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Do we still live on trees?


can you see any lions? Neither can I
a city street with no cars. I think their owners went to church
I can’t recall what I was in my mind when I took this picture
anyone looking for office space and has no issues being in traffic for hours can move to Nairobi
the day was cloudy but you can see the park at the extents of the city, if you look carefully
a good gallery can’t be complete without a sky pic
the city is always beautiful on Sundays
someone stop this building from falling, please
the sky was so blue, the blue building almost melts into it
a city of boxes and more boxes

About makagutu

As Onyango Makagutu I am Kenyan, as far as I am a man, I am a citizen of the world

50 thoughts on “Do we still live on trees?”

  1. siriusbizinus says:
    May 4, 2015 at 10:14

    I’ll say a prayer for the building to not fall over.

    Let me know when it collapses…

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  2. sonmi upon the Cloud says:
    May 4, 2015 at 12:07

    “A good gallery can’t be complete without a sky picture” – so true, and a fine one it is, the sky on each one is lovely.
    Landscapes sadly do not have enough land in them these days. Concrete jungles and plastic Tarzans. Having said that you did a great job with the photographs, good morning mak *smiles*

    – sonmi upon the Cloud

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  3. inspiredbythedivine1 says:
    May 4, 2015 at 13:53

    Excellent pics, once again.

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  4. carmen says:
    May 4, 2015 at 15:12

    That’s a cityscape alright, Mak! Quite a view out your window – with so much stimulation how do you get any work done?? ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. Ruth says:
    May 4, 2015 at 15:52

    Great pictures, Mak! Your city is lovely!

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  6. Ain't No Shrinking Violet says:
    May 4, 2015 at 16:39

    Awesome pics! I love to see photos of where my blogging friends live. That sky shot was spectacular.

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  7. john zande says:
    May 4, 2015 at 19:05

    I’m more in a wide-ranging shrub with some interesting nooks and crannies.

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  8. shelldigger says:
    May 6, 2015 at 19:33

    Next time tell them your lions are safely housed at Mak’s super villian complex under the volcano, where they are fed x-ians doused with BBQ sauce.

    What kind of assumption is one where it is thought you have lions running loose in the streets? Sounds like a redneck racist…

    Beautiful pics, beautiful country Mak.

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  9. fojap says:
    May 9, 2015 at 22:56

    Lovely pictures!

    What! No lions? I thought they were all over the place, sort of like Kenyan squirrels. That was a silly question, but, at the same time, I was pretty sure there were no lions in Nairobi, but if you asked me why I thought that I couldn’t really give you a good answer besides never having seen a photo of Nairobi with a lion in the street. Actually, now that I think of it, I don’t even know if you have small animals that live in cities. All the stuff I’ve ever read about animals in Kenya focuses on the big ones on the plains. Do you have anything similar to squirrels, pigeons and rats? Pigeons and rats came with Europeans, but the squirrels are native, so are some varieties of mice.

    Once in Central Park, I saw a bunch of tourists oohing and ahhing over a mother raccoon and her pups. At first, I thought, “big deal.” Then I overheard a couple of people speaking French saying, “What is it?” and I realized they don’t have them outside of North America.

    So, while the lion question sounds silly, I’m tempted to cut the person who said it a little slack because I probably have a whole lot of assumptions that are only slightly less silly. I was in Mexico with a friend and we were hungry late at night, and she said to someone, “I’m from New Jersey. Now, I know you don’t have diners here, but what do you have that’s like a diner?” We were directed to an late-night taco stand. (That friend had once been in a beer ad, if that gives you an idea about her appearance. I think she was used to the notion that she could say literally anything to men and get smiles and nods. She was also very smart, but you wouldn’t know it to look at her.)

    As far as the trees go, I suspect humanity’s first mistake was coming down from them. That’s probably what started us on our need to build houses, and now we build tall towers to mimic living in trees again.

    A bit of free association: In my memories, I’ve mentioned that my mother had three close friends (sadly, two of them have died) and they all had two children around the same ages. Four of us were very close in age, and one lived in Nairobi for a time. She married a Brit born in Kenya. My mother and I had been arguing for some time where he was from. You know, when it feels rude to ask. Finally she found out.

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    • makagutu says:
      May 10, 2015 at 08:54

      Hey,
      Nairobi has on one side a national park where you can find most of the big game except elephants. There are squirrels, mongoose, warthogs and many small animals too.
      They don’t get to the streets since the park is fenced.

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      • fojap says:
        May 10, 2015 at 11:50

        I read the Wikipedia article on Nairobi so I wouldn’t say anything too obviously stupid. I found out that I had one huge misconception. I thought it must be hot there. It seems that our summers are worse. Cold winters and hot, muggy summers. We don’t have too much to brag about regarding weather. On the other hand, with the drought in California, I’m sort of glad to live in a wetter part of the world.

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        • makagutu says:
          May 10, 2015 at 16:21

          February is our hottest month then October. July the coldest. The rest of the year, the temperature is almost ambient, ie, between 20-25 deg C.

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          • inspiredbythedivine1 says:
            May 10, 2015 at 19:19

            I’m jealous. We get 5 months of humid heat; then 2 months of windy rains; then 5 months of snow, freezing cold, and ice.

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            • makagutu says:
              May 10, 2015 at 19:29

              Good weather all year round, is what we have. I didn’t mention the wet months from end of March to end of May and short rains in November and December

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          • fojap says:
            May 10, 2015 at 20:07

            I did know that your summers are during our winters. I’m not that bad. ๐Ÿ™‚ January here is the coldest; the average is just about freezing. However, the July mean is 25 and the average high is 30. The thing that is the real killer is that at least once, usually twice, during the summer we get a “heat wave.” That’s three or four days of unusually hot weather. It can get into the high thirties. Add to that, the humidity. It’s great that we get a lot of rain, but the price for that is it’s humid.

            Needless to say, I don’t work for the New York City tourist bureau.

            I have to agree with TACP. I’m jealous. Your weather could make Southern Californians jealous.

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  10. Nancy Oyula says:
    May 19, 2015 at 11:20

    Nairobi looks so clear and clean. Also, your photography skills are on point ๐Ÿ™‚

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