Sixth Installment: Reedview

Posted in Photo Essays by thowellburke on February 13, 2012

Cattle spend the day grazing on the savannah, returning home each evening to the kraal.

Village kids.

A khombi makes a lap around the village before heading to town.

Listening attentively to a sermon at a school function.

Rural schools typically lack running water; students wash their hands in basins like this one.

Tough kid at one of the general stores.

Two primary students gossip at the flooded meadow in the shallow valley below Reedview.

Reedview, North West Province, South Africa.
December-February 2011.

Sixth in a weekly series depicting life in Reedview.

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Nancy Jungman said, on February 13, 2012 at 16:42

Howell,
Your photos are beautiful and tell a wonderful story about your village and your travels. Thank you for sharing the gift of your photography and writing; giving us a peek inside your world in South Africa!
Nancy Jungman

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- thowellburke said, on February 15, 2012 at 03:35
  
  Thanks for the encouragement, Mrs. Jungman! I hope you and the rest of the Jungman family are doing well. Thanks for your email – I am coming to it just now.
  
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sara jean burke said, on February 14, 2012 at 10:28

Howell, the photos are great. It is fun to be able to experience in a visual and written way where you are and what you are doing. love mom

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- thowellburke said, on February 15, 2012 at 03:34
  
  Thanks, Mom! It’s nice to be able to share with y’all.
  
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higbysafrica said, on February 15, 2012 at 10:14

Lookin’ good Howell. I’m a big fan of your skillful photography.

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- thowellburke said, on February 17, 2012 at 02:56
  
  Thanks dude! Thanks for the positive energy. Check it out – your portrait is “Featured” this week.
  
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