Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Little Piggy Leaving Africa...

I never say goodbye to Africa. There is no last sunrise or sunset, only memories of savannahs fresh with the dew and a morning chill; evenings of sundowners, game drives and the new rising stars.

Sunset



UGA Bulldog Bird!


  
My Kitty at Singita Pamushana


I never say goodbye to Africa. I have made new friends and reconnected to old ones. I have had many new experiences only to long for the mysteries yet to come.



7 Little Pigs with Andrew and William Leadwood



Deidre, ranger at Singita Sweeni


Evidence,our airport greeter at Singita Sweeni


Gavin from Africa Inscribed


Louis our head chef at Singita

John D and Stephanie, rangers at Molori

Irene from Singita Sweeni

I never say goodbye to Africa. I carry it with me wherever I go. It is forever in my heart and a part of all the life experiences that make me ME. It lies deep inside me always and forever........I NEVER SAY GOODBYE.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

One of THOSE days!

Do you ever have days where no one wants to dance with you; a day when everyone and everything seems to be moving in another direction?!?!?! Welcome to the dance...

Perfect start to the day!
Leading the way at Molori


PLEASE TURN AROUND!!!!!

Open your eyes! And Take down your trunk!



Will anyone believe that THIS is a black rhino?


Please come out...I won't hurt you

I'm over here! Come play with me!

Doesn't anyone want to play with me?
Will you PLEASE look at me, and not the impala?!

Am I boring you, sir?

Everyone is ignoring me...except one!


I still am yet to see a wild dog!

Finally! Someone who respects me!

Where did everyone go?
All this wine, and none come in a box?





Friday, April 12, 2013

On Safari...

What I love most about a safari is that you wake each day to a new day of discovery. Even though you may wake in the same place and at the same hour; it is never the same.


One morning you may see an elephant walking down the road, while in the afternoon you join a mother leopard out enjoying a sunset stroll with her cub.

Leopard & Cub

Leopard

On another day you may be tracking rare black Rhino with your Ranger Ryan and tracker Mr "T" or listening to Ranger Craig tell you a moving life and death story about a mother elephant desperately trying to save her dying young...only to no avail!


Us with Ranger Ryan and Tracker Mr. "T"



You might enjoy a bush breakfast of burned animal shaped pancakes that taste better than any Michelin chef's, because the guides Andrew and William are so engaging and fun that you cry from laughter.



PANCAKES!
 

Or you go tracking cheetah with a filmaker named Kim who has such a passion for wildlife that you can't help being moved to embrace it yourself.I had as much fun tracking him in the bush as I did the Cheetah!

Tracking the Cheetah


Tracker Mr. "T"

Your day can be a quiet walk all alone on a barren salt pan of the Makgadikgadi where the only sound is the wind, and you find such peace in the silence that it brings great joy of the spirit, or it can be a mecoru ride in the Delta where the lillies unfold before your eyes and the sounds of birds and frogs make your heart sing.



Salt Pan
 

Mecoru Boats
Frog in the Delta

Lillies on the Delta



What you take away from all of this is that the future does not lie ahead of you waiting to happen...


  

A Giraffe
   
Hippos with Tortoises

Brothers



....it lies deep inside you waiting to be discovered.