Sweet packages

The local people here are unfailingly hospitable and generous. Miss Creative and I popped into the local tailor this morning to pick up some tops we'd had made for her, and also came home with these little packages.

They are made from sticky rice, flavoured with banana and a kind of bean, and steamed in their banana leaf wrapping. Cute, sweet and tasty! They're disappearing fast.

Today is a festival where the local people honour the dead. They make these wrapped rice treats and visit the local temples and sites of their ancestors' remains. Every family seems to have their own special recipe for making these treats and the tailor was delighted to share some with us.

Little Sister

Little Brother on Safari

Little Bro has been on safari.... Here's a few photos to savor.

Every day started before sunrise

Somalisa means place of Elephant....Every day the elephants came to the plunge pool at the lodge to grab a cold drink and to say hello to the guests.

We saw LOTS of elephants.

Even baby elephants taking their first plunge....

The occasional Zebra

and lots of stunning scenery...

This is Shumba, King of the Jungle. We spotted a pride of 20 lions about 500 metres from our camp. 

In between game drives we rested in our luxury tents

Or did some reading in the library...

and finally, for middle sister, some toe-nail painting... Who said elephants didn't like red toe nails?? Special thanks to my red toe-nail modeling, photographing friend...

New office, new couch and new opportunities!

 A new office and a new couch to help celebrate the 1st anniversary of my new job! You're welcome to drop in for a chat on the couch and a cafe latte!

Little bro.

Little Sister

This morning I was struck by how GREEN everything in my part of the world is at the moment! 

These little guys are loving it...

and so am I.

Admittedly, there's a lot of BROWN around too, causing lots of this...

I'm choosing to keep my eyes on the GREEN :)