another busy market scene.........such friendly ladies selling dried fish (kapenta) and dried beans......very popular food around here as no refrigeration needed

African markets are interesting to say the least.......an absolute hive of activity, colour, noises and smells........Water melon seller :)

Busy Tock Tock beetles.............

a nest of a Whitebrowed Sparrowweaver......I love the call of these busy little birds. The first ones chirping in the morning and the last ones to go to roost. It's become such a "Tete" sound, that I actually miss it when I travel away from here..... They build their nests year round and always on the leeward side of scrubby trees and bushes. The birds are usually in groups of 2 to 11 but can build up to 60 nests, which are used for both breeding and roosting

part of my front garden :) always seem to give u views of the back!! its really just bush, green lawn and marula trees......there is bird life in abundance! All is good in my little world :)

so much of Africa is "crumbling and in disrepair" BUT........God help me to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.....

Chillies............our daily meals are certainly dull and bland without this "spice of life". It's the first thing I plant in every place I call home.

been away from my blog for a few days .........another sunset from my backyard. Every day brings new incredible colour and cloud formations.......I am never dissapointed! I love lowveld skies, as you can all see :)

African masks.......these are made in Malawi out of lovely wood, but not so sure if I would like them on my walls......

Tete sunsets and sunrises always overwhelm me.........it seems as if God takes hold of his brightest colours and splashes them onto the canvas of the skies, just to bless his kids!!

These trees may be the oldest life forms on the African continent. Many still standing today have certainly been around since the birth of Christ; others for far longer. Baobab trees flower for the first time at about 20 years of age. In mid-summer, dozens of luminous white blossoms—the size of saucers—open at sunset. Their strong musky odor attracts fruit bats and hosts of insects. Large bats seek out the sweet nectar and collect and distribute pollen as they move from flower to flower. The life of the flower is short-lived; it drops to the ground within hours after the bats and insects feast on the nectar. The seeds are housed in a hairy pod that resembles a miniature rugby ball, inside of which is a white pulp from which “cream of tartar” is derived. Once the flowers fall to the ground, the pods are fed upon by baboons, monkeys, antelope and elephants, who disperse the hard baobab seeds inside the pod. The baobab’s branches, with their hollows, dents and bloated stems, provide shelter and home for a great many animals: bushbabies, squirrels, rodents, lizards, snakes and tree frogs, as well as spiders, scorpions, and insects may live their entire lives in a single tree. Holes in the trunk provide ideal nesting sites for birds, such as rollers, hornbills, parrots, kestrels and spinetails. Larger cavities are often occupied by families of Barn Owls or Ground Hornbills. Eagles, vultures and storks frequently build their large stick nests on the outer branches. The nests of red-billed Buffalo-weavers are more often found in Baobabs than any other tree.

did a fun photoshoot of a lovely Tete family, the Bisters........hope this is the start of an exciting new venture for me........

a gorgeous red beetle in my little flower patch..........

12th March - 2011......yes, we do have amazing cappucino's in Tete, and "melt in your mouth" Portugese pastries......just need a few more friends to share them with.......

11th March - 2011......Cabora Bassa Dam wall........ about and hour and a half drives from home...... always worth a visit.......

10th March - 2011......another glorious sunset from my back door.....these amazing sunsets certainly make up for the long, dry, hot days. God's stamp saying "I am still in control"

9th March - 2011...... my latest little babies, I think they might be Egyptian geese and their mother was put in the pot obviously, so had to rescue them.....something to play with until I see little Nathan :)

7th March 2011 - "sprouting where we are placed"......"growth" is inevitable and glorious by clinging firmly to the "Rock" that is higher than I

5th march 2011 - 2 tiger fish in a rusty bucket........

4th March 2011 - the gorgeous colours of the bark attracted me to this tree......I have no idea what the name of the tree is? Maybe someone could enlighten me.......

3rd March 2011 - A refreshing "lay by" on the road to Caborra - no ways could one drive past this without stopping and snapping!!

1st March - 2011......washing day at a river close by.