Plants, Animals, and Birds!

Here are some fun pictures of living things that we have been enjoying recently.

First, and most sadly, here is the super cute (and only) baby chick that hatched and then lived only two days before being eaten by the dog...

Although that was extremely sad, things got better the day after that when our goat kidded!

Her name is Luthien (after a character in "The Silmarillion" by JRR Tolkien)

So far, Caleb has been mostly good around her.

Here are a couple of fun baby goat videos.  The first one is really short and very funny, so at least watch that one!

 

I have also been enjoying the proceeds of my garden.  Here are a few fun things that I have harvested recently.  First, roselle.  You remove the part that is around the seed pod and can boil it to make a tart, bright red juice or you can dry it for making tea.

And then some cowpeas and beans.  These started out as only about 25 seeds and then the plants produced this!

Next, I was at a training with KIDO when suddenly everyone started running in all directions.  They saw this guy coming with a snake that he caught.  I'm not really sure why he brought it over, but he sure freaked everyone out.  Anthony is pretty sure it is a spitting cobra.  We also don't know how he caught it, but I can tell you that this was one of the last moments in this snake's life.

Here are some cool birds I saw in Kenya.  A Superb Starling:

And Fischer's Lovebirds:

Then, giant snails we saw.