I supposed they could be related. I just didn’t want a separate post for each.

Dung is valuable here. It is collected, dried, and used for fuel. It’s really only slightly processed grass after all. It’s what heated our tea houses. Wood is scarce and expensive. Dung patties drying in the sun were photogenic. In fact we had a dung photography contest which, in the end, only Tara and I contributed entries. More on that later.

Not many wildflowers at the altitude and season. In the spring the hills are covered with rhododendron blooms. But now there are only a few sources of color