It is harvest time at Legacy school in Chiang Mai. The rice is ripe and ready. Professor Ong-Art, who runs an organic farm near our rice fields told us we need to harvest NOW because our rice is so heavy it will begin to break the stalks!
So, classes are cancelled and all the teachers and students have headed for the fields to bring in the harvest before the King’s Birthday holiday this Thursday, December 5.
T. Leon Sexton
Tugay helps load truck
Ne Blu Too helps harvest
Legacy Farm pickup loaded with harvested rice
Legacy Teacher Meagan Garrant bringing in the harvest
Legacy students harvest the rice with Kay U in foreground
Fred the scarecrow overlooks the harvest
Ne Blu Too joins in the harvest
Moe Paley harvesting ripe rice
Stacking the rice for threshing
Moe Paley displays cut sheaf
Zac Coish (in red shirt) and team ready to begin harvest
Ready to harvest
Black rice ripening
Three acres of rice ready to harvest
Harvesters hard at work
Rice sheaves ready to pick up
“Bringing in the sheaves”
(L to R) Tyler Kincade, Seng Aung and Zac Coish harvesting rice
Tyler (L) and Seng Aung harvesting
Tyler (L) and Seng Aung harvesting
Tyler (L) and Seng Aung harvesting
Seng Aung binds the sheaves
Hom Mali rice ready to harvest
Seng Aung binding sheaves
Tyler, Seng Aung and Zac inspect rice to see if it is ready to harvest
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I am at the end of my Thailand adventure. It has totally been an adventure but I can truly call Thailand my home. I adore it. I not only adore the beauty and the culture. But I adore the home that I found at Legacy with the Thai and Burmese students, along with Leon, Gloria and the Legacy staff. I am thankful that I have been able to teach a few important lessons to my students, but I am even more thankful for the daily lessons they have taught me. I can write a novel on the lessons, experiences, struggles and memories I now have and I do not want to dumb down the fact that Legacy has been the best experience of my life. I never want to take away from my time spent there but I do want to mention how extraordinary my time in Myanmar/Burma has been, even though it has been 2 short weeks.