January Pictures

Some pictures of my village from January:

Approaching my village from the road. My compound is off to the left, not pictured

Sunset among the small baobob trees

Grass my younger brothers cut for new roofs

Cheebujain (rice and fish) in Kedougou. This is a meal I ate often with my CBT family in Mbour during training, but not something I ever eat in my village

My host aunt spinning cotton to make rope for a fishing net (3-year-old host brother squatting next to her)

Name that tree (#1)

Name that tree (#2). If you look closely you can see fruit starting to form

Name that tree (#2, larger fruit)

Petit pois (legume) tree

Soccer game at sunset in the village

Cashew trees outside my compound (Name that tree #2 = cashew)

My neighbor's compound. Tall tree in the back center of the picture is tamarind

Cows wandering around the bush near sunset

Typical bush path near my village

My host mom's garden. Large plants are jaxatu (bitter tomato)

Host mom's garden. Mint and onion in foreground, jaxatu on the left

My technical counterpart standing by a cashew tree that he planted with my ancien last year

My pepinere (tree nursery) before weeding and thinning. Only the tamarind and cashew sprouted

Consolidated tree nursery

My Moringa tree is about waist-high now

Garden bed, Moringa (back left) and mango (back right). All of the red-brown leaves on the mango tree are new growth since I have arrived at my site

First sign of life in my garden (cucumber)

Well-camouflaged stick-insect found in my backyard near the mango tree

Termites taking over a fallen tree

Termite mound #2

Termite mound #3

Termite mound #4, the tallest I have seen yet