Need I say more? Critters and humans can’t wait until you come back… Only three months to go now!

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Ever since I read up on the huge amount of unnecessary chemicals that are being pumped into our food only to make finished products look better and last for next to eternity, I have taken a liking to making things from scratch.

Home-made goat cheese
There is something so very refreshing about food that spoils according to [...]

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When it comes to solar cooking, I like to keep it simple. Cooking in the sun makes every ingredient taste so much. My favourite solar dishes are the simple ones: meat & vegetables, peanut casserole, mushroom sauce. Solar cooking is great when you love to improvise, and although I have favourite themes, I rarely make [...]

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Although we love to have visitors over for a Swedish fika, I must confess that not everybody is welcome.

This little fellow was trespassing the other day, taking up an entire seat all by himself.

Thankfully, Anette was so kind as to give him a ride out.

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Solar cooking is one of the perks of living and working as a volunteer in Niger; a country rich in solar hours. Last Saturday, I posted a picture of a casserole destined for the sun. A lot of people wanted to know how the solar cooker worked, reminding me that it was time for a [...]

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Ready to meet the sun!

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On the night to yesterday, Sheba celebrated her first birthday.

It’s hard to believe it wasn’t long since she herself was just a puppy!

She was the cutest puppy! Those eyes got me from the first day and there was an unspoken communication between the two of us.

Her world was amazingly simple. Everything was in order as [...]

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I was just falling asleep when I heard a crash that sounded as if the roof was being torn into pieces. Half awake, the only thing I could think of was that the water tower must have exploded somehow and that big chunks of plastic were flying in every direction. The dogs were barking on [...]

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Cooking - in my book - is always fun, and as you may have figured out by now, I love to improvise, using the resources that are available.

When we visited Liz (a Peace Corps Volunteer) in her village, we brought a few ingredients for lunch that we knew would not get spoiled in the heat [...]

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This past weekend, we had Monday off due to Easter and hence the opportunity to head out on a 24 hour excursion to visit Illami and his new owner Liz in their village in the bush!

On Sunday morning, we packed my mother’s Suzuki with four girls and a fair amount of luggage (you’d be amazed [...]

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Poor Dennis Mugu (our Azawakh cross) is always ending up sharing his things. Sheba wants his toys, the horses want his food and now that the hot season has kicked in, the birds want his water!

With so much drinking and bathing activities goes on, Anette and I will simply have to fill up the bowls [...]

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It’s been two weeks now since my father started riding again for the first time in 38 (!) years and we’ve been having a lot of fun!

Sahara is the perfect mount for him, and with her smooth gaits, she has been earning more praise this past week than in her entire lifetime!

Our first bush ride [...]

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It isn’t often that I suggest we go up at 4.45 am in order to enjoy the sunrise, but this was one of those times, and I regardless of how tired I was before when driving up the hilltop (known by us as Mt Zinder), I don’t regret it for a second!

There is something very [...]

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Although most of our days tend to be busy, this past weekend was busier than ever (in a good way). Between horseback riding, house cleaning (mostly done by our guest Hanna from Sweden) and heading off to dinner at my father’s, we managed to squeeze in an excursion to the Zinder market.

Much to Hanna’s delight, [...]

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