As you face the house, we have not one, but THREE entrances! On the left is the door to the toilet, shower, and laundry area. In the middle is our main front door, leading into our living area, kitchen, and bedroom. On the right is the door to the spare bedroom.
This is the back of the house, which faces the College. On the left are the spare bedroom windows – three of them. In the middle is our bedroom window, and the kitchen window. On the right is the window over the toilet (and our hot water heater).
This is the front of the house, looking into our enclosure. The fence was constructed to give us a bit of privacy because the main path to the village used to run directly in front of our front door. Now the villagers walk behind our house but they can still see into our windows! As you can see we have a couple nice shade trees on this side of our fence.
This is our laundry area and shower. Here you get the first glimpse of my twin-tub washing machine, which you have already been introduced to. As you can see, the shower is not enclosed so when we had a house guest (Rev. Macdonald from Ness) we had to rig up a sheet over the doorway to provide privacy and “signal” that the shower was in use. We always communicated very carefully about planned shower times! :)
The view out the bathroom door. The bicycle belongs to Asnet, the wife of Samuel who is one of our farm workers. Asnet helps me clean house once a week.
My washing machine!
The view from the front door. Kitchen and bedroom straight ahead, couch to the left.
My tiny gas cooker with 2 burners, and tiny oven. And wonderful fridge!!
My kitchen.
The view of our living area from the kitchen, looking towards the door to the spare bedroom. The front door is to the right of the photo.
The other side of our living area.
Our bedroom. Since this photo was taken we swapped the beds around so that ours is on the left and Elijah's is on the right, to accommodate a bigger mosquito net which encloses both the beds.We each have a trunk for our clothing and shoes (to keep the scorpions and other creepy crawlies out.)
Thanks for stopping by. :)
Thank you for the tour of your home! I was trying to imagine what it must be like to get used to everything being different! Not sure I could much handle the scorpions!!
ReplyDeleteElijah sure looks happy!! I spied some Cheerios, is it easy to get 'normal' foods like that in the shops there?
Love Dawn x
well, be reassured that I have only found one scorpion in my house so far. :) It had drowned in my kitchen sink. But we know they are around, so it is best to be cautious with footwear and clothing.
ReplyDeleteNo, things like Cheerios are an expensive and rare treat. We can only find them in Lusaka (a 5 or 6 hour drive away, so not really within a reasonable distance for a grocery shopping trip) and sometimes they aren't even available there. This box so far has lasted 2 and a half months - they are probably horribly stale but Elijah doesn't seem to mind!! There are many things we can only find in Lusaka...
Thanks for the tour of your house!
ReplyDeleteYour washing machine looks like one I had in 1989 when we lived in the "chos" (off-base housing) in Japan.
ReplyDeleteHi Katie -I had to laugh, my mother -in -law has almost the same washing machine in their home in Skye! She thinks it's just wonderful and refuses to get a modern one. I seem to manage to flood the kitchen almost every time I use it and a few washes takes most of the afternoon, I'm sure you're an expert now though. It's really lovely to see a bit of your life out there and to see the lovely Elijah -he has the most beautiful smile. Hope you're all well, we think of you often and pray for you. With love.
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