cshenk wrote:

There he finds his favorite time of the day. BREAKFAST!

He sedately makes his way up the few steps to find he is uderfoot so
moves to under a low table to assess what is happening.

Peaple of all sorts (2 and 4 foots) are setting dishes out on communal
tables while others cook and some load little cart looking items with
dishes to be moved to individual homes along the street.

A little one peeks under the table and invites him up. He jumps up on
the low bench and finds himself between a rather odd looking chinese
crested dog and a young boy. The Chinese Crested mix moves his plate
between them then the boy reaches over to the center plate and adds 2
more fingerling fish. He chopps a cooked carrot bit to really tiny
cubes and adds a few.

Luko nods to both and says 'Luko'.

They nod mouths full and Luko eats too.

He sees Mona with a plate and waves her over then sees Prince who
comes over too. A lady follows him with a big bowl of kibble and a
small plate of it for the Chinese Crested mix. She adds a small
carrot for Prince then smiles and leaves.

They munch away, then the day starts. Prince is asked if he will haul
more bamboo and happily goes along while Luko helps dust the side of
the display room they hope that Pit2nya will find acceptable for the
boutique.

Luko watches Prince walk off with the men and bigger cats, with a
harness. He also has what at first looks like a sort of leash attached
but that isn't what it is. They will be working by the river and since
he swims well, if someone falls in, he's to swim to them and pull them
back with the guide rope.

They head up the mountain to do their gathering.

Mona comes long to help dust but her tail isn't as bushy so she's not
as good at it. She gets an idea though. The dust is because there are
no screens at all.

She turns to Luko. The wind carries the dust and it always seems to
come this way. Can we put in dust catchers here? (she points to 40ft
of bamboo awning covering windows that are about 3ft tall and 4ft wide).

Luko thinks. With a smile, he takes off to look for Mishti. Finding
her, at lessons, he waits politely then the Master Bamboo teacher sees
him. He becons Luko over who then explains, he would like a bamboo
fitting that is removable that would fit and then can be wrapped with
thin cloth that can be left free or tucked under. A dust barrier for
the Display room. The master smiles. His lesson was over for the day.
He assigns several young students to the project.

He sets the older students to looking into suitable materials that will
1) let air flow but reduce dust, 2) not block too much light and can
hopefully be made locally.

Luko takes the assigned students learning to master bamboo, to the
Display room and shows what he means. They aren't sure what to fill
the frames with yet, but they can see how to make a removable fitting
and how to hold it in place with replacable small local vines.

He ponders a material to use. Bamboo won't let light in enough...