Greetings from Tanzania....

Hi there!!

Here are a few photos hubby send while on his trip in Tanzania...

Far in the distance, Mount Kilimanjaro.....

 ..... out on a motorbike......

  .... a view of the valley from the lodge....

 ..... fresh cheetah spores in the sand...

  .... rain sweeping over the valley....

......giraffes passing by....

 .... and a typical African landscape...

I miss them so much and can't wait to join them!!!  Soon, very soon, we'll be there with them!!!

Love
AMarie

THE BIG, THE BAD, THE CUTE AND THE UGLY!!!

Hi There

Welcome back and thanks for taking the time to visit with me!!!
Gosh, we have had the most wonderful rain this last week!!! And it's much needed I tell you!!! In just as little as 10 days this veld of ours will be wonderfully green and there will once again be plenty of food and water for all of the animals!!!

The Big:
This week also saw the arrival of more giraffes!!! And this one was so curious about his new home, not fazed by anything or anyone!!! Usually they dash away but this one little guy was so amazingly calm and relaxed!!! When the doors opened he calmly walked out and just looked at everything around him!!!

The others were more predictable and ran...They really are enormous!!!

The Bad:
Look at what Miss Molly caught the other day!!! A brown house snake!!! Not venomous but it can still give you a nasty bite!!!

Honestly, I really wish she wouldn't do this!!! It's dangerous and it creeps me out thinking that she's willing to catch a snake!!!

The Cute:
Hubby found this baby meerkat half drowned and brought it home!!! He's name is Sammy and he's really cute and very, very busy!!! 

This is what happened when he found the eggs on the kitchen counter!!!

But unfortunately, Tjango refuses to make friends with Sammy and so he had to go live with another staff member!!!
The Ugly:
And this morning Miss Molly rescued 3 bats from the cats!!! 

Now, I am not scared of bats, really I'm not!!! I love to sit out in the evenings and watch them swoop in and out of their house, BUT, the way they crawled all over her, into her hair and the way they screeched, well it really gave me the heebie jeebies!!!

This is where they live!!! It's actually suppose to become my tool shed!!! But now I don't know so much anymore!!!
Miss Molly certainly takes after her Daddy!!! She's really not scared of anything and always has to rescue every little creature she thinks might need help!!!

And that is my story this week!!! Tomorrow I hope to start decorating my home for Christmas!!! The tree is out already and I can't wait to decorate it!!! It's always my favourite part!!! In just a little more than a week and my sister Zennet and hubby Alwyn will be here with us for Christmas!!! So exciting!!! I can't wait to see them!!! Counting down the days!!!

See you soon!!!

Love
AMarie

Life is good!

Hi to you all

Yes, I went shopping and I loved it!!! (doesn't matter if the basket is too small.. actually, correction!!! it will never be too small!!!!)

and I couldn't wait to do something, and this was so quick and easy...                

Before .....

And After..........

Tah-Dah !!!!!.......

I love the way yarn can transform something so simple and turn it into an eye-popping feature on your table.

Never will serviettes and condiments look the same......

(I loved my tah-dah moment)

Really LOOVED it!!!!  

Its been about 3 weeks since we had our first rain and really you cannot believe the difference it has made to our little world.  It almost feels like a new place and it even feels a little tropical (Ye, not really, after all, we do life on the fringes of the Kalahari Desert!) but we haven't had rain for so long, that we have forgotten what it use to be like.

A wonderful lazy summer day hide out to watch........

.....  dragonflies dance over the water.....

 ... the reflection of the clouds on the water....           

  ... new life starting .............

   ... tadpoles ...

 .... in various stages of life....

 ..... by the millions.....

 ....... weaver birds nesting .....

.....a gentle breeze blowing through the  leafy canopy...

and a promise of more ....

...wonderful,  wonderful, life creating juice...

  ... a strange sight in the desert, there aren't very many around...

..... a round stone washed open by the rain.....

and flowers popped up everywhere....

and lovely greenery every where....

even the not so real had a wash and looked clean and fresh??? really???  OK.. new!!!!

I love the gentle tinkle of a wind-chime....

A message to everyone....

A lovely cool, quiete place to ponder the wonders of nature...

 ....while a little nap is always in order...

And I am extremely happy to report that our newest edition to our donkey herd is doing much, much better...

   .....   Still very thin....

   .... but she'll get there... 

And so my friends, life is really really good and happy in my little corner of the world!!!!!!!!!!! and it's only 1 more day to Xmas.  

Still have a lot to do. tra-la-la-la-la...

Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Xmas and I will see you soon.

Love

Amarie