A Day for International Women

Last Saturday, 8^th March, was International Women’s day. This week we will look at how some International Women celebrated.

It was a good day for relaxing in the swimming pool. Dr Corrie thought a refreshing drink would be he best way to toast the day.

Always enjoying any opportunity to dress up, Corrie and Irene tried on some local dresses. Dr Corrie looks particularly fetching in a ‘Gomez’ which is the traditional costume of the Lugandan tribe.

Meanwhile a couple of Ugandan girls were enjoying themselves trying out a new, oversized, hand bag.

Mairead has been working at the Hospital for the last 6 months but it was time to return home to Ireland. She has spent some time teaching computers to the Nursing School students, who thanked her by presenting a gift.

Last week we talked about buying meat in a local market. This week we enjoyed a meal with Corrie of beef stew, roast potatoes, beans and carrots. Lovely!

The bug of the week are a ‘flutter’ of tiny butterflies which we spotted trying to cool off in the baking sun.

This week’s Proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Nigeria: “A woman is never old when it comes to the dance she knows”

Hair today, Gone tomorrow

New Year – Time for a new haircut.

The UK news this week seems focussed on the Prime Minister’s hair. (Can’t be much else happening, then)

 In the past few weeks there has also been some concern at the state of Malcolm’s hair so it is time for his annual shearing.

One of the personal ‘hygiene’ problems of living here is how to get a haircut. The local hair dressers may be excellent at shaving heads, or spending all day braiding hair, but not necessarily so good at ‘4 on top, 1 at the sides’ or styling.

Fortunately Mairead is at hand.

Malcolm wasn’t too sure how it would turn out (nor seems Mairead?).

Having tackled the impenetrable, Mairead enjoyed the easier task of tidying up Irene.

However, the ‘bug of the week’ did not seem too happy.

 This week’s African Proverb from the BBC web-site is from Liberia: “The wisdom of a person cannot be determined by the number of grey hairs on their head”

P.S. Apologies to all her fans, but Irene has returned to the UK for a well deserved 3 week break. So, no more photos of her for a few weeks. Please keep watching anyway.