Living close to the bush...
I did a bit of a shocking discovery this morning while emptying the washing machine... a snake suddenly appeared in my view. Dead of course, it wouldn't survive the hot water and soap used but I suddenly got a bit scared: was it in there when I put in the laundry? How did it get there in the first place???
We figured it must have entered via the water exit or entry. Which means that even we got slippery tiles and have mosquitescreen doors, our house is still not snake free. We tried to find out if it was a poisonous snake or not, but didn't find anything so far (if you happen to know, let us know!). Thorsten put it in alcohol to preserve it so we can find out later. Up to the bookshop!
Ah well, we're living in Africa after all and close to the bush... what do you expect. And it did add some excitement to the day.
The kids are fine, although I feel like taking a discount card at the health centre. Lisa just recovered from her persisting cough when Jara fell down with fever last night. Luckily no malaria and just a troat infection. She should be up and running again in a few days.
Have a great day!
We figured it must have entered via the water exit or entry. Which means that even we got slippery tiles and have mosquitescreen doors, our house is still not snake free. We tried to find out if it was a poisonous snake or not, but didn't find anything so far (if you happen to know, let us know!). Thorsten put it in alcohol to preserve it so we can find out later. Up to the bookshop!
Ah well, we're living in Africa after all and close to the bush... what do you expect. And it did add some excitement to the day.
The kids are fine, although I feel like taking a discount card at the health centre. Lisa just recovered from her persisting cough when Jara fell down with fever last night. Luckily no malaria and just a troat infection. She should be up and running again in a few days.
Have a great day!
1 comments:
We haven't found anything scary in our washing machine but then you wouldn't expect to in Twickenham.In The Gambia we didn't have a washing machine but I did find a very soggy dead mouse in the washing up bowl.I thought it was the dishcloth and when I fished it out of the bowl i screamed so loudly that the whole compound came to see what was wrong.It obviously wasn't life threatening but it was disgusting. My neighbors thought it was very funny and probably typical for a pathetic toubab.
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