One of the marvelous parts of living on Tinian is the wonderful flowers that are either planted by locals in their yards, or occur naturally on the island. One of the most prevelant ways in which the locals use the natural resources to enhance their yards is to use old tree trunks to plant flowers in: they take a 4'-6' tree trunk, place it in a hole 1'-2' deep so that it can stand upright, and then nail coconut husks, cut in half, to the side of the tree trunk. These halved coconut husks give little pockets in which to plant flowers, as well as in or on the tree trunk itself. It works amazingly well!
The new home that just had its concrete roof poured is still sitting under water--the water prevents the concrete from drying too fast and makes the concrete harder. The concrete will stay under water for about 15 days. After that time the bracing can be taken off from under the slab.
On the newest home being built, they are pouring concrete beams over the doors and windows to add strenth to these areas (in the last building, they poured a beam around the entire home, over every wall).
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