Category Archives: bees

Skulls and Flowers; Life and Death in the Garden of Eden

Posted on April 28, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Skulls have always fascinated me, and bones; we start dying from the minute we are created, a natural process not to be feared but embraced, truly the stuff of LIFE…. I collect skulls from the wilderness, and they sit amongst … Continue reading →

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Sandforest in the wet season; Millipedes and butterflies at Mahenye

Posted on January 7, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

A wet season wonderland awaits in the sandforest of Mahenye…life in the raw, strange and wonderful, beautiful and fierce…from the gorgeous wild hibiscus  in the sand forest near Chilo, admired by Rich Thornycroft…. to the frantic millipede desperately trying to escape … Continue reading →

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Baobab skins get a coat of chain mail; Elephants get something else to eat…..

Posted on August 26, 2017 by wineandwilddogs

I am always tickled by the look-alike skins of baobabs and elephants…from baobab trunk… to elephant trunk… and the wrinkled limbs such as this foreleg… and this tiny little leg disappearing into the baobab trunk below…has that baby really just … Continue reading →

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Bees, Baobabs and Baboons……

Posted on August 13, 2017 by wineandwilddogs

Bees, baobabs and baboons -a wonderful trio of treats for us at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge… Surrounded  we are at Chilo and in the Save Valley Conservancy, by baobabs of all sizes and characters, some awesomely misshapen, some stately… All … Continue reading →

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