Four weeks have passed

We have been here for four weeks now. Time has passed quickly and amazingly we have not missed anything from our old lives.

Last weekend there was a dance competition in Mala village. Here are some pictures. Peggy was adopted by a load of small girls, who all wanted to hold her hand at the same time.

I tried to teach some of the small ones to wink with one eye. We had fun, they just blinked and blinked, probably still trying. The dancing and the drums were amazing!

This weekend we are going on a longer walk, to Mbueca village, about 1 and a half hour walk. Elias, a carpenter has invited us to the village to see his house and meet his family. He is 43 and has 7 children. He has a really great smile and sense of humour. We are really looking forward to it. He asked if we eat Nsema (the local staple diet) so I think we will be having lunch as well. Interesting! There will be more about that next week.

Yesterday I started growing stuff at the farm, I have 2 small raised beds and planted Squash, Butternut Squash, Beetroot, Pansies, Marigolds, Red hot pokers, and a couple of other flower types.

I also had my teas break with the farm staff, we had a laugh and they started my chinyanja (local language lessons). Planning 30 minutes a day from now on. That will be great.

We also have some ginger roots and are going to work on propagating that. ( it will take a year until we can harvest.)

They grow some little red chillies, I tried one, wow!!!!!!!!, was it hot.

Today the lake is not as flat as it has been but I am going to give snorkelling a go again. The couple of times I have tried it were great, lots of fish, many colours and sizes.

Search on Google for cichlid and see them.

More soon….