Many commonly circulated photos of Karen Blixen were taken in the last few years of her life, when she was ill. It is important to remember that for the majority of her years, she was a vibrant, stylish woman.

In August, 1928, Denys Finch Hatton gave Karen Blixen the use of his new Hudson sedan to visit her friend Ingrid Lindstrom on the western side of the Rift Valley. She put the car on the train in Nairobi and it was off-loaded at Njoro, a small town near the Lindstrom's farm.

Karen Blixen mentions her trip in "Visits of Friends" in Out of Africa: "When I came up to visit Ingrid Lindstrom on her farm at Njoro, Kemosa made the grandest possible preparations for my reception..." These events took place a few months before the arrival in Kenya of the Prince of Wales.

This snapshot was among a handful taken while she was there. Here is Karen Blixen as she would like to be remembered.

Karen Blixen in August, 1928

Age 43

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