This is a further placing to give you an idea of my farm life in between expeditions. Enjoy!...
Continue readingMusings on early morning bird sounds and the day ahead.
Musings on early morning bird sounds and the day ahead....
Continue readingA Sunday morning on the farm
As I prepare for my next big expedition into the wilderness, I thought to share some of my activities and experiences while I am on the farm. Enjoy!...
Continue readingOn a Thorn
Below is an extract from my diary, which I decided to also read for you. Enjoy! It is just before midday. The grass here is patchy and the sun has baked the grey sand to a burn. The veld has become like an oven. The time has come to seek some shade to cool down and have a drink. The only shade is from a few black thorn shrub-trees. At midday their shade is drawn in close and I have to crawl carefully through a tangle of thorny saplings to get to decent cover. I have wiggled myself into...
Continue readingThe Promise of Rain Over the Kalahari
I am privileged to be in the Kalahari at a rare moment in its many aeons of tumultuous history – the rains have come in abundance. I turned back to camp earlier than usual, because a storm was building, and I had to get ready for the night. Here are my thoughts once I got back to my camp: And here’s a sped-up video I made:...
Continue readingMore Leopard Musings
On my morning walk I spotted something that I thought was unusual for the Kalahari – at least for this part. You can read about it here:...
Continue readingLeopards
I found fresh leopards tracks in a sandy spot, and as I sat in the shade of a shepards tree, sheltering from the vicious sting of the morning sun, I thought about this leopard, and leopards in general. You can listen to my thoughts here. Enjoy!...
Continue readingDriving in the Wilderness
Here’s an impromptu recording, made while driving through the bush one morning. Enjoy!...
Continue readingOf a Secretary Bird
After my late brunch I moved my chair to a solid patch of shade and browsed through the few snaps I had taken on the morning walk. One was of a calcareous flat, or pan, some five kilometres south of my camp. I had circled round to keep on the right side of the wind, and approached it from the West. The pan was ringed by higher ground – not hills, more like ancient dunes that rose lazily above the even sweep of the Kalahari. As I caught my first glimpses of the pan, I made out some springbuck,...
Continue readingAbout Morning Coffee and Honey Bees
I thought to post a short video on the morning coffee making sermon; honey bees delightfully insisted on forming part of the liturgy… Below is a YouTube link to the video. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/9zI9Apn7fcY...
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