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| Majestic Baobab |
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| bananas |
Lately, much of my email has
contained messages about the colorful panorama of autumn foliage in the
Berkshires. This caused me to take a closer look at the foliage surrounding me
in beautiful Burkina.
Riding through the Berkshire
hillside provides a palette of magnificent red, orange and yellow. Burkina Faso’s
environment, though not aflame with color, is nonetheless splendid in variety
and beauty.
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| Cotton |
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| Sugarcane |
Baobab, banana, palm, flamboyant and eucalyptus trees replace the
forests of maples, oaks and pines of home.
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| Okra |
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| Sesame Plants |
Cultivation is the mainstay
of life in Kimini and the surrounding area. Fields of corn, rice, okra, millet,
sesame, cotton and sugarcane dot the landscape.
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| Seed spreader |
Burkinabé are hard-working people who do the back breaking work of planting and harvesting without the aid of modern machinery. Farmers commonly use a short handled hoe-like tool called a daba. Occasionally, you will see a primitive plow or seed spreader being utilized. I have gained a new appreciation for those who make a living by farming.
May all farmers rejoice in a bountiful harvest and may we say an extra prayer of thanks for those who toil in the fields.
"Through him all things were made;without him nothing was made that has been made." Jn.1:3
I feel blessed to have experienced
the beauty of creation from both sides of the
pond.
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