Snapping Africa







This is just to get to know my new camera a Nikon D90. I am endeavouring to challenge myself in adding one photo daily for the rest of the year. I do live in an interesting part of Africa, Tete, Mozambique where lots is going on and happening. Enjoy

Thursday, 30 June 2011

gorgeous white flowers in the Oxford University Park on our walk yesterday evening.......




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Wednesday, 29 June 2011

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” CS Lewis........(who was a leading figure in the English faculty at Oxford University)

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Tuesday, 28 June 2011

one of the many quaint little ways of advertising............every street holds a different delight...........I'm in my element :)

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Monday, 27 June 2011

I know, I know...............its just a bowl of cherries and berries.........But, I'm in heaven :)

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Sunday, 26 June 2011

spent a lovely sunny day at Blenheim Palace...............Place of Sir Winston Churchill's birth and where he spent much of his life...........

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Saturday, 25 June 2011

My first day in Oxford. What a glorious sunny day (must have brought it from Tete)........... :) Every corner turned offered another delight...........This is Christ Church College

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Sunday, 19 June 2011

this will b my last post from Tete for a while........off to Oxford UK in a few days, and my "snapping africa" will become "snapping UK" for a few weeks........ what fun! To all my friends in Tete, take it easy and see u soooon........ :)

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had a fun afternoon yesterday and drove up to a high vantage point overlooking Tete city. The Rovumbwa river can be seen joining the Zambezi. The clearing in the background is a huge coal mine being opened up......Unfortunately visibility wasn't great due to lots of wind and dust, so typical of Tete :)

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Friday, 17 June 2011

the Baobab in my back yard.............

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Thursday, 16 June 2011

passed this friendly chap on his way back from the Zambezi river, where he had been collecting reeds to make the many items they use around here.....e.g. sleeping mats, baskets, and furniture.........

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Total Lunar Eclipse last night.......Was an amazing experience even though these photos dont do it justice....... My new lens is coming!! :) heehee



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Tuesday, 14 June 2011

our local tailor at "Baobab Mall"...............

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Monday, 13 June 2011

the "washing day story" on the banks of the Zambezi............

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Sunday, 12 June 2011

found these very stunted "bonsai" baobabs while driving thru the bush the other day. Can only think they must have hit a coal strata......

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Saturday, 11 June 2011

these wrinkles and lines hold many memories of hardships, worries and a few good times........

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who needs gardens of flowers with sunsets like this :)

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Thursday, 9 June 2011

went for a trip into the bush just off the Zambia road and found these gorgeous clay pots, still hot from firing........ :)

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Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Founded by the Portugese in 1531 Tete served as the headquarters for traders, slave raiders and gold prospectors and now in 2011 COAL is the new gold........ (this is part of the slave pits found on the banks of the Zambezi

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Tuesday, 7 June 2011

an early morning dishwash on the banks of the Zambezi River.........

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Monday, 6 June 2011

our hot, dusty days are always rewarded in the end.......... tomorrow will be better - we can face it together......

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Sunday, 5 June 2011

a typical site of fishermen in dugouts on the Zambezi..........

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Saturday, 4 June 2011

"Bacalhau" a very important part of the diet here in Mozambique..... VERY salted bream or tiger fish....... due to the heat and lack of fridges, etc this is a very important staple. Don't try it if you suffer from high blood pressure..... :)

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Friday, 3 June 2011

"a beautiful Ilala Palm laden with fruit and reaching for the sun.........begins its life in the dirt" Gigi

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Daddy bear, Mommy bear and baby bear.......all in a line waiting for the blasting to b completed..... The largest Leibherr was brought to Tete in parts on 38 lowbeds! This photo doesnt really show the HUGENESS of it.........

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Wednesday, 1 June 2011

a "room" with a view...............

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been away for a while.......and this is definitley not an exciting, artistic photograph....BUT it is what Tete is all about right now, and why it has been named as one of the fastest growing cities in Africa.....COAL!

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  • “So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.” ― Helen Keller
    whenever we travel this road from the Malawi border to Tete, I just have to stop and wander along the edges of this river........love the pa...
  • sorry all had no internet for a while......will add two photos for the next few days to make up for lost time :) I just adore "landscape" photos. We took a trip down the Zambezi and found so many interesting things happening on the banks.
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  • ‘I, who cannot see, find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough shaggy bark of a pine…. I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle… is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song…. At times my heart cries out with longing to see these things. If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight. Yet, those who have eyes apparently see little. The panorama of color and action which fills the world is taken for granted…. It is a great pity that, in the world of light, the gift of sight is used only as a mere convenience rather than as a means of — adding fullness to life.” ~Helen Keller
    I wish this was "home" ...... about 1 hour towards the Malawi border from Tete.........reminds me so of Chipinge........

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      • gorgeous white flowers in the Oxford University Pa...
      • “Some day you will be old enough to start reading ...
      • one of the many quaint little ways of advertising....
      • I know, I know...............its just a bowl of ch...
      • spent a lovely sunny day at Blenheim Palace..........
      • My first day in Oxford. What a glorious sunny day...
      • this will b my last post from Tete for a while......
      • had a fun afternoon yesterday and drove up to a hi...
      • the Baobab in my back yard.............
      • passed this friendly chap on his way back from the...
      • Total Lunar Eclipse last night.......Was an amazin...
      • our local tailor at "Baobab Mall"...............
      • the "washing day story" on the banks of the Zambez...
      • found these very stunted "bonsai" baobabs while dr...
      • these wrinkles and lines hold many memories of har...
      • who needs gardens of flowers with sunsets like thi...
      • went for a trip into the bush just off the Zambia ...
      • Founded by the Portugese in 1531 Tete served as th...
      • an early morning dishwash on the banks of the Zamb...
      • our hot, dusty days are always rewarded in the end...
      • a typical site of fishermen in dugouts on the Zamb...
      • "Bacalhau" a very important part of the diet here ...
      • "a beautiful Ilala Palm laden with fruit and reach...
      • Daddy bear, Mommy bear and baby bear.......all in ...
      • a "room" with a view...............
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