some more...

its so HOT here that even the pool water has evaporated! okay, not really. this pool was 1/2 full (or 1/2 empty) when we visited it last week with some friends from Nigeria.
















this lovely creature hung out for too long in our yard one day. i guess you can tell that his life ended shortly thereafter.















from the top of the hill...can you see the huts in the distance within all the millet?















the hut for sarah & i
have you ever...slept on the ground in a grass hut during the middle of a storm???















hausa and fulani men taking a break for a photo















some of my fulani friends with their children out in the millet field