Gateway to the village - and to the New Year!

The whistling thorn or ant-galled acacia

A storm approaches

Masai beadwork

Happy lady!

The women are selling their beadwork.

The Masai villagers have gathered to greet us.

Masai village in the valley

Variable sunbird, cinnyris venustus

Malachite sunbird, nectarinia famosa

Superb starling

Kori bustard

Hamerkop, scopus umbretta

White-browed coucal, centropus superciliosus

Bare-faced go-away-bird, corythaixoides personata

von der Decken's Hornbill, tockus,deckeni

Pale chanting goshawk, melierax poliopterus

Secretary Bird, sagittarius serpentarius

Kori Bustard, ardeotis kori

Red and Yellow Barbet, trachyphonus erythocephalus

This one was having a sand bath in the road.

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Bycanistes brevis

Long-crested eagle, lophaetus occipitalis

Could be a Scarlet-Chested Sunbird Cholcomitra senegalensis

Superb Starling, spreo superbus

The Kitchen

Today the glass at the back of the hob has been fitted. With the new back door, the kitchen looks finished. We know that there are extra shelves, a plinth and some curtains/ blinds still to come, but really, everyone can see the finished project, more or less. Hurrah! Its only taken 20 weeks and some days to get here! I hope you like it.