Category: Adventure
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Ellies…
What did the momma elephant say to her kid when he was misbehaving? “Tusk, tusk!” Sorry🤣 I couldn’t help myself…A little cabin fever and a few days of an awful virus has me a little woozy…or that’s my excuse…I just looooove funny stupid jokes🤣 Haven’t had any wild adventures lately…but revisiting old photos made me […]
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And the Butt’s Have it…
One of the funniest occurrences that I seem to encounter frequently is that I’m always getting the tail end of things… But…wonderfully not at every photographic encounter…
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Into the Garden…
The last few weeks have been a swirl of busyness and emotion…and with no forest within walking distance…into the garden I went…well, it’s really just the back yard😉…but it is my own personal Garden of Eden…green and full of nature’s soothing balm for my soul… “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind […]
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February Awards…
It is nice to see the reward of your work…I have to admit that I was disappointed last month…but it only pushed me to work harder…and listening to the critique was rewarding…it is not always easy to hear what needed to be improved…but one of the best ways to continue to develop your skills…by listening […]
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Raggey Charter Tour
You know it is going to be a bumpy ride when you start you with dark foreboding clouds…even if they try and appear all “fluffy’ and cute… Raggy Tours is never a disappointment…even on the least favorable of weather days…our next adventure with them is now to experience the Shark Cage Diving🦈 “We are thrilled […]
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Finding the Way Forward…
“You feel as if your Earthwalk is a mission of some sorts, but you can’t quite remember what that mission is, and whatever it is you don’t seem to be accomplishing it. In other words, you’re a little bit disheartened. And maybe a little touched.” ― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet – Searching for your Tribe I love […]
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A Place that Time Forgot
In the heart of the sizzling arid Karoo lies a small quaint village…Nieu-Bethesda…A little artist town with dusty untarred roads…approximately 50K (31 miles) from the town of Graaff-Reinet… Karoo…not a Kangaroos in sight…maybe a herd of Springbok or the ever present dorper sheep with their distinctive black heads…a mountain tortoise crossing the road…now and then…clean […]
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Amakhala…Game Drive
With over 240 different birds in Amakhala…no sounds of morning traffic…I woke to lovely songs of the birds…Mr. P grabbed his binoculars to tell me the names since he the avid birder…I just enjoyed the melodious sounds…opening the tent to sunrise light and grabbing a cup of coffee…I crawled back between the warm covers and […]
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Amakhala…Nature in all it’s Glory
“The beauty of Africa is not man made, it is natures gift to humanity.”― Paul Oxton When life becomes hectic and emotional turmoil…the panic…agitation…and confusion surrounds the soul…John Burroughs said it best…”I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” Amakhala is such a peaceful balm…nature’s delightfully restful […]