1 PLAY: still able to play in the dirt with nothing but their imaginations to inspire them, but a funny looking white woman is a definite distraction!
2 BLUE: An iridescent blue-shouldered, white –bellied sunbird against a pale blue African sky.
2 BLUE: An iridescent blue-shouldered, white –bellied sunbird against a pale blue African sky.
4 THIS HAPPENED TODAY: at the one and only set of traffic lights in Arusha where almost anything goes in traffic terms.
5
SOMETHING GOOD: only goats could think that these scary thorn bushes were
something good to eat!
6 AIR: open air butchers in Monduli Juu
8 ON
YOUR PLATE: Chipsi MaYai local treat of an omelette made with chips
9
TINY: This 2-day old kid born prematurely on the school campus is tiny
10 A
PLACE: a place we see daily from behind the library, but have yet to walk to.
11
DETAIL: the detail of the mud we struggle through everyday to get to school
12
IN THE MIDDLE: in the middle of the journey to school today we had to stop to
rebuild the road where it had washed away overnight.
13
VIEW FROM YOUR BED: the mosquito net we use every night
14
WATER: The water tank that services the 2 volunteer houses and 6 volunteers-
note the rock to stop drips and the ingenious stitch and melt repair.
15
ALONE: This African grass owl was discovered in the library all alone – was it
perhaps reading up to add to its wisdom?
16
YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR: These orange birds were the first to catch my attention
because orange is my favourite colour.
17
BUSY: Orkeeswa students busy repairing chairs in the “fix it” activity
18
HELLO! One doesn’t need language to know what these kids are calling out as we
pass.
19
BUTTON: This ‘button is pinned to the notice board in our arts faculty staffroom
20
ON YOUR MIND: My home class XC in Bhutan in 2011 and 2012. They are often on my
mind. I miss them and wonder where life has taken them
21
FIRE: the cooking fire and the dinner being prepared on it at one of our
student’s bomas yesterday
22 BLURRY:
Andrew’s blurry hand as he defeats the students at cards, yet again in activity
time- I love that the headmaster is also watching on from the doorway
23 TIME: to build nests, feed the young and welcome them into this weaverbird community in a large tree outside the Form 4 classroom!
24 I
SAW THIS PERSON TODAY: While visiting a student at her home I saw her shy
little brother watching us but too afraid to join us
25
LIFE IS …….. all about “ugali”( the white stodge) - a rather unappetizing maize
staple served twice a week as school lunches and eaten much more often than
that by the locals!
26
CHILDHOOD: is not always smiles and laughter especially when it is happening to
you- little Sophie
27 EARTH: African Earth after just 3 days without rain the mud has turned to this cracked and parched surface already
28 MY SUNDAY: Watching Suzi dress Melanie in a Maasai Shuka
29 I
WORE THIS TODAY: and almost every day for the last 4 months : the memories
attached make it hard to remove
30
GLASSES: I could never read, teach or hike without this 3 pack of glasses
(displayed on a beautiful Maasai Shuka)
I am surprised that there are so many images of goats and birds but then again that is true of where we live. I just didn't realise that those photos dominated until I saw them all together!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your photos Vicky - I love that we have the same prompts but two different worlds to take them of. We are so loving our Bhutan experience at the moment, our mind wanders to ideas of working in other places in the future, I can see now why you pursue this unusual lifestyle. Look forward to next month's pics xx
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