We Have Seedlings!!!

I grabbed the camera and set off to get a couple pictures of the sunset.



I got distracted by all the DEER!!



It was awesome:-)

This is our apartment building. We live on the 9th floor. The building is all concrete inside with marble floors and ceramic floors in the bathroom and kitchen. Its a nice size apartment and the best thing is that its not shared with anyone else!
There is a grocery right outside the front door. There are actually 3 on our block. they carry a little bit of everything. Nice to get groceries, etc. without driving anywhere.



This is the view from our patio doors. There are no paved roads, just sand. Lots of potholes so cars have to go slow.


This mosque is directly below our patio doors. It's speakers provide us with a very early wake up call.




Here are some before and after pics of out living room. We made some curtains and bought some plants. It really brightened the place up!

More Kites...and video!

This is a good view of the kites over the parking lot. Look at the size of
those kites!

This Kite looked so pretty against the blue sky

Kites at the Beach

We went to the beach with a picnic lunch. Gene remembered that we sometimes see one or two big kites flying by the exit for 6th ring road.

We decided to take our picnic there. Boy did we get a big surprise!!

There were at least a couple dozen HUGE kites and they were so amazing to look at.

Camping in the Desert

We drove into the desert to look for some camels.

Sand...lots of sand.

and oil pipelines.







The roads were surprisingly good and there were many signs warning of drifting sand.
















This guy was keeping his herd of sheep off the road.
















This guy was shaggy!










We saw many, many camels. Most were grazing, but we saw some walking and even saw some running!

































This is a mom and baby camel. I wish we could have been a little closer!




This White Camel is very valuable.

The Kuwaiti people camp out in the desert in the spring when the weather is mild. There are tents everywhere as far as the eye can see. Here are a couple of shots.

Birds @ the Zoo

This is an African Crowned Crane. It posed like a supermodel!

Such a regal bird!

























Vultures! These birds are the biggest I've ever seen! They are enormous.




This peacock and many more were sharing a large tree-filled enclosure with many little deer. They looked happy there.














The colors on this macaw were so bright and beautiful!