Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Leso

Several months one of my blog posts was about Leah using her leso (pronounced lay-so) for a doorway barricade to her house in Kenya. She wanted to leave the door open, but when she did the chickens would just wander in. So she draped a leso across the bottom of the doorway, and voila, a "chicken-gate".

This afternoon she showed me the lesos she brought home. She also brought home the market basket holding the lesos. Pretty cool.

The lesos are just pieces of fabric, unfinished, meaning no hems. So the hemming will begin soon.

3 comments:

Framing Images and Memories said...

Sounds like a nice cultural tradition. Beautiful as well.

J.L.Velez said...

Very pretty image and a great story to go along as well!

Bridget said...

beautiful textures and colors.
it is wonderful how our children can expand our worlds by their experiences!