It is meant to be a quick drive to the shop to buy milk and bread. It turns into an excursion. The trouble is
Tag: WildThings
Mid-winter pleasures
It’s the winter solstice today here in the South. In theory, it’s the middle of winter. But it’s far from a typical winter day: in
The wannabe lion and the toyi-toying cows
The mommy bushbuck is visiting for a snack. She rests in the shade of the milkwood tree, her head peering over the teak table, while
The colour orange
One of the things I love about living in my part of this part of the world is that there is always something to make
Birdie business
We are drinking tea, Kathy and I, at her lounge window. Right outside the window, a sunbird is busily weaving her nest. She is using
Everyday magic
Girl fairy helper is blowing out the candles on her birthday cake – she is four – when she spots him. “Buck,” she says.
Things that slither
It’s as I am reaching for the chives that I detect, out of the corner of my eye, a slight movement on the fence
Inside the storm
Living here, on the south-eastern edge of South Africa, we experience some really wild weather. I once watched a black thing ooze over the sea