Category Archives: leopards

GOATZ; food, family, culture, storytelling, art, proverbs and so much more…

Posted on January 15, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

For 2025, I vote Goat!…. of food, of family, of culture, of art, of drums, of storytelling, of proverbs… Goats, GOATZ, really are the greatest of all time…. Worldwide goats are the GOAT, closely allied to man and domesticated for … Continue reading →

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Zimbabwean rain and Tanganda tea; an African storm in a hot teacup..

Posted on January 11, 2024 by wineandwilddogs

An African afternoon storm in a hot teacup … heat light dust rain wind noise and the scent of wet earth wafting..I lie abed and drink my Tanganda tea as I dreamily watch the panorama from my wide windows. Reminds … Continue reading →

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Painting and Sketching in my Garden of Eden; But Winter is Coming…….

Posted on September 8, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

As an artist and as a naturalist, skulls skins and bones have always fascinated me. I love drawing the shapes of found natural objects and perhaps this harks back to the fact that I loved Biology as a scholar. The … Continue reading →

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Mahove Tented camp; Big skies and Terrapins, Lions and Waterlilies

Posted on April 27, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Across the still-high Save River by boat, and into the Park, past the parks reception and found skulls… this small warthog skull speaks to me, I love the funky shapes and moods of bone and skulls, and have just finished … Continue reading →

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Sunsets and Aardvarks: An African childhood surrounded by flowers and rivers…

Posted on April 11, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

9 th April – 12th April, 2019 Our bush house, Tsavene, is enhanced by the stunning pink summer-flowering Sabi stars that are indigenous to the Northern Kruger Park, and which grace our rocks. At dusk I capture the glow of … Continue reading →

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Leopard lovers and a rival at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge!

Posted on January 12, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

7th January at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge: No guests today- they left with a packed lunch by 4 am – I sat on the deck after seeing them off and enjoyed this sunrise, a hippo swimming upriver towards me, you … Continue reading →

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