The first month of 2013 finds us in Kumasi, Ghana. We were joined by Amy this month, requiring a short, memorable stay at Osda House in Accra with a side trip to nearby Tema where Bob went to school forty years ago. Also this month: garden harvests, the dusts of Harmattan, a new Spot […]
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Around the house and gardens in January, 2013 – from first sunrise to the setting of the full moon and with a tour of our downstairs flat thrown in for good measure. FIRST SUNRISE OF THE YEAR Happy News Year’s Day – a sun rise seen through razor wire and palm fronds!
The perfect Guest House for welcoming Amy to Africa, Osda House in Accra offered us a spacious suite surrounded by beautiful plants with plenty of heartfelt hospitality. January 11 through 14, 2013 AND AMY MAKES THREE Camille, Bob and Amy in front of Osda House the morning after her big flight across the Atlantic.
A trip to the big city of Accra to meet Amy’s long flight to Ghana. January 11 through 14, 2013 A SOFT LANDING AT OSDA HOUSE Bob picked the perfect guest house for our four night stay in Accra. Osda house provided a cushy spot for Amy to get her bearings with its
A walk through the rice fields in what was once the Kumasi Forest Reserve on January 27, 2013 WALKING INTO A NEW DAY On the equator, the sun rises straight up with little time to lose. By 9am it’s already high enough to make us squint as Amy, Camille and Bob step
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Grocery shopping the slow way – with a trip on foot to the \’best shopping in Kumasi\’ on the last day of the month Thursday, January 31, 2013 DR. J. G. WOOD AT 8:30 IN THE MORNING A Bob’s-eye view of Amy and Camille as the three of us head down
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A tradition of silliness involving a fake zebra with a spot on its ass – Here are all the Spot Photos from 2012, either taken with the life-sized Spot in North Carolina or with Mini Spot in Ghana. Can you find yourself?
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In a fabulous finale to another fine year, we celebrated life, common sense, fun and fulfillment. Fulfillment in the energy research project that brought us to Ghana, common sense in evacuating Kumasi after a chemical spill fouled the air, fun grooving to incredible live music, horse shopping with beautiful Elodie and chilling out at Lake
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In which Elodie invites Camille to go horse shopping in Obuasi and to her Green Ranch at Lake Bosumtwi to hang out. December 6 and 9, 2012 WELCOME TO OBUASI With Elodie at the wheel of her big blue truck, we were guaranteed a good time. The day started out wet but
In which we follow Bob’s lead and get out of town after a chemical spill gives us a headache. December 6, 7, 8 and 9, 2012 PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE – NO THANKS Wednesday night, December 5th, we got into bed and smelled a new smell. “Are there skunks around here?” I asked
