The Christmas update

We are spending our Christmas at Jardin del Unicornio'La Quinta Piedra, where we have been working. It`s a pretty great project; a series of mansions that were abandoned in 1994, and are being turned into a farm and alternative school. We take care of the bunnies, plant neem trees, and shovel dirt out of the tennis court for an event on New Years. It`s hot here, and even I am getting slightly tan. We`re in Tepoztlàn, in Morelos, about an hour south of Mexico city. We`re a bit of a ways off from the town, which my Lonely Planet warned me that it had a New Age onslaught after rerported UFO sightings. While it is slightly on the wacky side, it`s pretty beautiful, and even has an organic market.
We leave here in early January, at which point Madeline is going to language school in Oaxaca, Anne`s going back to language school in San Cristobal, and I`m going to metal art scool in San Miguel.
For Christmas, we caught a duck from the pond (almost dry now as it`s the dry season) and slaughtered it. Since Christmas Eve is the bigger event than Christmas, we had a nice feast last night, with roast chicken, bread and bread pudding, a nice rice stuffing, and cheese. Today we`re having the duck with sauteed onions and mushrooms from the farm and carrot cake.
Computer time is precious here, and everyone else is waiting to use it, so that`s it for now. The mansions are quite interesting and best described through photos, which I`ll put up soon.