Happy New Year!…Two lively nights in a row…Fun with friends…How’d we get so lucky?…
Last night at Jabula Lodge bringing in the New Year. Neither of us can recall a time when we made friends with...
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Holiday festivities in the bush…A Christmas visitor came to call..Little did we know…A scary adventure from our recent past…
Not wanting to alarm this visiting kudu when we left the house to get into the car to go out for...
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Our 500th post on Christmas Day, quirky coincidence..Merry Christmas to all! …Link to Post #1 below…Miles to go…
Not quite a reindeer! This duiker tentatively looked at us through the bush. They are "very shy, elusive creatures with a fondness...
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Merry Christmas everyone…Power is out…Very little battery left….No generator…a Christmas poem I wrote many years ago…
This must be the tree frog mom or dad as it croaks atop this branch a few feet from the white...
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Come see the gifts we’ve received for Christmas…Tom’s Irish Cream Recipe…Christmas in the bush…
` With no Poinsettias for us this year, we revel in the beauty of this flower that we encountered on a walk...
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At the moment…We’re ready to go…
Hibiscus blooms, daily in the yard. It's 11:30 am Thursday. The humidity is so thick you can see it, although the...
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Boston, Massachusetts, our hotel booking for next September…why Boston?…a sorrowful loss lingers on…
My parent's wedding photo. Spending the first 10 years of my life living in sunny California, I was saddened when our parents...
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The nuances of booking hotels throughout the world…Expected costs for hotels meeting our criteria…
On our first cruise and venture outside the US on January 3, 2013 on the Celebrity Century, an "Old Hollywood" style ship through...
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Wow!…Scary insect….Wow!…Tom Lyman…Wow!…Amazing reader’s comment!
After days of rain, last night this ugly thing came for a visit only inches from Tom's bare feet. We'd always heard...
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Health concerns for travelers of any age…Questions and answers applicable to all…
Sunday's sunset from Jeri and Hans' third-floor veranda, the last rain-free day. The following comments are not intended in any manner...
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