Our trip to the Northern Region was full of wonderful plant encounters. STATELY TREES The few tall trees of the Savanna are striking indeed. These two majesties are heralded for their medicine and energy. On the left, a baobab (Adansonia digitata, Malvaceae) shines in the morning light across from the Asempa Lodge. The African mahogany […]
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A introduction to some traditional Dagomba cultural practices – shea butter, cotton and pottery, Oh my! Bob, Amy and Jeremy get a hands-on tour of Mbanayili village on February 22, 2013. We had a great time, and left some tourist dollars at the very local level. A STEP BACK IN TIME The entrance to
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A taste of down town Tamale with a two night stay at the Picorna Hotel affording a glimpse of local street life. Then some shopping and passage home to Kumasi – February 23 and 24, 2013 PICORNA HOTEL A step up from Asempa, the Picorna Hotel (billed as ‘the home of
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
Bob, Camille, and Amy travel to Tema to visit Bob’s boyhood stomping grounds. COMMUNITY SIX, TEMA 1970 Community 6 was built to hold the dozens of expatriate families that the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) brought over to Ghana to build and operate the aluminium smelter in Tema that Bob’s dad managed. In addition
December was a fairly quiet month on project while we compiled a 96 page “18 Month Report”, staff went on holiday, and a couple of us held down the fort. A VISION REALIZED Bob had been planning this hammock for a few months. He often gets stuck at the site waiting for someone
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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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