Photo Update

We've had 15 house guests in the last couple of weeks so I've been a little too busy to think, let alone write.

We took 11 of them on a "Safari with a Purpose" and Heather's been snapping photos. She's 12 and has her first camera. Here's a little selection to serve as a photo journal update. All credit to Heather, with thanks for permission to use her pics :-)


Day is done


Gold


The land falls away


Taking it in


Em's joy


Car rides


Bright eyes

Photos from Recent Days...

It was hot on the roof near Natron, but there was a great view.


We got up early to watch the sun rise over the lake.


Then we saluted the sun.


We crossed into Kenya...


And made our camp...


And found our river...


And played in it.


We walked all over...


Discussed bead work...


Held Nalotuesha's baby...


And made new friends :-)

Photos by Jesse Borden--with his Nikon D 70 S.
(Got a Nikon camera... Mama, don't take his Kodachrome away!)

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It's Friday here now. I just noticed that on my laptop clock. So I lifted the Mac and took this photo.

Goodnight.

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"Ok," Byron said as he looked out of the window this morning,
"I'm getting a little tired of the rainy season now."

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Byron and his buddy, Samson-the-sacked-out-puppy.

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The other day our little fam (and the Russell kids) hiked into Uru Falls on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. It was lovely.

Photos by Skyler Russell

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I'm so glad it's the end of the week.

In Lieu of Foto4Friday...

There's something wrong with my camera so no new photo yesterday. But don't let's be disheartened about that. In lieu of a new photo, I found an old photo that I thought would be good to put up as a comparison to this one of the Borden and Russell boys from a recent post. As Colin used to say when he was little, "Take a check at this..."

Jesse, Skyler, Trevor, Colin and Chase, December 2007, Tanzania...

Chase, Skyler, Trevor, Colin and Jesse, some time in 1995, Kenya...

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Let the weekend begin...

Round Here: A Photo Journal from Recent Days

Just to give you a few visuals from our Christmas break here in Tanzania... Remember that you can click on any image you would like to see larger.


Is there anything like the African sky? Correct Answer: No. (Photo by Jesse)


Some Borden and some Russell Boys. This band of brothers (Jesse, Skyler, Trevor, Colin and Chase) have all known each other since they were babies. This was during their motorcycle safari day out, aka Colin's birthday. (Photo by... I'm not sure... My Dad or Byron.)


An early breakfast of chai and chapati on the road to Tarangire. (Photo by Lisa)


Colin rules... And the rest of us get ready for our family photo. (Photo by Jesse)


While attempting to teach me how to use the white balance on my camera, Trevor takes this sweet photo of my Mum :-)


Still in "Instuctor Mode," he snaps this nice one of Jesse-the-Camera-Boy.


Trevor and Byron prepare to leave for an overnight motorcyle safari together. Happy boys, eh? (Photo by Lisa)


Now it's Jesse's turn for an overnight motorcyle safari with his Dad... (Photo by Lisa)


Byron and the boys made their saddle bags. Pretty neato. (Photo by Lisa)


"Girl's Got Curls" or "The Wonder of Sponge Rollers." (Photo by Jesse)


Our new puppy, Tesha. Her full name is Nalotuesha, which is a Maasai name meaning "She came with the rains." It was pouring the day we picked her up. And yes, she's a love. (Photo by Jesse)

We had some great days together. Yep, we did :-)

Images On The Way... (A Little Photo Journal from Tanzania)

As promised, a few photos from our recent trip to the northern highlands of Tanzania... Click on any photo that you would like to see larger.

Early on the 22nd we came across 5 elephants in open land outside of the game parks. They were moving along slowly, probably heading to Lake Manyara. Seeing them was a good birthday gift for Byron. They had big tusks :-) This one didn't want his photo taken.


We stopped and bought yellow and red bananas. I later regretted not buying a hat for Trevor!


We sat on the rim of the famous Ngorongoro Crater and toasted Byron's 48th with cold sodas before driving on to Loliondo.


We spent one night at Andre's camp in Loita (and heard elephants trumpeting as they passed close to us in the night.) Thanks for the neat tent, Masons!


I always cry when we get to Loita. The kids grew up playing in this stream. Wouldn't you cry?


I took my morning bath in this shallow pool below Andre's camp. There are hot springs that feed this stream and the water wasn't cold at all.


This is our Maasai Mum, Ngoto Milai. She has been close to our family for 17 years.


I took this photo for Carly Jane. Car, this is the same tree we ate our breakfast under in July. You made us look up and close one eye so that our vision went two dimensional and we talked about how cool God is to make this lace.


Sometimes the kids ride on the roof for a while. A 360 degree view of Africa is a fine thing.


The mountain had just puffed out a cloud of smoke but I missed it. The light grey color down the right side is new lava flow since we camped here last summer.