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Trio

  This trio of young masais are in transition from boyhood to young warrior status.  The ceremony includes circumcision and the youngsters dress in black robes with white makeup for […]
Trio

Sky High

  The wildlife does its best to hide, and sleep, but with a zoom lens …..   Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 April 2016     Part of Hiding and Skywatch  
Sky High

Saharan Sand

Sahara Desert, Tunisia, August 2006 A colourful note:  the origins of the colour name desert sand are apparent when you observe how close it is to the Saharan sand.  Interestingly, it was used […]

Vintage Safari

“There we were, the three of us, wanting to congratulate, wanting to be good sports about this rhino whose smaller horn was longer than our big one, this huge, tear-eyed marvel […]

Tooth Decay and Fashion Advice

“I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie.” -Rodney Dangerfield (American comedian and actor, 1921 – 2004) If we follow that dentist’s […]

Dust in the Desert

 “Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert” – Khalil Gibran Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 April 2015