You can’t always get what you want…
Yesterday while shopping at Spar Market in Komatipoort, I thought of the song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the...
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Our resident starling is named…Off to Komatipoort; Doc Theo, dentist, grocery shopping and…the pet shop!…What???
We have a bright blue iridescent starling that lives in our garden. Whenever another bird stops by, he goes after it to...
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Those darned monkeys!!!…
It's been entertaining watching the various animals stop by to eat the lucerne. With the hot weather, it's surprising they come...
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Errors!…Ugh!…A long time ago…Wonders in Africa…
This morning, I accidentally clicked on the post from October 12, 2013, instead of October 12, 2021, when searching for the "year-ago"...
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Hot and humid the rest of the week…Water is back…Thanks, Lindsey for Kruger photos…
Today's photos are mainly Lindsey's from a visit to Kruger National Park with her mom Connie, shortly before they left here after...
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Update on the headache…Thank you all for your concern…15 kudus in the garden…
Gosh, our readers are wonderful. You write to us whenever something is wrong or problematic, offering thoughtful concern, suggestions, and support. It...
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It’s a scorcher today!…108F, 42C…Still no water in most of Marloth Park…Wildlife loving lucerne…
Ironically, the temperature was also outrageously high a year ago on this date. I was making two pies to bring to Kathy...
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Bittersweet birthday party last evening at Jabula…Day 3 without water in Marloth Park…Headache update…
Last night we attended a birthday dinner gathering for our friend Sinndee who recently lost her dear husband, and our friend, Bruce....
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Off and on water and electricity…Hot and humid…Forecast for Sunday,106F, 41C…Lions…Keeping humans and wildlife safe….
These two notices were posted on Wild and Free Wildlife Rehabilitation's web page on Facebook as shown at the end of today's...
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Tom and a wildlife rescue…Load shedding and…water outage…
Yesterday afternoon, when we were both sitting at the table on the veranda on a scorching day, I looked toward the...
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