Daily Photo

Then the Earth Exhaled

in

Generally speaking, I have been reserving posting 'Daily Photos' for images that I feel are artistically up to snuff. This is by no means the greatest photo ever taken. But! I wanted to post a picture of the moment that the heavens opened and rain descended on the northern Ugandan outpost of Gulu. Over the last three months in East Africa I have spent my time almost invariably amongst people who are desperate for water. The time I chose to visit is perhaps the very driest of the year, and on top of that the rains have not come according to a schedule that was once better kept. Crops are wilting and the world has been thirsty everywhere I have gone. So it was that my friend Sam and I arrived by bus in Gulu yesterday, and a few moments after checking into our hotel watched with delight as the rain began to fall. It was a sweet, sweet moment. 

Finishing Touches

in

Several weeks ago I departed from Laikipia Permaculture Centre,  headed to Tanzania for some adventures with dear friends Sasha Rabin, Lindsay Allen, and Andrew Sifuri. Eventually parting ways with them I worked my way out to the coast and followed the beach back up into Kenya. Having poured the earthen floor in our cob demonstration house before leaving, I returned a few days ago to put on the finishing touches. After several coats of linseed oil and turpentine (at different ratios) the floor is beautifully sealed and the cob house ready to be lived in.