to all my blog followers, I am unable to upload photographs here as they say I have reached my limit on storage? I do not want to have to pay for storage....Can any fellow bloggers help here? Many thanks......

"we dont see things clearly right now - wer'e squinting through a cracked, dirty glass, but, it wont be long before we will see all things clearly and in focus" I Cor 13:12 (Gigi's version)

The rains have arrived in HOT, dusty, Tete - Mozambique.....transforming the dull grey into luminious greens, washing away dust, smells and "tempers". Our senses once dulled - have become vibrantly alive! All creatures great and small are giving Praise for new beginnings.......

one of my photographs/oil painting on canvas that will be for sale at my exhibition on the 7th Dec.......

met this young man and his pet chameleon the other day and he reminded me about something I had lost.........spontaneity, enthusiasm and amazement in the little things life offers us! May we all find them again, starting this weekend!

lets keep on "trucking" no matter how "rusty" we feel..........

it's up to you really.........Do you see ruins, degradation and urban decay, or interesting colour, light and beauty? mmmmm is this heat getting to me??

you can find some really strange things whilst walking in the bush around here......We happened upon a burial site with bleached skulls, skeletons and food offerings......

The gold panner and her son. Very tough, back breaking work in the hot Tete sun and sometimes only yielding 1 gram of gold per day if lucky.....Of course, this doesnt help the rivers and the surrounding countryside..............

trying something new combining my photography and oil painting.......there is lot of texture here which you may not be able to see in the photo.......what do u all think? Blessed Sunday to all.........

May your heart this weekend be filled with gratitude for blessings in abundance..... This little village is so thankful for a dirty little puddle - how about you?

The gold panners son - Blessed week one and all........

May your Sunday be filled with desire, not for the things you think you want but for the unseen things of God. (Emily, Chatting at the sky)

an old pic with a new twist........

May you remember you were made for more and may you never be content to settle for less. Enjoy your weekend, friends.

CHIPS, the most popular takeaways in Tete city. The most wonderful red potatoes are grown on the highlands of the Mozambique/Malawi border only an hour from Tete, and they seem to be the staple food here as mealie-meal(sadza) is in Zimbabwe......

wash day down at the river.......... just love the collection of colours, brightening up the banks of the Zambezi..

The one-kilometre-long Tete Suspension Bridge, finished in 1973 by the Portuguese and designed by Edgar Cardoso,and then repaired once again in 2010/2011, is a vital link on the major highway linking not just the northern and southern parts of the country, but Zimbabwe and Malawi as well. This bridge, the rail Dona Ana Bridge, and the bridge at Caia are the only bridges across the lower Zambezi. Find out more about Tete (where I live) in the link below .....

Find out more about Tete city, Mozambique

We don’t see things the way they are. We see them the way WE are - Talmud.

"the heart that doesn't recognise the beauty and opportunity of the present moment, becomes hardened. Help us not miss the wonder of the time we have right now!"

May your weekend be filled with endless opportunities to create and love and move on purpose. May you hope anyway, rest anyway, and laugh about it, too. If you are fighting a battle that you don’t think you can win, may the wounds heal quickly and your friends stand strong. If you are celebrating a victory you never thought would come, may you be thankful, humble, and filled up with peace. Enjoy your weekend, friends. from..... http://www.chattingatthesky.com/

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein.

He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature. Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens

couldn't get any "fresher" chicken or guinea fowl, delivered to your door step daily.......

“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow.”

"take the time this weekend, to look for colour in the grey.....amazingly you will find it!!"

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Helen Keller

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. Greek Proverb

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” ― Epictetus

the dugouts I seem to be finding on the shores of the lake and the Zambezi River, seem to be more and more "patched". It must be due to all the gorgeous hardwoods being either shipped to China or made into charcoal...... :(

just loved this old "African Star Chestnut" on the shores of Cahorra Bassa Lake.......I'm sure it has many stories to tell.......

may your Tuesday be golden..........YES it can!! by simply having an attitude of gratitude........

"dont overlook the "little things" by looking for the "big things".........

"may your weekend vista's be filled with reminders of your smallness and His greatness"............

only downloaded the camera today and found a few pics of Mauritius on our last few days there...... Just had to share. Despite all that is going on in your day today, may it be filled with a deep inner PEACE.................

"clinging (sometimes precariously!) to THE ROCK, I will not be moved"........

it's back to sweaty Tete.........the next 2 months before the rains arrive are particularly difficult in this dry, dusty extremely HOT city, but it's viewing these incredible baobabs at every turn of ones eye, which makes this place so much more bearable........ Blessed week to all.....

David Livingstone - The Truth behind the Legend - by Rob Mackenzie - A must read

I have just finished reading an amazing book entitled "David Livingstone" the Truth behind the Legend.  It was written by an old friend of mine Rob Mackenzie - a Zimbabwean.  The first edition was published in 1993 and a movie is being made of it which will be out within the next few years.  It is an excellent look at the man, first and foremost as a christian missionary and then as an explorer and traveller.
I am living in the very place he often stopped and made a base, Tete, Mozambique. On his first visit here in March 1856 he was shocked to see so many slaves.  Of a population of 4000 only 350 of the inhabitants were not slaves and only 30 were Portugese.
He made many more visits to Tete by travelling the Zambezi in his vessles or dugouts, always with difficulties of shallow waters and shifting sand banks.  It was a place where he often had to recuperate from Malaria!!  (and most probably got it too!)
What a legend, what a man.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMrD5u1olc4

I have so much catching up to do on my blog. I will add a few pics a day from our trip to Mauritius. These are from the Port Louis market. It was a photographers dream......

the gorgeous waterlillies of Pamplemous Botanical Gardens.....Mauritius

these amazing little birds, (bulbul) are certainly not shy and will eat fruit out of your plate at any opportunity - Mauritius

a wonderful few hours at the Guimbeau family's tea estate ........ Bois Cheri.......

Kapenta rigs going out for the nights catch - Cahora Bassa Lake, Mozambique....... I wont be posting here for a few days as off on holiday to Mauritius. Yay......... Blessings one and all.......

loved the delicate seed pods of this tree on the shores of Cahora Bassa Lake, Mozambique........

Happy Monday family and friends...............