Posted in April 14th, 2008
To have a cup of coffee and a melon by the pool during siestas
To have a blue sky and daily sunshine
To be able to enjoy a fruit a day or even more
To have running water
To live in a house that is a home
To have a family that cares
To have friends who wait for you, even […]
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Posted in April 8th, 2008
I just came back to work after spending 36 hours home with a 39 degree fever. Anette called to check on me, since she had noticed that I hadn’t blogged anything so far (and the trend lately has been to blog once a day…). I told her that I tried to blog a post yesterday […]
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Posted in April 2nd, 2008
For all those of you who have never been to Zinder, here are a few images!
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Posted in March 26th, 2008
Another question I asked myself was whether Anette’s last coat of paint would keep the water from leaking out of our mini pool. We tried it out this week end, and hurray, it worked! Except for the water that evaporates, we’re good! We keep about 20 cm which is enough for a dip during the […]
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Posted in March 24th, 2008
Posted in March 13th, 2008
I had an easy-going day today spent with a very old friend who recently came back from Kenya. We had so much to talk about! She invited me for lunch, coffee and dessert in town (I am being fattened up!), and then we went back to my sister’s apartment and met with my niece Tabita, […]
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Posted in March 10th, 2008
Smögen 2006
I am in leaving in a minute. The car is packed. My head is full of thoughts and my heart is filled with a mixture of pain, love, thankfulness and expectations.
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Posted in February 29th, 2008
It is nearly morning and I am just back at the hotel, after having seen the very first (complete) preview of the TV2 documentary about the Niger “famine” in 2005. I really liked it (what a complex piece of work!) and it will be interesting to see how people respond to it. Mostly when we […]
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Posted in January 27th, 2008
Sahara looking beautiful as ever - but who would have thought she’d grow so much during the time that she’s been with us?
Maya starting to become less and less like an indifferent bush horse and more and more like the other mares in the flock
Arwen with the right posture. I wanted a picture of that […]
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Posted in December 30th, 2007
Just wanted to let you know…
… that we love the spirit in our garden! Swings are not only for children, in case you wondered! And as we have one in our garden, we are pleased to see it being used by all sorts of people - mostly grownups!
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