impressed with eating prunes... i guess she's waiting for the fresh mangoes