Sunday, March 17, 2013

Day trip to Ngare Sero mountain lodge


Malachite King Fisher






Colobus Monkeys - found them!



Drove for lunch and coffee today to a lodge in the foothills of the mountains - only about 40 minutes from home. I've made two day trips on other occasions to see Colobus monkeys (Arusha National Park) with no luck. Today was the day! What extraordinary looking creatures. Also, visited a TZ trout farm there, and near the water saw this oh so beautiful King Fisher. Not easy to photograph with my little pocket digital camera, yet happy that a few pics worked well enough that you can get an idea of the coloring. Once again...another day I feel blessed and privileged for the time I have in this outstanding part of the world! 


Saturday, March 16, 2013

Tarangire in March

Lilac-breasted Roller

Bishop

elephant family




a BIG bull elephant who kept following me as I reversed down the track

European Roller

Buffalo Weaver



Weaver

on the drive home...rain storm & Mt Meru


Sunday, March 3, 2013

Kilimanjaro half marathon

taking care of a six month training goal!

What a cool experience! Very privileged to see the Kenyan and Tanzanian professional marathoners shoot by.

crowd craziness at the finish line