Kenyadian

The misfit adventures of a Canadian in Kenya

May 2018 - Body, Mind, Spirit, part 3

Spirit, it's a revisit of body and mind, plus a few other bits to motivate and inspire.

From the deep red soil to the rich blue skies and everywhere in between, Kenya is alight with colour, except during the dry season then everything is just brown.  Otherwise the colour is bright, beautiful, bold & bountiful.

Children's laughter.  Crackling fires.  African drums. Midnight frogs and morning birds.  Thunderstorms and raindrops.  Everything is music to the ears.  Ok, sometimes it's nails on a chalkboard, but it's mostly music to the ears.

Mama & baby and all the auntie goats.  The smartest chicken ever, Moo (she's the one heading home after hopping her fence and raiding the kitchen).  Shy ducks, nosy ostrich and chickens along the trails.  Delicious chicken in a box, not to be confused with delicious chicken on a stick.  Moving speed bumps (street cows), golfing cows and cows just being cows.  Slowly, very slowly, very very slowly, the chameleon migration from avocado to papaya.  Gangs of roadside monkeys.  Beach camels and a beautiful bird perched atop the kale.  You never know who (what) you might meet coming out of the bush while wandering the roads, trails and streams.

Keep your spirits lifted.

Melman the Giraffe: [shouts] Ahhhhh! Nature! It's all over me! Get it off!

Marty the Zebra: Alex, do not interrupt me when I'm daydreaming. If a zebra's in the zone, leave him alone.

Alex the Lion: Whoa! Hold up there a second, fuzzbucket. You mean like, uh, the "live in a mud hut, wipe yourself with a leaf" type wild?

Gloria: So you must be Moto Moto.

Moto Moto: The name so nice when you say it twice

[Shows three fingers]