The wonder of electricity through a timer, lights greet the sunset offering cheer until, precisely 4 hours later, surrender to the night UNLESS there is a power outage and the lights return for a renewed countdown.
Pushing Back….
…Darkness
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Our Solo Thanksgiving Feast
We spread our Thanksgiving goodies over three meals for our 2020 solo celebration.
Breakfast: Homemade Apple Pie (Grannie Smith Apples), Coffee with foamed milk and cinnamon
Lunch: Relish plate, sour cream onion dip, potato chips (avocado oil), Irish cheddar cheese and crackers, Dr. Frank Pino Noir
The roses are the last blooms from our garden.
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Worker Homes
The token system
Ten on the map is listed as “casas obreros”, translated to English as “workers homes.”
Click any photograph for a larger view and use Ctrl-x to zoom in closer.
Abandoned since at least the 1960s, the homes are completely empty of furnishings and show the wear of sixty years.
We walked the dusty streets, grateful for the calm atmospheric conditions, imagining what life was like for the workers of Humberstone.
They had each other amidst the vast emptiness of the desert.
Click me for the next post of this series, “Stoves and Ovens.”
Click me for the first post of this series, “Iquique By Sea I.”
References
Websites
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works World Heritage page
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