another striking Baobab....beginning to think I could print a coffee table book on Baobabs of Tete province......every tree has its own character and all the colours are different.......

it's just aloes, rocks and leaves but it always amazes me how God can just place things so simply, yet it can look like a gorgeous still life painting :) this is taken in Domboshawa, just outside Harare, Zimbabwe....

a lovely old fig tree growing on the banks of a dry river bed close to the Zambezi......

"Joy has nothing to do with material things, or with man's outward circumstance...A man living in the lap of luxury can be wretched, and a man in the depths of poverty can overflow with joy." ~ William Barclay

.......strutting their stuff in Tete "city"

Glossy Starlings.........all fighting over the water dripping from the tap in our front garden........ this is a small flock, they r usually in a group of about 50 to a 100.........just adore the bird life here :)

found this gorgeous little girl selling tomatoes at the market yesterday.............

never a problem finding willing and happy "posers" here.............

Because He lives, I can face 2mrw......... the dusty old cross on top of the confessional box - Boroma Church

Boroma Church taken from a different angle, with the monastery (but now a boys hostel) in the background......

Splendour that once was...........thank goodness God's splendour never fades.

Inside Boroma Church.......little worshippers in their Sunday finery ............I guess I was distracting them rather.......

very exciting......... 2 pictures used on my blog have been chosen as features on the red bubble site......

http://www.redbubble.com/groups/mozambique

visited Boroma Church yesterday......Its quite extraordinary, partially in ruins but still testifies to the grandeur of this Jesuit church built around 1884.... Built on the top of a hill overlooking the mighty Zambezi.

a very typical scene of life in the Mozambique bush. Its a simple life, far from the madding crowds......

It was a holiday in Mozambique yesterday, "Woman's Day" and this picture says it all......We were travelling back from Zimbabwe and stopped on the side of the road, ( yes to take pictures of more baobabs!!) and this little old lady was soooo happy to see me and have her photo taken :)

a tiny finger of Cahorra Bassa lake......The Cahora Bassa lake is Africa's fourth-largest artificial lake, situated in the Tete Province in Mozambique. The name Cabora Bassa is an earlier misspelling of the name. In Africa, only Lake Volta in Ghana, Lake Kariba, on the Zambezi upstream of Cahora Bassa, and Egypt's Lake Nasser are bigger in terms of surface water. Most of the electricity generated by Cahora Bassa, which is located on the Zambezi River in western Mozambique, is sold to nearby South Africa. .It is widely believed that there is a breeding colony of Zambezi Shark "trapped" inside the dam. As the Bull Shark is known to travel >100 km upstream, this phenomenon does not conflict with existing scientific and biological fact. In particular an ocean-dwelling species, bull sharks are perfectly capable of living in fresh water for their entire lifespan. Local tribes have indeed reported sightings (and attacks) by this isolated community of shark, although these have yet to be substantiated with hard evidence.

a very typical Tete bush scene.........thorn scrub and baobabs.........

I know its another baobab and another sunset.........but I can really not help myself sharing our incredible sunsets with the world......and there are plenty baobabs in the area. May this capture brighten your Sunday .......blessings :)

the Rovubwe river a few minutes drive from us........

just to show you a little untidy corner of my home.........I am an aspiring artist, and feel so blessed that I can "colour" the world around me. I am endeavouring to have an exhibition towards the end of the year, but in the meantime, my home is certainly made a lot brighter!!