From Here 26 Jun 2013 | 06:35 am

All is good from here. It is winter - sometimes cool, sometimes warm..always good to be here under our African sun flowing through our days. A sweet dormouse the boys discovered nesting in old timber...

Nature reserve visit 20 Apr 2013 | 10:00 am

This is what we admired for ages at the nature reserve this past week.  We sat at the viewing platform and watched the game visit the watering pool. Zebra having a drink Sweet baby zebra Eland Gir...

Cycads and crabs and other nature discoveries 20 Apr 2013 | 01:53 am

An incredible flowering-cone cycad we spotted at the botanical gardens recently. Blue dragonfly on dry eucalyptus leaf. We have been patiently waiting for a butterfly to emerge from a chrysalis we s...

Garden harvest, axolotls and dogs 19 Apr 2013 | 02:10 am

Here in the southern hemisphere, we are heading into our autumn season.  It is getting cooler and the sun is rising later.  There is a coolness in the air in the early mornings and evenings and during...

A little bit of Easter 19 Apr 2013 | 01:10 am

Rock power 14 Apr 2013 | 07:18 pm

A visit to the kingdom of granite rocks - Domboshawa, on my birthday back in March.  To me the perfect place to spend a birthday with all my boys. We lay on the warm rocks, doing a bit of rock soakin...

Cosmos 24 Mar 2013 | 09:44 pm

The wild cosmos are flowering.  They are everywhere - on roadsides, in the bush, in gardens.  Just beautiful!  So many of them.  One of my favourites.

Baby guinea pigs and baby chicks 24 Mar 2013 | 08:04 pm

You would think it was Spring here!  We were meant to have four girl guinea pigs and then we noticed one was growing fatter and fatter. Next, baby guinea pigs!  Just too sweet and how fast they are g...

Early March - hammocks, leek soup, water monitor and baby chameleon 24 Mar 2013 | 07:39 pm

 The boys used blankets to make hammocks in the guava trees.  They have had so many hours of fun in those hammocks. Jedi even fell asleep in one and slept comfortably for almost two hours all snug! ...

Happy St Patrick's Day 17 Mar 2013 | 01:17 pm

Happy St Patrick's Day! May God grant you always.. A sunbeam to warm you, A moonbeam to charm you, A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you. Be sure to be wearing green. Green buns for breakfast...