Ugly and Pretty

These are vultures sitting in a tree in Nairobi

These trees bloomed purple a couple of months ago.

And these are my friends, when we visited the former President's mausoleum.

Happy that winter is over

Another bougainvillea picture

I don't know the name of this plant.

My neighbors, the barn swallows, have built a nest in our stairwell.

I don't think there are any eggs yet, because both of them have been
flying around during the day.

Bougainvilleas

Between the palm trees, trimmed into an interesting shape.

By the walkway, outside our offices

Closeup of the same plant, in the sun.

more church pictures

I've been mostly close to home lately.

These are of my church on a Sunday when we had a visiting choir.

This choir came from one of our churches in a near-by town.
You can see the men holding home-made instruments in the back.

These are my first friends at church. Christine is on the left,
with her two daughters and granddaughter.
Christine translated sermons for me for several weeks.

View from the house

One of a pair of barn swallows that often
sit on my windowsill.

Beautiful sunset.

Odd cloud formation, flat on top and bottom.

More House Pictures

This is the neighbor's cat. She likes to sleep
on my porch chairs in the warm sunshine
early in the morning.

This is Janet, who does my laundry and
cleans my house on Saturday mornings.


This is me taking a picture of the Mama
elephant. Where is the baby elephant?

New Malawi Pictures

We have new cell phones at work that have digital cameras,
so I will post some photo's from the phone camera.
I hope that you like them.


Giant poinsettia bush beside the road.
They are a common outdoor ornamental here.

One of the bougainvillea pots in our yard at work.
Hopefully they will get more colorful.

This bougainvillea is in full sun, and is beautiful
without any care.

More plants in the yard

This plant looks like a giant-sized silver-leaf nightshade!

And this is the largest, healthiest chiflera plant that I have seen.

More pictures around the house

My apartment is on the top right.

My laundry being done in a washtub
(by Janet, who is hidden behind the clothes).

The two swallows who sit on my windowsill
between flights full of acrobat stunts.

Bougainvillea

This bougainvillea takes up the entire fence
at the BMW dealership in Lilongwe.

More pictures from work

The trees in the background are almost done
blooming. They have been beautiful.


I walk past this tree every morning. The blooms aren't too showy,
but they smell just like honeysuckle.

This is the bougainvillea in a pot just outside my office. I'm hoping
to catch it when it turns purple.

I took this picture at the hotel, but we have them on the
station, too. They are a big, tall tree with this
orange flower right in the top.

My apartment

Living room

Spare bedroom

Nice little front porch

Beautiful view from the front porch
(fenced, with guards, an alarm system, and a gardener)

At the office

ICRAF is located at Chitedze Agricultural Research Station

surrounded by research plots and mango trees

Covered tile walks link the offices


The very first time I've had an office for myself.

Lilongwe Sunbird Hotel

The Sunbird-Lilongwe Hotel grounds

More of the grounds


It seems that hotels and lodges all grow white roses.