One of the things I learnt about Swedish people in the three years that I lived there, is that they really know how to celebrate and enjoy the summertime. In a country that is cold and dark for muc… Source: Swedish Summertime – and the living is easy
Tag: landscape
Hope over the Horizon – Sunrise on the edge of the Ngorogoro Crater
While camping on the edge of the Ngorogoro Crater in Tanzania I decided to wake up early to watch the sunrise. What I witnessed was nothing short of breathtaking. Snuggled up inside my hoodie and scarf, I sat alone, mesmerized by the changing horizon before me and watched as the African sky changed from an…
Endless Abstract Land
Endless Abstract Land is my interpretation of the Serengeti and is painted using ink and acrylics. Serengeti comes from the Maasai Maa word Serengit and means endless plain and this vast area of grassland spans northern Tanzania and southern Kenya and covers approximately 12,000 sq miles. As I travelled through these immense plains, which are…
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
Travelling through the Great Rift Valley in Kenya en route from Nairobi to Mwanza, I woke early to see this amazing sunrise. Just then I had one of those moments when you feel entirely content and at one with everything in the world – a feeling pure harmony. “But what is happiness except the simple…
Here comes the sun and 2016 – Happy New Year
This New Year rather than counting down the minutes and seconds to midnight on New Year’s Eve and partying until the early hours, I woke up before dawn on New Year’s Day to catch the first glimpse of the sun rising in Tanzania in 2016. In a glass-fronted house situated on the banks of Lake…
The journey is part of the experience
“So, would you recommend taking the train from Mwanza to Dar?” This is the question everyone has asked me and my husband since we returned from our recent holiday – travelling on the notorious Tanzanian trains. My answer is yes, providing you have plenty of time and you are fairly resilient, then the train is…
Oh I do like to be beside the Indian Ocean – Weekly photograph challenge.
Here is a mesh gallery of the best day, from beginning to end, of my recent family holiday to an idyllic beach house next to the Indian Ocean, just north of Dar Es Salaam. The day comprised of watching the moon go down on one side of the house and then the sun come up…
My unbelievable view from seat 11D – as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
The other day I wrote about the advantages of travelling by bus, and that I don’t really like flying. Well, sorry to let you know, but I was lying. A few days after my adventurous bus ride from Mwanza to Kigali, I decided to take the easy option and fly back, via Nairobi, and witnessed the…
Painting is Just Another Way of Keeping a Diary
I was asked to paint some pictures for staff who were leaving Isamilo International School in Mwanza this year. These images were the results. Which one is your favourite? I am now off work for 8 weeks… so plenty of time for painting, sewing and lots of crafty fun. And as Pablo Picasso once said:…
Rock City Paintings
A few weeks ago my husband and I took advantage of visiting grandparents to have a sneaky evening away without our three young children. Mark had previously won a night for two at a Tunza Lodge, a local beach resort. And when Bill and Joan came to stay, we decided to grab the…
Sunshine and Showers – Forces of Nature
In Tanzania when it rains…. it really rains. And when the sun shines… it really shines. And when it does both at the same time, the result is absolutely breathtaking. Yesterday evening, as they sun was setting over Mwanza and Lake Victoria, aware of the impending storm, we took shelter at Isamilo Lodge and admired…
Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.
I will be honest, I am at a complete loss for words at the beauty and majesty of the animals, landscape, skies and nature which I have seen over the last few days on my recent trip to the Ngorogoro Crater, the Serengeti and the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania. Everything I write seems…
