Hello, donkey! Hello, pelicans! Hello, white flamingo?!

 Hello, donkey, the rains must feel like a wonderful break from the heat

Palmarin, Senegal

 The leader of a herd

A flamingo coming to say hi

[I (re)learned that eating shrimp makes flamingos pink]

 Hello, pelicans!

 les oiseaux

And here is what a white flamingo looks like.  

Strange how it makes you want to feed it shrimp, lots of shrimp,

to make it a dazzling pink

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Snapshots from the road

 a woman carrying her sleeping daughter

Rufisque, Senegal

 Rufisque

Street vendors.   You can buy anything off the street.  

Things I've bought: Winter hats, footballs, peanuts, stickers

mangos, oranges, bananas...you get the idea

Hanging out

 Rufisque

the Senegalese men all wear these black caps with a pom-pom

no matter how hot it is outside

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Light through the Storm

after the first storm of the rainy season, the sun reminded us she was there

Palmarin, Senegal

 the calm before the storm in Palmarin

Palmarin's lagoon

 the mighty Baobab tree

calm after the storm

the light on our Baobab treehouse

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