yet another African sunset

here is another African Sunset picture...  taken from Kondele looking at the CDC (center for disease control) 

flowers

This plant looks like Hyacinth, I did not  know hyacinth had flowers though... I guess  you learn something new every day.

A crusade

I was at a crusade, with a lot of people getting healed.  The scaffolding that you see in the foreground is for the photographers and filmers to document the event.  I did climb it a bit, but let's just say I preferred standing on top of our car rack.... more stable. 

Papyrus sunset

Papyrus + sunset

Disciples of Mercy

This is my brother's former school.

Lizard

I have no clue how many types of lizards are found in Kenya, lets just say... lots.   This is probably my third favorite, after chameleons and monitor lizards.  

Hammerkop

This would be a Hammerkop, sitting on a dock, minding his own business.  

boats at dunga beach

I haven't been able to post for the last several days, the power and the internet have been taking turns being off.  I was in the process of posting this picture of boats lined up at dunga beach when the power died, taking the internet with it.  I plan on putting up two more pictures before tonight. 

pool

   This would be the swimming pool at Kiboko bay resort.  Not too far away.

Kisumu aerial shot

The city of Kisumu, supposedly, the 1999 census was 355,000 or so people, but more recent estimations put it at well over a million inhabitants.  Kisumu was intended to be a place of trade, located in the ideal place to be linked by boat, plane, and truck to the rest of East Africa.  Despite that being it's original intent, it has just recently started to see that come to pass. 

       

for the birds

    I was at the lake today, and this bird just kept flying around me.  So I decided I might as well take a shot of it.  I believe that it is just an ordinary egret.  

one more picture of the hills around Kisumu

     Kisumu has these great big rocky hills standing like sentinels toward one side of it.  I know this is the second picture I have put up of them, but I thought it looked really cool.

A house

    This is one of the houses on the block, just so nobody starts thinking everyone in Africa lives in a mud hut.

African Wedding

So on Valentine's day, I got the job of running sound at a wedding.   In Kenya, a bride arrives 2-3 hours late for her wedding, as is tradition, and/or the car breaks down, either way.  So, while waiting for the bride to show up, I decided to take a nap in the sound room, the other guys thought it would be fun to grab my camera and take blackmail shots of me...

Greenery

I took this picture outside of Mamboleo, I just thought it was a cool view of the hills.

Road

I have to drive on this road every day....

Power outage

The power went off during a storm last night.   Which is why I am later than usual in posting this.  After the storm died down, and the skies cleared a little, I went out to try and get a shot of the moon and stars.    here is my picture of the moon.

The Island in the Lake

This is an Island in Lake Victoria.  In the foreground you can see invading hyacinth plants being blown into the bay.  

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.  

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.