Adey Abeba

A Black Langshan rooster with glossy black plumage and a green sheen, a white handwoven cotton shawl with a green and gold woven border draped over his back, standing on an Ethiopian highland hillside of small yellow daisies in early morning light, eucalyptus trees and misty blue hills behind

After the Rains, Before the Fires

The rains are over, and for a few weeks every hillside above the city is yellow with one small daisy. He puts on the white shawl with the green border and walks up early, before the bonfires, to have the yellow to himself.

27 September 2026