Wednesday, October 24, 2007

The Wild Kingdom

and the silly beasts who pay money to go there



On a sunny day in October, two unclassified animals set out





Their unmistakable female charms attracts a male party, though he remains idly in the background...



Against a dry and savage impossibility



they are able to find another herd





and some peace of mind







The next morning they are back at it again looking for a fresh water hole


















































































This is what happens when a spider bites you on the head and you don't have adequate insurance in Africa, you look stupid and pray the damn thing will go away...






At the border between Tanzania and Kenya...someone looks like they got a pressing bathroom issue and it ain't me









Wilderbeasts who never made it during the migration











Camping in the bush-mahn
















Receiving gifts after giving a beauty workshop to the women's group: Hands of Love







R & R in Paradise: Malindi, Kenya





View from my Malindi Hotel







Monday, September 10, 2007

A little bit o' this and a little bit o' that

Ain't much to good-byes except a wave


o Ryan left this month to head home :( but fortuntely Ryan is the coolest guy and otok us to eat at Carnivore only one of the priciet restaurants in town......


So this little terror is named Shaniqua, she's Farah's cousin who seems to love coming to my house and torturing my kitty...but she's cute anyways


Suzie Q who is just the sweetest lil' thang my heart eva' did see


And this one is Shiko...cute, very cute, snot and all


Farah's cousins


In memory of the biggest whitest and then pinkest dork Watamu ever saw...


Arielle and I at the Tana Guest House, worst guest house ever!! operated by the biggest sarastic @$$ ever...literally


Rye guy and I before snorkelling


I think we were at Carnivore



Rye and Farah ... my favorites



I'm chasing a large vulture in this one which literally was so big it could have knocked me off the bike, but you know, "I don cur"


Longonot, in a cornfield at the summit



Last nyte out with Rye and the gang





Random shots from someone's camera phone

Monday, August 13, 2007

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Some days work is just play....


Aziza Moraa Mercy Capelle..yes that is her name and she is my fabulous hair stylist...

Trouble: Susie, Lucy, Agnes and Aziza






You would never guess that within the last two years these girls were homeless, living on the streets, beggin for food, dealing with vulgar men...


Some of the girls who were reintegrated back in June...they look so rough here right? But they are just little girls...


Irene Achayo before Reintegration back home...


We organized a trip for the girls to visit the Nairobi Children's Traffic Park where they learned how to cross streets safely, ride bikes, read road signs, etc...in case you can't imagine Nairobi's road rules are umm...let me say non-existent


Very old but my only picture up close with such a large animal so i had to show it off..


Arielle trying to figure out some bracelet pattern she wanted to teach a girl at work...

Enjoyinh a beer after a long week at work...


This is so old, like from January...Ryan and I at his new house in Malava that has no running water...


Reintegration means nearly half the girls at the center now have a home to go to (extended family, sponsorship, etc)

although they are excited...

its actually kind of sad...i'll probably never see any of them again


Maggie and Aggie, truly best friends


Florence, Elizabeth, Muthoni and Sumayaia practice a poem to present at the Giraffe Center award ceremony where Florence and Sumayaia won first place in the art competitioin.
Sumayaia always wants her pictures taken...








Mrs. Phillipe Donnatt from the British High Commission came and brought lots of goodies, a very sweet sweet lady.






The girls perform a Welcome Song for visitors who bring donations; they also perform poems and dances when people come




Visitors from the St. Peters Church came by to drop off some donations, mostly buckets, maize, popcorn, snacks, etc.