Bird Coffee Klatch

A story about laundry may not be of great interest to those people with luxury of a washing machine and dryer; but for those of us hand washing all our clothing and air drying; the events that will unfold are of the utmost importance!

I never knew this, but apparent the birds on this side of Nairobi have a daily coffee klatch.  Unbeknown to me they get together every morning to share the events of the previous day.  How did I discover this great event.  Well one day I did some laundry and hung it on the line to dry.  At the end of the day I took in the dry laundry only to discover that birds had left me some interesting gifts stuck to the clean clothes.  How annoying, now I had to wash the clothes AGAIN!

After this happened two more times, we decided to wash clothes in the evening and hang them up overnight to dry; since the birds should all be asleep an nowhere near the clothes.  We thought that they were doing fly bys and getting lucky.  The next morning I got up early and took in the clothing; it was all clean....Yay!  The plan worked.

Around 7 am, I heard birds twittering outside, went to the balcony, and discovered the coffee klatch. Apparent our laundry lines make a great place to exchange the daily info.

Friday's Photo Finish

Another Bodie & Auntie

In  the process of moving and unpacking...will have a photo of the new place next week.

Fall Fun

Kenya is a beautiful country with many natural wonders and wildlife. The only downside to God's creation in Kenya is not having an autumn season. Fall is my favorite season. Leaves are changing from green to brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows. A favorite family fall (how's that for alliteration!) activity is apple picking; so on my last Saturday in the US we trekked out to an apple farm to pick our own apples.  (Caption Contest on final photo.)

Fall Foliage

To save fuel, we all shoved into one car!  

At this apple farm there was a lot of stuff to choose from:

Pumpkins 

Indian Corn and Decorative Gourds

Apple Cider

We got two baskets and headed up to the orchard to pick our own apples.  My favorite type is Winesap, but that was not ready yet, so we went for Cortland Apples.  Before we started out, we took note of this sign:

I like to consider this a guideline, not a hard and fast rule.  As you will later observe!

As we entered the apple orchards, there was row upon row of juicy apples.

Some of the varieties included Rome, Cortland, Jonagold, and Red Delicious.

We all jumped in with full force to get the best apples in the orchard.  We chose Cortland's because they tasted really good!

Dad tasted more than he picked for the buckets, I think!

Here Glory is pointing out the features of the apple she just selected.

Mom and Annette work as a team.

As you can see, the best apples were at the tops of the trees, completely out of reach.  

Red, crisp, and just waiting to be picked.

What to do?  We came up with several of solutions:

Mike shows off his husbandly skills.

Annette and Glory demonstrate the Shabouk Girls tenacity.

What is this person doing CLIMBING THE TREE??

At the end of it all, we had a fun time together.

Thanks Dad & Mom.

CONTEST - CAPTION THIS PHOTO:

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In the comments below, please caption this photo.  I just don't know what to say!