“There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love! The colors are like no other, they swim and leap, they trickle and embellish! And yet you choose to fixate your eyes on the small fly which has landed on it! Why do you do such a thing?” ― C. JoyBell C.

What a very dusty day in Tete, Mozambique

Amazing how content and happy the children are to play with and whatever is lying around.... An old bike frame found on the trash heap keeps this little chap busy!

"Don't sit there watching the wind....don't stare at the clouds....Get on with your life! Ecclesiastes 11:4

Happy with his days catch! A popular protein meal for the local people.....

Life, and the way we "look at things" is really up to us........ We can either look at the chaos and mess around about us, and instantly loose our joy OR we can look beyond "over it all" at the distant beauty and be uplifted, able to encourage and lift up those around us!

Love these Nguni calves, check out those eyelashes!

Fish, fish, salted, fresh and dried.........

Your need very little to have fun around here! Happy with little.......

We in Tete, only have about 2 months of the year, where we can sit and enjoy a fire! There is nothing more satisfying than watching an old kettle boil on an open fire, and drinking the smoky flavoured tea!

"sometimes, instead of looking up, look down, you could find beauty right at your feet (even in stagnant pools!) Blessed week friends....

May your weekend be filled with "colour" ........

Mozambique's necessary staples....... oil and piri-piri sauce sold on every corner..... Here is a recipe for Moz piri-piri sauce..

Mozambique HOT piri-piri sauce

Super-hot Mozambican peri-peri sauce recipe

Use this to marinate prawns or to make Portuguese chicken, both of which go well with a Portuguese roll to mop up the sauce.

In a clean glass jar, combine:

• ½ cup white vinegar
• ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice
• ½ cup olive oil
• 1 tot chilli powder
• 1 tot paprika
• 1 tot salt
• 1 tot chopped garlic
• 10 African bird’s eye chillies, finely chopped (don’t remove the seeds as this is where the heat is)

Put the lid on the jar, shake well and you’re done. The sauce improves with time and will be even better – and more fiery – after standing for an hour or even a day.

If you want the sauce hotter, add more chillies and chilli powder.

if the light is right even dirty bottles of oil look golden!

it's hard work selling bread in Tete........

assorted beans and grains for sale in the local market..... this is a very dusty time of the year in Tete, making for soft light and hazy photographs! No need for editing!