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How has your week been? Cold? Snowy?
Here it has been wet with thunder and lightning on and off through the week.
One of my jobs has been to see a lady about making a carry sling for Teddy. The first day I was going it rained very hard and I got as far as the bus stop.
I sat at a street coffee shop and waited with an excellent coffee but a leaky umbrella.
When the right bus came I decided not to get any colder and returned to my place. I was soaked through all of my clothes and needed a hot shower.
Next day was much better and I met Sebele.
She works as a seamstress on what is the first floor of a four storey building, one building among many in this area. Generally the ground floor levels have shops and above are the workrooms.
On a global scale someone might say this was a "sweatshop" and it is true that many people work here and they work hard for very little money.
But, they are not mistreated and in this area it is good employment. Mostly they sell to the shopkeepers of the area. You will notice the fashion aficianado wearing the Burberry leggings who is camera shy!
Sebele is a friend of someone at work and is happy to give me a good price while earning more money than she would making the same thing for the shopkeeper.
It is always interesting when trying to arrange such a thing. I speak no Amharic and she speaks almost no English.
This coming week I will go back to see her and find out if anything was "lost in translation"!
The picture here is taken from a rooftop of another workshop and shop building across the road from where Sebele works and is a view that was hidden from me when I made the video panorama a couple of weeks ago.
The grounds immediately near are those of the Spanish Embassy and behind you can see the city stretching out to the mountains away to the south and west.
Yesterday I got wet again, not heavy rain, not windy, quite warm while I walked back in the night from the Embassy. Time difference means my rugby finishes much later than yours.
Today is a work, chores, and chill day. For you it is wish your mom a Happy Mother's Day day!
Enjoy, be good :-)
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