some pictures

a pretty old picture. when mom got
home from Peru last year. back when
i still looked cute. i miss looking
cute. getting my hair cut, eyebrows
waxed, wearing a jacket, and jeans...


marley trying to inch his way closer
to me as a try to get him
to "stay" while i take his picture



cutest baby i have seen in a while, and
he didn't cry when his mother passed him
off to me in the taxi!


we sat down for some yam pilé. delicious,
pounded yam...to the consistency of mashed
potatoes, served with wagashi cheese and a
peanut sauce. and in the background you can
kinda see the 4 ladies at work. pounding
the yams in a rather large mortar and pestal
kind of thing.


i may have already posted this picture, but
here it is again. this is our group for the
safari. and here we are, technically in
Burkina Faso. we just waded across the river...
a very shallow part of the river.


marley and dirk. dirk used to be my dog, and
his name was potter. but here they are,
napping together. so cute. i was babysitting
dirk for the first week i had marley, so as a
result, marley never cried/howled at night
because dirk was there for company.