DK Orchard

I forgot to tell you about yesterday.  Carol and Dick Mangum and I went into town to see an island welcome display which included dancing, singing, eating, and displays of local customs including tattooing.  At the end of the program we were fed customary Samoan food of fish, taro leaves soaked and steamed in coconut cream, and taro root.  Below shows them preparing the leaves in coconut cream which is squeezed from the shredded coconut.

 The little girl is painting
the turtle with ocher made from local clay on paper made with tree bark you can see being stretched and dried.

 Taro root is the gray matter.  Didn't much care for that but the other stuff was quite tasty.  When we left I was pulled over by the police for coming out the in road.  He asked to see my license, explained what I did wrong then said, "Orchard, do want a ticket or a warn."  I said, "I'll take the warn."  He told me to never, never do it again and I said "OK."