When Tom spotted the following story on Facebook yesterday, I couldn’t read it quickly enough. At first, I thought they were talking about Norman and was very worried. Immediately, I wrote to Louise, and she assured me it was Noah, Norman’s son. Norman was OK.
I was immensely relieved it wasn’t Norman, but we were saddened to read that Noah had suffered such a painful injury. It’s funny how, while we’re here, we can’t help but stay in touch with what’s happening in Marloth Park.
*Good news!*
The Nyala bull has been located, and Dr. Piet has confirmed that he has a hip injury. This injury might be the cause of his weight loss as it limits his ability to walk far for foraging. It is important to note that the healing process for his hip injury will take some time. Please provide him with the recommended food options if you have the means. *However, avoid feeding him mielies or bread.”
Opt for nutritious options like lucerne, wildlife pellets, and sweet potatoes. Additionally, the Nyala bull (Noah) is currently in Geelslang and Mamba. Thank you to all who have reported his whereabouts, as your help has been crucial in finding him. Please continue to monitor his condition and provide any necessary care and support during his healing process.”
We’re always so impressed by how Dr. Piet and the rangers take such good care of the animals. Unfortunately, they can’t provide similar care for warthogs. There simply are too many warthogs in Marloth Park, and mostly, they are very sturdy and recover well from injuries, often even from infections as a result of injuries. When warthogs get infected, maggots will work on eating the dead tissue aiding in warthogs’ recovery.
Back to our life here in The Villages…Yesterday, we went to Walmart, and we were disappointed to find it was only a grocery store, not the usual big Walmart stores we’d been to in our old lives or the last time, in Hawaii in 2014. We purchased the grocery items we needed but did find their prices were better than other local grocery stores.
Tom filled the golf cart’s fuel tank, only spending another $2. It’s no wonder residents tool around in their golf carts instead of cars when golf carts use so little fuel. We’re getting by, going out several times a week on the $2 fuel top-off. That’s amazing!
We didn’t stop for breakfast since we’re both watching our weight, and eating breakfast out is often very fattening, especially when we don’t know how much of the toxic seed oils they use in the preparation. Dining out twice a week is challenging enough for me when I try hard to avoid seed and vegetable oils. Instead, I ask for my food to be prepared using butter, but there’s no guarantee the cooks are preparing the food accordingly.
Subsequently, I order a salad with dressing on the side, of which I eat very little. When possible, I’ll order sour cream as a salad dressing which is a much healthier and safer option if one can tolerate dairy, which is not a problem for me.
Today, when we listened to yesterday’s podcast of Garage Logic, as we do each day, they replayed the episode of the podcast we were on when we were in Minnesota on May 6, 2022. It was fun listening to it once again. If you missed that podcast, you can listen here.
Be well.
Photo from ten years ago today, June 27, 2013:
I believe those birds are Sandhill Cranes. Also FYI from a week or so ago, Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, not May 31, 1912.
Linda in Orlando
Linda, Google did iit again! Wrong informatuon.Thank you kindly for the two corrections. We appreciate you reading our posts.
Warmest regards,\
Jess & Tom
The birds in your post are Sandhill Cranes, not red headed herons.
Mary, thank you for the correction. I will change it on yesterday’s post. Much appreciated.
Warmest regards,
Jess & Tom