KLIM Abrams is a resident of Hand-en-Veldt, Mahaica and he is back home after spending some time overseas and these days he is utilising his skills to make plant pots from both empty plastic and glass bottles.

The 59-year-old told the Pepperpot Magazine that home is where the heart is and he wanted to create a relaxation area in his yard to entertain and for his family to unwind, and he spiced up the décor with his very own invention.

The colour scheme of his neat house is also eye-catching and the place is just a beautiful setting of plants, flowers, a bar and comfortable hand-made furniture with brightly coloured curtains.

The father of five stated that he had some bottles lying around the place and he didn’t know what to do with them and the idea was conceptualised when he put them together as a plant pot and placed a flower in it.

After he made the first one and it came out well, he started to make more to house his many plants, which he placed in his yard as a décor to complement his surroundings.

In the yard, he has a television set mounted on the wall, his music system and it is quite a cosy corner to sit and enjoy a cup of tea or a cold beverage while taking time to appreciate the many plants, trees and flowers that are there.

Abrams has added lights to his unique plant pots and his wife, Romona Lynch, would do the gardening and source newer plants for their yard.
The retiree told the Pepperpot Magazine that he is home to stay and he is living in his village he was born and raised and it is a quiet place to be.

Troy Jack, the overseas-based Guyanese and the ‘jack of all trades’
The team also met Troy Jack, a full-of-energy person who was not wasting time but doing some technical jobs he had to complete at home.

The 50-year-old is from Jonestown, Mahaica and he has a nice house with plenty of yard space and is a contractor by trade but can fix just about any machine or tool.

He has built several houses in the village and from the looks of it he is good at construction and had a construction job to execute but was waiting on raw materials to proceed.

When the team met Jack, he was fixing a water pump and a generator and he had all the right tools for the job.

Jack is also a gifted technician who builds and upgrades computers; whenever he is in Guyana, he would use the time wisely to earn.

He is a permanent resident of the United States of America and he would come back home to Guyana when it gets cold in the US.

“I like to work, use my hands to do many things and fixing things are my strong points and life is all about hustle, work so here I am doing what I love to do,” he said.

Jack grew up in a modest home and migrated to have a better standard of life, but Guyana is his home, his country of birth, a native of Jonestown, Mahaica.

He reported that his family resides overseas and he is back home this time around with the intention of setting up a string band. Years ago, the village was known for having one of the best string bands.

Jack wants to revive that and he has imported all the equipment needed and he is mobilising the youths in the village to start the string band.

“It is my wish to make it happen, to establish a string band in this village, and it will come to pass because everything is in place and I play the guitar and keyboard but band members are needed,” Jack said.

He disclosed that back in the days when string band was the biggest thing in the country, they had a band named Sid and the Young Souls Senders from Unity Village, Mahaica.

Jack is a very like-minded person who is determined to make his dreams become a reality and having a string band in his community will eventually take place.