Friendship Harvest

I am kind of a harvester voyeur. What I mean is, I love to look in people’s baskets. ‘What do you have in there?, I want to ask. Sometimes (okay, I mean usually), I am so excited about an interesting food prospect I forget to ask. When I sat down my rattan basket and went to look in this basket, however, I got a surprise. The boy popped out at me with his big smile. I fell back in surprise and laughter but managed to quickly recover and make this one image. The line between what is play and harvesting is small. For many forest kids, food gathering, or at least using forest products to play is part of everyday life.