flooding in Malawi , National holiday today and Throwback Thursday

The much needed rain a few weeks ago is now causing havoc throughout the country..Homes are being destroyed,  livestock washed away and over 60,000 people displaced... We remain unaffected by it, except for some leaking here and there.. but most of the country is now declared a state of emergency..Malawi has made the headlines and the President has declared that 15 districts of the country are in a state of emergency... see news article below

Malawi state of emergency

Many people live in makeshift homes or homes similar to these structures and I'm not sure how they would hold up in serious rain storms...

Market in Lilongwe

Here in Lilongwe , we have the day off due to John Chilembwe day... Here's a tidbit about John if you are so inclined to find out more about this holiday..
John Chilembwe
The president has (i think) decided to extend the holiday to tomorrow as well, so this means shops, etc will probably be closed for the next few days.. I love the holiday extending thing.. It happened several times in Botswana, and it must be an African thing... What a great way to boost morale in a country.. Let's just extend the holiday!! Imagine if our president decided to do this..

It is very early here and I cannot sleep due to the huge amount of bird chirping that started around 4 am.. I was up at 5 am, making banana bread and Irish soda bread... I like bread. 

Since so many hipsters have decided that Thursday is dubbed "throwback Thursday".. I've decided to grace you with 2 photos from several years back.. Here are the twins and Maura.. I've spared Jacob and Kate the embarrassment , mainly because I'll never hear the end of it from Kate... 

Headed out to golf . Hope all is well back home.