Winter in Michigan

In honor of the snowstorm in Texas,
I've posted some snowy pictures of Michigan.

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?