An early morning stroll around Adiebeba with the new camera on August 9th, 2012 and some other scenes from around town. OUR BACK YARD The goat house and the goats, hoping to see someone with a pan of compost but instead saw a woman with a camera. MORNING BIRDS Greeting […]
August at Casa Kumasi was a happening month between Miriam’s visit, Lauren’s departure, big garden progress, fun with the goats and Tamara’s short stay. HOME MADE HAMMOCK Lauren was inspired by the hammocks at Stumble Inn in Elmina, so when James donated his old bed sheets to the house, she took one
A couple of days with Tamara who was visiting Ghana from Oxford to do some research for her PhD in post-colonial literature. AZONTO IN THE PARK After Tamara arrived with a bright smile to a warm welcome we felt a bit of sight-seeing was in order. So, we asked Eric to take
Two days at the lake with Tim, Carol, Ashley, Jeremy, Justin and Joanne on the last weekend in August. The perfect get-away, beautiful Lake Bosumtwi is less than 25 miles from our home in Kumasi. With so many project people coming to town to participate in business meetings the last weekend of this month, it was
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OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD We live in a small neighborhood called Adiebeba (pronounced Ah dee ah bey bah), just south of the Ahodwo Roundabout. A rearing horse welcomes people to the area but there are no horses as far as we can tell. The streets are vibrantly alive with neighbors, commuters, vendors, goats, sheep
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Adiebeba Neighborhood – It’s not just a home, it’s an adventure! AHODWO ROUNDABOUT AND MARKET How fitting that we moved just south of the Ahodwo roundabout which sports a statue of a rearing horse. This is the market where we buy most of our produce. We can count on onions, peppers, mangoes,
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Out on the Streets – Oh the sights we see! If we could only share the smells and sounds… A PRINCE OF A MAN Prince is one of our two favorite taxi drivers in Kumasi. Their phone numbers are programmed into our cell phones. Prince can often be found next to the
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Lake Bosumtwi – Chillin\’ at the lake July 12, 13 and 14 with Jeremy, Justin and Lauren CRATER LAKE VILLAGES Bosumtwi is home to about 70,000 people living in twenty-some villages surrounding the lake. The crater lake was created by meteor impact more than one million years ago. LAKE POINT GUEST HOUSE Bob
The Green Ranch – Horse trekking around beautiful Lake Bosumtwi with our wonderful host Abena on July 12, 2012 WORLD’S BEST WAY TO SPEND A MORNING Life just doesn’t get any better than a horseback ride around a beautiful lake and through fascinating villages with your best friends six degrees north of the equator.
That Nature Thing – exploring the wonderful world of nature in our bedroom and beyond AROUND THE HOUSE Nature appreciation begins at home, although the centipede Bob ran into on our bedroom floor was a bit too close for comfort. Camille found a three-inch long blue wasp outside on our back steps.
