Meanwhile In Carolina...

A dear friend of mine moved out to a farm with some good people to see what the place holds for them. I visited a few weeks ago.

This post is just for these few photographs, and to file away that full-of-possibility feeling that comes with breaking new ground. Wishing them the best of luck, and alla y'all a  Happy spring.

Colo-rad-O

Kate also was lucky to be able to spend of couple of days in Colorado.

 

 

 

Utah

Kate just spent a couple of weeks in Moab, Utah.

Was taking a Wilderness First Responder course through NOLS. Prehospital medecine for remote environments. It was beautiful. It was fun.

First time in Utah, first time being that far west.

*Photos of me credit Ted Battesh!

Weekend in Ouaga

My friend was on the phone speaking with her mother and told her she was going to Ouagadougou for the weekend. Her mother replied, "Now how do you pronounce that."

Basket of carrots taking a short break from a woman's head while she talks to a friend at the Ghanaian Embassy.

Spent the weekend in Ouaga with a lovely group of expats (french, dutch, australian, american) for Fespaco, the pan-african film festival of Ouagadougou. It was a really good weekend. Once I got over the initial overwhelming bustle of a city like that, I was able to get to know Ouaga a little better and enjoy it. Not well enough to get around, by any means, but enough to want to maybe someday learn.

My friend Cara excels at selecting hotels.

Sunny and calm morning at the Ghanaian Embassy

Gabonese filmmaker Nadine Otsobogo made a short film called Dialemi, Elle s'amuse about a sculptor and his muse.

Lula Ali Ismail from Djibouti directed and starred in Laan, another short film which I sort of understood.

Touring the bronze workshop. Melting down some faucets and things.

A form for bronze