Azawakh Idi! Idi! Idi!: Drake William Moffat rice farmer poet writer photographer Bill Billy obituary tribute free spirit robert evans drake colonel

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Veterans Day 11-11-11


Robert E. Drake, My Father In Law Colonel Ret. USMA Cl. 1944 12 Feb 2007

Monday, July 25, 2011

Bill Drake was an avid photographer and like everything else he did he was a prolific producer. The following are a few samples of his work. Click on any photo in this slide show and it will take you to web page where the photos have been uploaded and you can view them embiggened and read the EXIFs.

Iferouâne

Iferouâne Idiiyat-es-Sahel is the birth name of my taidit. In Tamasheq it means wings.

She is named after Iferouâne, an oasis town in northern Niger, West Africa, about 1,000 km (620 miles) north of the Niger capital, Niamey. Just northwest of Arlit, capital of the Arlit Department in the Agadez Region, Iferouâne is located in the Ighazar Valley of the Sahelian belt, near the Tamgak Range. It is the gateway to the spectacular volcanic Aïr Massif mountains, which rises 2,000 meters from the desert floor.