A new day… New visitors… A tiny baby… Wondrous!
This baby Mongoose is sticking close to Mom, who has an egg we left for her, in her mouth as they scurry...
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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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Fear is to protect us from harm, not a useless emotional response…Happy New Year to all!
The Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill. Upon awakening this morning at a late, 7:30, I bolted out of bed, scanning the bedroom...
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There’s the hard part too…More visitors…More photos…Life in the bush…
Mr. Kudu came to call! We've never intended to imply that living in the bush is easy amid all of our...
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The Tree Frog mating saga continues!…An unbelievable sighting…Videos…Photos…Please scroll to the end…
Yesterday morning, after getting comfortably situated on the veranda, coffee in hand, we were stunned as we noticed a new white foam...
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Another mind blowing day in the neighborhood…Three amazing videos…Scroll to end for more videos…
Check out our elephant videos. Yesterday morning, Danie stopped by to give us a list or more fabulous things to see...
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Slow down, you move too fast…Customs fees on a package we received…Scroll to the end for a favorite new photo…
Yesterday morning, on our way home after refueling the pink car at the "petrol" station this giraffe made it clear that she...
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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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