Kim in Lamu, Kenya

Thursday 10 May 2012

Sunday 6 May 2012

Gulu, Uganda

My first time entering a brick and grass circular hut in Gulu, Uganda and the surrounding outdoor spaces where I lived for 2 days.

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Breaking dawn on Shela beach

Me admiring and shining in the rise of the sun on Shela beach

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Saturday 5 May 2012

Shela, Lamu, Kenya

Contained within this video are snap-shots of what my eyes, heart and soul captured; nature, friends, animals, landscapes, seascapes, local people and more.

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The house I stayed in on my 1st night in Nairobi

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Returning Home

My time in Lamu is coming to an end, tomorrow night I return to London...

Saturday 14 April 2012

Triumphant

Gonna end your blood sucking nights

Your bite leaves me scratching

like a stuck CD

Swarming tepid air - the fan's of no use.

Got no Air-Con!

Closed shutters bar entry

to more flying vampires.

Half nude can't make the heat retreat.

I spy your familiar form

In a flash the whining stops!

Splattered flat

between two dairies.

Sound sleep alludes me no more.

By Kim Love ©

Apr 2012

Shela Beach

Frolicked in the Indian ocean and on the sandy beach such a feeling of aliveness I had a wonderful time.

Thursday 12 April 2012

I can't Adam-N-Eve it; 7 days left in sunny, quiet Shela...Time moved so slowly in the beginning I thought I'd be here forever. Now here I am, with a week to go, till I return to the delights of West London...

What have I learnt in my time in Shela, Lamu:

I am city woman through and through
Mosquito's get on my fucking nerves (but I knew that already)
I can't live full-time in a Muslim society as dodgy as England is on the whole I prefer it
Be more specific when asking the universe for what I want/desire
That I can't miss my nephew Marcellous formative years 11-18 yrs
I don't like a society that doesn't support its people e.g. no Welfare State here, gotta pay for hospital etc
That there are good and nasty people wherever you go in the world
A lovely place to be creative e.g. me writing my poetry
To speak slower when English is a person's 2nd, 3rd or 4th language
That I loved being amongst the Blacks of Uganda I felt so at home
That I do embrace the speed of the internet in London and am very happy I have access to it
I love living in a tropical climate

There's more stuff I reconfirmed about myself

Sunday 8 April 2012

Delayed Rains - Haiku No.2

Sun beams of scorching fierce heat

harden the Red dusty earth

Kenya waits the summer rains.

Kim Love ©

Apr 2012

Moonrise - Haiku No. 1

Full moon rising keep an eye

Creamy clotted disc

Journeys East across the sky.

Kim Love ©

Apr 2012

Saturday 7 April 2012

Art Exhibition

Jeremy and I visited a local Art exhibition in Shela 3 days ago - The Artists are a German couple; Lili and Jesko who Jeremy and I bump into on our morning beach walks.

Below are some of the paintings I liked alot: