Friday 21 October 2016

A dramatic warning?


A firing range warning with bullet holes to make the point?
Maybe, but a lot of notices here have holes in. One theory is that it reduces wind resistance and makes it less likely that the notice will be blown down but I favour the idea that it stops anyone stealing the notice to roof their house/toilet/annexe. I am always asked for any card or plastic packaging material for such purposes.
  

Wednesday 12 October 2016

The bed that George made...and carried





George made this bed for £35 in just a few days. He said that would include delivery because he had a friend with a pickup. In fact, he and a friend carried it on their heads for about 2 hours, a distance of some 3 miles I think. He has a list of other jobs to do for me, but I wonder if I should mention repairing the bridge...
  

Tuesday 4 October 2016

A bridge too far gone?




I can walk to work in about 20 minutes, avoiding roads for most of the time and crossing informal fields. This bridge has to be crossed; tall folk can walk down the centre and hold on to the side, I can't quite manage it and have to use the side bar.


It's worth doing for several reasons, including Malachite kingfishers, Hammerkop and weavers.
   

Monday 3 October 2016

Names and roses


Malawians have a very personal approach to naming children. Apart from local language names, and English names that are similar to western ones, so far I have met:
Happy, Precious, Blessings, Gift, Comfort,
Secret, Donewell, Loveness, Fraction,
 Brighton, Lawyer and King.
  

Armchair gardening





The main highway has a central reservation with lots of shrubs; nothing unusual in that, but someone has put a lot of effort into topiary: all either armchairs or satellite dishes. Is there  a message in that?