Lillian

Lillian was confined to a wheelchair after an accident injured her spine. She has not allowed this to dampen her spirit and she gives glory to God for what He has done in her life. She has a dream of taking a course to learn how to be a professional dressmaker.

From Kenya December 2009

I've Seen A Lot

This lady may have rarely traveled outside of her village, but I think that she has seen a lot in her lifetime.

From Kenya December 2009

Why did the Ostrich Cross the Road?

The answer to the question in my previous post is "an ostrich". We must have seen about 20 last Saturday at Nairobi National Park. There were both males and females at different locations in the park. I believe that this is a male. The females have a pretty uniform brown color. On the last visit we only saw one ostrich. The visit this past week definitely had a 'fowl' theme with many different birds being spotted.

Can you guess what animal this foot belongs to?
This was taken during our photo safari at the Nairobi National Park last Saturday with Anita Brown Hinson and her nephew, Matt.

Drinking Your Bathwater

These three Zebras are in a waterhole at the Nairobi National Park. You can't see it in this photo, but there are probably 50 storks from my last post in the water as well.

This Stork Doesn't Bring Babies

When we were at Nairobi National Park yesterday, we saw this large bird. It is a Marabou Stork. It is a very large bird with a huge wingspan. They can weigh up to 20 pounds and have a wingspan of 10.5 feet. The beak is huge and looks to be sharp. It has a bald head that is reflective of its eating habits which include putting its head inside an animal carcass. If it had feathers on its head, they would become matted with blood.

The first one that we sighted was sitting on top of a dead cow and seemed to be keeping the vultures and other birds at bay. Later, we saw about 50 of them at watering hole. Overall, it was a bird day with many sightings.

Zebra Crossing

This is one of the Zebras that we saw on our visit to the Nairobi National Park. There was a large dazzle of them crossing the dirt road in front of us. Actually, they weren't doing much crossing as they were just standing in the road--creating their own Zebra Crossing (my British friends will appreciate the connection as that is what they call a crosswalk). When we finally started to move forward toward them they did not move very quickly and we passed within 3 feet of the few that decided to stay right next to the road.