A second submission to this week’s photo challenge: Anticipation
Two years ago we were lucky enough to visit Zanzibar just before Christmas – an island of the coast of Tanzania which is a dream destination for many but right on our doorstop it’s an affordable destination.
This Christmas we are spending the holiday period back on Zanzibar and very much anticipating our return to this Island Paradise.
Posted in Holiday, postaday, travel, Vacation, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged Anticipation, Zanzibar
A submission to this week’s photo challenge :Anticipation
It’s that time of year when Christmas is approaching fast. Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas and each year as part of the anticipation of this most important event we put up decorations in early December. Even though the glitz and glamour could be said to overwhelm the true meaning of the season- it is nonetheless a great way to signal that this important event is on it’s way.
Living here in Tanzania, a long way from family it is a touch stone to the life we lived before we came here, even if the equatorial heat makes Christmas a bit different to a British Christmas.
So for this submission the focus is Christmas.
A year ago we were anticipating and then welcoming our mums to Tanzania.
This year with no family visits and with our son back in the UK at University we’re doing something a bit different for which you will need to read the next submission.
Happy Christmas to all who read this post.
Posted in postaday, Tanzanian living, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged Anticipation, Christmas
A contribution to this week’s photo challenge on the theme of Chaos. Taken just over a year ago on the morning the heavy rains arrived just as people were heading of to work. The ensuing torrents of water turned roads into rivers and chaos reigned (and rained!).
So far we have not had a repeat – the rains though probably now started have been overnight, but they are getting heavier – it’s only a matter of time before chaos reigns again.
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Tagged chaos, postaday, weekly photo challenge
A contribution to this week’s photo challenge on the theme of Chaos. Taken just over a year ago on the morning the heavy rains arrived just as people were heading of to work. The ensuing torrents of water turned roads into rivers and chaos reigned (and rained!).
So far we have not had a repeat – the rains though probably now started have been overnight, but they are getting heavier – it’s only a matter of time before chaos reigns again.
Posted in postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged chaos, flood, postaday, rain, rainy season, weekly photo challenge
We are approaching the end of the dry season here and have the odd storm – but water still remains scarce away from the Lake. This summer we have had constructed a bird bath, comprising a wheel hub, pole and some metal prongs it resembles a hat stand but the bind lid sitting upon the prongs reveals it’s true purpose. It took several weeks to attract it’s first customers but is now in use by birds of all sizes including the Yellow-billed Black Kites which swoop in for a drink.
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Tagged bird, H2O, kite, postaday, water, weekly photo challenge
We are approaching the end of the dry season here and have the odd storm – but water still remains scarce away from the Lake. This summer we have had constructed a bird bath, comprising a wheel hub, pole and some metal prongs it resembles a hat stand but the bin lid sitting upon the prongs reveals it’s true purpose. It took several weeks to attract it’s first customers but is now in use by birds of all sizes including the Yellow-billed Black Kites which swoop in for a drink.
Posted in postaday, Tanzanian living, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wildlife
Tagged H2O, kite, postaday, water, weekly photo challenge
A submission to the latest Weekly Photo Challenge :Edge
Taken on our trip to Ngorogoro Crater in October 2014.
Why is glass green when viewed edge on? I wondered this today as I looked at the glass slats on the windows of our Tanzanian home.
Google is a great resource for such trivia. It seems the colour is a result of iron impurities which impart a slight green tinge to most glass – the colour is amplified at the edge as you peer through a much thicker layer through it’s length.
Apparently the iron is a legacy of the manufacturing process as it lubricates the passage of molten glass across the smooth surface of molten tin during the formation of glass sheets. The only way to ensure flat glass!
So here is a submission to this week’s photo challenge edge.
A submission to this week’s photo challenge taken at the water’s
edge at Whisby Nature Reserve in the UK this summer. The sharp plants standing out against the blurred water.
Wandering through the streets of Nottingham (England), this summer, we came across this parabolic mirror sculpture. 
Our trip across Africa last summer took us to the Island of Likoma in the middle of Lake Malawi/Nyassa. These Islands are close to the Mozambique coast, surrounded by Mozambican waters but part of Malawi nonetheless. We had three great days at Mango Drift, a Backpacker resort.
One of the best things about our time on Likoma were the night skies – devoid of light pollution it gave us an unrivalled view of the night sky. At this time there was a conjunction of Venus and Mars ( the planets appeared close to one another in the night sky), which doesn’t happen all the time. This and the low light gave me a great picture – on a long exposure the two planets shine brightly. Mars appears a deep red and venus white – so bright it casts a reflection on the water – ‘venus light’.
My submission to this week’s photo challenge: Rare.
Those same skies – later gave the best view of the Milky Way I have ever seen – the pictures don’t do it justice.
A contribution to this week’s photo challenge on the theme Morning.
A year ago we had just completed a month long tour through from Lake Victoria to Victoria Falls via Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Botswana (including a brief excursion into Zimbabwe and a travel through Mozambique waters). All the photos below were taken during the mornings as we travelled across the continent. You can find out more by checking the link
A contribution to this week’s photo challenge on the theme Morning.
Taken back in 1992 on a sailing trip to Netherlands on a misty morning in Vlushing.
Sunrise in Vlushing
A contribution to this week’s photo challenge : Morning
A typical Saturday Morning in Tanzania involves a pot of fresh brewed coffee in a Cafetière – sat on the Verandah and watching the birdlife.
A submission to this wee’s photo challenge: Narrow
Taken in Prague, this street is so narrow it needs traffic lights to control access.
A submission to this week’s photo challenge :Look Up – looking up at this Fritillary from below – taken using the ‘selfie’ camera on the iPhone to get this unusual angle on this flower. I’ve shared this before but am happy to do again.
Taken at Hidcote Manor – Oxfordshire in April 2014
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Tagged Flower, look up, postaday, weekly photo chalkenge
A submission to this week’s photo challenge :Look Up – looking up to see the birdlife around us in Tanzania and across Africa.
Posted in Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Mwanza, postaday, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tanzanian living, Uganda, Weekly Photo Challenge, Zambia
Tagged birds, postaday, weekly photo challenge
A submission to this week’s photo challenge : opposites
The bee-eater stands out a vibrant green and blue against the drab brown background of the scrubland.
Posted in Botswana, Chobe, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged postaday, weekly photo challenge
A submission to this week’s photo challenge – from a different time and place (UK 2014) – before we came out here to Tanzania – our old English Garden had a floral partners which in May produced the most stunning display of blue and white.
Posted in Garden, postaday, UK Living, Weekly Photo Challenge
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