Farmstead, Zigora, Ethiopia, 2011

Farmstead, Zigora, Ethiopia, 2011

A farmstead in the rural village of Zigroa, outside of Mekane Eyesus (Iste) in South Gonder. The crop in the front is tef, the national staple crop of the highlands, with maize in the background. Eucaluptus, an introduced species, is the most common type of tree seen in Ethiopia, where it is used as a building supply, for firewood, shade and windbreaks.

Rooftop Cross, Hayq Estifanos Church, Wollo, Ethiopia, 2011

Rooftop Cross, Hayq Estifanos Church, Wollo, Ethiopia, 2011

The golden cross on the roof of Hayq Estifanos (The Church of St. Stephen at Hayq). Hayq Estifanos is a monastic community on a peninsula in Lake Hayq (Lake Lake) in the Wollo area of Ethiopia. It was an important early site of monasticism South of Tigray and today is a pleasant place birds sing and monks grow crops.