I'm spending a lot of time in Africa, so it made sense to set up a base.

December and January were unsettled times to be moving in to a new home in Nairobi.

my new neighbours

the green of the garden outside my bedroom window is intense, as is the birdsong early each morning

 

the guest room is cool and quiet

 

seeds in the garden, and a young visitor

I got used to these prehistoric looking ibis in South Africa - its nice to have them wandering around the lawn again

This was my first home in Kenya since my family left in 1978. I lost my parents soon after.
I instinctively knew I needed to move back, to recover a more integrated sense of myself.
It has been a meaningful, sometimes painful, and challenging process. Nature has helped.