my newest dog

Today I bought a new dog.  He is mostly German Shepherd.   He was born on mother's day.  He is a quite small for his breed and age, but by feeding him specially made food twice a day he will hopefully catch up.   I bought him for $80, what a deal.... of course I once bought a pure black and tan short-haired dachshund puppy for that same price.  

This is a successful business here in Kenya, it may look super simple, a woman roasting and selling corn and fruit by the side of the road, but she buys a whole gunnysack of corn and sells it all in a day.  

Coca-Cola

This is what is known as a "Duka", basically a small shop that sells food, cell phone credit, and other necessities of life.   This particular Duka specializes in one specific thing.... can you guess?

Kenyan runner

Everybodyknows that Kenyans are the fastest runners, I decide to try and take a picture of Kenyans running, and on my third attempt I actually succeeded to get a photo of a runner... kind of.  

With this picture, I am finally caught up for all of the days I missed with the internet down.  I apologize again for not getting up the daily photo, but now have finally caught up.  

Just a news report, the bird died.  He died a few days ago, it was sad, but expected, the life-expentancy of the bird wasn't all that high to begin with.

This is the shoreline of lake Victoria.  The green you see floating in is a water plant known as hyacinth,  it is an incredibly hard plant to get rid of.  If you put one of these little things in your bathtub, you won't find your tub in less than two weeks.  It grows at astounding rates, at times the whole harbor in front of Kisumu is covered by a lush carpet of green.  

Uncle Tom's Cabin

This is my friend Tom in front of his house.  He shares this one room hut with his brother, he is very proud of his old-fashioned mud hut with thatch roof, he maintains it fairly well too. Tom and I walked, talked and took pictures for over an hour today.  

public transport

This is a very common form of transportation here in Kisumu.   You jump on the back seat of a bike, and he takes you where you want to go for about 20 shillings (25 cents)

Elephant

I took this picture of an elephant years ago, but I like it, so I decided to post it.  This picture was taken on the Masai Mara some years ago. 

Mollases plant

This is a picture of a mollasses plant outside of Kisumu.  I am actually not sure what they are making there right now.  The plant has been through several owners, and has made mollases, but has also made fuel out of sugarcane left-overs.   The Highway out of Kisumu runs in front of it, lake victoria is behind it, and the airport, which is being remodeled right now, is to the left of it.  

internet was down.... completely

Hey everyone, 

I know that I said I would post twice every 48 hours, and that if I couldn't I would let you know.  The internet has been down for several days, and not just here at the house too, I went to the cyber joint in the mall, and they were down too for a couple of days!   especially frustrating as we just bought a new $150 internet connection.   So, I have the pictures though and will be posting them shortly. 

A little bird

Well, this is a small bird.  Actually it is bigger than your average robin.  It is a baby bird that I found at the School that my Parents run.    I have a tendency to find and care for injured and homeless animals.   recently I had taken the care of a tortoise which was lost and wandering.  It was a pet though, and we got him back to his owner in the end.  I also have a dog, "maggie" that was lost and injured as a puppy several years back.  She is now a healthy, happy dog, with only a few scars and a missing toe as a reminder of harder days.  

So now I have a little bird I am taking care of. The vet seems to think that it will get better, he thinks it will fly just fine someday.  

A quick note to everyone....

Just a quick note to let you know that I am attempting to put up one picture a day.   It may not seem like I am getting one up every 24 hours period, but that is because I post a picture at different times of the day, so I guess more like 2 picture posts every 48 hours is a more realistic way of putting it.    

If I don't post at all for mulitiple days, then most likely the internet is down, I will try to get a note out if I cannot post a picture.

So, come back often!

Thanks

Sunset over Lake Victoria

Just when I was about to give up hope of getting a grand sunset picture through the clouds over Lake Victoria, light from the sun shot through a hole in the clouds, and provided this sunset picture.  The light dancing upon the crests of the waves.   It was grand, as most sunsets over the lake tend to be.  

The fish in the forest

This is a picture of a fish that I took while walking in the Kakamega rainforest....  yes, a fish in a rainforest.   

Pictures of Africa

I took this picture in the Masai mara.   This lone lioness was circling around our car, using us a cover to get  a jump on a herd of Zebra.   The tactic worked, the lioness got off with a small zebra all to herself, and I got off with a great picture I show to the world.