daily photo niger

another batch

Bananas in our yard.

early mangos

Niger has four seasons. The wet hot season when it rains, June through August; the mini-hot season, wow does it get hot in September-October; the cool hot season, you might need a long-sleeve t-shirt in the mornings, warm during the day, really perfect weather, like Palm Springs from November through February; and the hot, hot season, March, April, May. One of the good things about the hot, hot season: mangos.

lily

Niger has it's seasons, besides just "four kinds of hot." Right now the lilies are blooming.

tree

This is the kind of landscape you see when driving around Niamey, the capital of Niger. But I want you to know, when I went to buy cat food at the grocery store tonight, all the parking spaces were taken. All three of them.

capok tree

Ana called it a "ka-pok", I think I've heard "kay-pok" and when I asked Nick what kind of tree it is, he pronounced it like it was in French, "ca-po." They only bloom in December and January and are a marvel.