After having spent so many weekends enjoying the wonders of Chilumba, Pally and I decided to venture 20 min down the road and get a change of scenery by hiking Livingstonia moutain. Here are some photos and excerpts from my journal:
We are sitting inside a cloud.
Sipping foamy coffee, shooting slingshots, listening to thunder boom and watching cloud race past.
Cozy, and just a bit cold, for the first time in weeks!
Perfection.
I take it back.
We are, in fact, in an enchanted mountain kingdom. A magical garden straight from Siobhan’s deepest daydreams.
I stand under a banana frond and take in all the life around me, mouth hanging open in wonder…. (Until a mozzie flew in! hehe)
Lilypads and bamboo.
Bunnies, and butterflies of all shades flitting through the air like secret wishes.
Bright red spiky kite-shaped spiders suspended in the space in front of my sunburnt nose.
Florescent red and orange toadstools and prickly mushrooms and cascading waterfalls.
People who live in treehouses!!! (Just like I have always been daydreaming of!)
Hibiscus, perfect in reds and pinks and white.
And a view… a view that leaves you quite breathless. Speechless.
Infinite hues of green, blue, gray, changing every moment as the clouds shift across the roof of the world.
Eagles swoop and dive, as a rain cloud passes by, a hazy mist obscuring the valley below.
And accompanying this otherworldly perfection?
The commentary of a child, so innocent and oblivious of his own charm, his ability to fascinate, as he casually shares a knowledge that for him is commonplace, growing up in this land of wonders.
I am laying in bed, cozy under my quilt, and watching the sun rise over the Tanzanian mountains, clear across the lake.
Enough said.
We finished by coming home and having a lovely dip in the lake, and are now feeling fully refreshed and ready for the week ahead! (And a wee bit sunburnt! )
Hope all your weekends were equally magical, and full of moments of absolute perfection and peace! :)
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| ChiPallyWally admiring the enchanted forest |
Sipping foamy coffee, shooting slingshots, listening to thunder boom and watching cloud race past.
Cozy, and just a bit cold, for the first time in weeks!
Perfection.
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| We are in a cloud! |
We are, in fact, in an enchanted mountain kingdom. A magical garden straight from Siobhan’s deepest daydreams.
I stand under a banana frond and take in all the life around me, mouth hanging open in wonder…. (Until a mozzie flew in! hehe)
Lilypads and bamboo.
Bunnies, and butterflies of all shades flitting through the air like secret wishes.
Bright red spiky kite-shaped spiders suspended in the space in front of my sunburnt nose.
Florescent red and orange toadstools and prickly mushrooms and cascading waterfalls.
People who live in treehouses!!! (Just like I have always been daydreaming of!)
Hibiscus, perfect in reds and pinks and white.
And a view… a view that leaves you quite breathless. Speechless.
Infinite hues of green, blue, gray, changing every moment as the clouds shift across the roof of the world.
Eagles swoop and dive, as a rain cloud passes by, a hazy mist obscuring the valley below.
And accompanying this otherworldly perfection?
The commentary of a child, so innocent and oblivious of his own charm, his ability to fascinate, as he casually shares a knowledge that for him is commonplace, growing up in this land of wonders.
Enough said.
We finished by coming home and having a lovely dip in the lake, and are now feeling fully refreshed and ready for the week ahead! (And a wee bit sunburnt! )
Hope all your weekends were equally magical, and full of moments of absolute perfection and peace! :)
oh my WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! i'm going to be thereeeeeeee soon! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteTarrah - Your photos and verse are beautiful :) Love, Auntie Gail
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