Day #3…We’re on the move…A tolerable “red eye”…In Frankfurt now…
It's 8:00 am Frankfurt time, at the same time zone as South Africa. Our Lufthansa flight landed at 5:45 am. Our next...
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Day #1…We’re on the move…USA, here we come!…
No doubt it's a long journey to the US. Soon, we'll make the 90-minute drive to the airport in Nelspruit (MQP),...
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One day and counting…New lockdown in South Africa…Our 30 year anniversary of the day we met…
Who’s in the garden this morning? 10 warthogs – inc. Little, Tiny, Lonely Girl, Fred, and Ethel, and more 8 bushbucks...
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“Movie in the Bush”…We booked appointments for J & J vaccines in Minneapolis!…Two days and counting…
Who’s in the garden this morning? 10 warthogs – inc. Little, Tiny, Lonely Girl, Fred, and Ethel, and more 9 bushbucks...
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Bossy was spared!!!…Tom and Gerhard’s Marloth expedition…Three days and counting…
Who’s in the garden this morning? 18 warthogs – inc. Little, Tiny, Lonely Girl, Fred, and Ethel, Peter, Paul and Mary, Benny,...
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Girl time today…Couples time in the evening…Four days and counting…
Who’s in the garden this morning? 18 warthogs – inc. Little, Tiny, Lonely Girl, Fred, and Ethel, Peter, Paul and Mary,...
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The helicopter noise has ended…The result, unknown as yet…5 days and counting…
Who’s in the garden this morning? 12 warthogs – inc. Little, Tiny, Lonely Girl, Fred, and Ethel, Peter, Paul, Mary, One...
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Day 3 of culling…An early morning live alarm clock!…Young kudus visiting without their moms?…Could it be?…
Who’s in the garden this morning? 15 warthogs – inc. Little, Tiny, Lonely Girl, Fred, and Ethel, Peter, Paul, Mary, 2 Moms...
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We can hear the helicopters rounding up our animal friends…The close proximity of sightings…
Who’s in the garden this morning? 12 warthogs – inc. Little, Tiny, Lonely Girl, Fred, and Ethel, Peter, Paul, Mary, and more...
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Culling in Marloth Park begins tomorrow…Will some of our favorite’s lives come to an end?…A birdie morning…
Who’s in the garden this morning? 10 warthogs – inc. Little, Tiny, Lonely Girl, Fred, and Ethel, Peter, Paul, Mary, and more...
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