I arrived safely in Nalerigu today and was excitedly greeted by Trey with a “dadda” and a hug. Thanks for your prayers while I was on the road the past two and a half weeks. The next two weeks are our last in Nalerigu. Right now the tentative plan is to head to Tamale, on […]
Photo of the Day
This surreal image was taken while hiking up a mountain to the highest peak in Burkina Faso. There was a wild brush fire that we passed through and on our return the ground was scorched black. I was wearing flip-flops and while taking photos of the fire my bare foot touched a rock that was […]
Comic Sans Flakes
I gave you a look at the artistic genius that is my breakfast every morning. Unfortunately Heidi gets the opposite. She eats some generic Ghanaian corn flakes every day and has to stare at a box featuring the Comic Sans font. No breakfast of champions would write the word “champion” in Comic Sans. For those […]
Photo of the Day
Since the other day’s photo earned a “gadzooks” from Jym I thought I’d post another image that has some great detail when viewed at full size. This photo was taken shortly after sunrise in the village of Dakoro, Burkina Faso. The lighting was nice and I really liked the smoke lingering in the background from […]
Genius Background Action
Sometimes you take a photo of a particular subject and realize that what you originally thought was worthy of being photographed has been trumped by something in the background.
Big City Breakfast
In the big West African cities (Ouagadougou, Abidjan, Accra), there are lots of little shacks on the side of the road offering a “fast food” breakfast to city workers. It is common to see people there eating a very simple breakfast of coffee and baguette (French bread). Sometimes they make sandwiches with the bread. However, […]
Photo of the Day
This was taken in Dakoro, Burkina Faso. Love that symmetry. His facial expression is pretty great too.
Never too old to climb trees?
An old lady falls out of a tree and gets impaled in the butt with a stick.