Hello from Kenya!
Jambo (hello) dear readers! I’m in Kenya this week and next (whoot, whoot!). I’ll be back with news, stories, and images for you on Nov. 10th. If I have access to internet while I am away, I will post some photos on Instagram. Follow me @kathykarnphotography !
From my upcoming book The Wisdom of Elephants:
They came in an unending parade, like mourners to the bereaved: silent, steadfast, focused, their destination fixed in their minds. Elephants of all sizes walked straight to us, in single file or wide horizontal lines. Like a weathervane indicating a change of wind direction, a matriarch soundlessly directed her family with the toss of her head or a subtle lift of her trunk. The elephants followed obediently.
Sometimes when they were very close, I could hear them rumble, a form of elephant communication that can travel for kilometers. A few times there was a trumpet call, but most of the time the scene was mute. Bird songs were louder than the passing of these mammoths.
I focused on the drama unfolding before my eyes. When one group passed us, the savannah emptied before me then another group rose on the horizon. “More elephants!” I whispered to Pilipili excitedly. I used my long lens as they approached, frantically switching to my wider lens as their grey forms, silver with Amboseli dust, filled my viewfinder. The elephants parted like the Red Sea around us and walked on towards a salt marsh behind me.
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