Category Archives: Rainy. Season

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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My Art; Rihanna and O’Keeffe…..

Posted on May 3, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

Well! What do my art, Rihanna, The Met Gala, Coco Chanel, and Georgia O’Keeffe have in common? One of my favourite art newsletter, Artnet news has this, about one of my favourite artists…: Flowers, whether camellias or Jimson Weed, Paper … Continue reading →

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Ground Hornbills take flight and Inspire my art….

Posted on January 19, 2023 by wineandwilddogs

I have always loved sketching and watching our Southern Ground hornbills in the Save Valley Conservancy and Gonarezhou National Park, and my head is even more full of Ground hornbills these last few weeks! I have been bumping into flights … Continue reading →

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Baobab Christmas Tree; Rainy Season in the Lowveld

Posted on December 15, 2021 by wineandwilddogs

Our wire sculpture Christmas tree is a baobab Every year we take it down off out mantelpiece where it lives with my wild dog sculpture and the grandchildren decorate it with homegrown ornaments and out in the veld bloom these … 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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Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe; Save River in Full Spate at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

A day spent at Chipinda Pools Tented Camp on the tranquil Runde River, sketching and meeting fellow conservationists and safari operators, (little do I know that this is the lull before the storm….) Inspired by the riverine vegetation and by … Continue reading →

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Kgalagadi safari; Jackals and Lions; Meerkats and Flowers…

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Continuing our Safari, our Adventure!….(please bear with me … many more photos are to be added in the next few weeks, but I am going offline to my bush house for a while…meanwhile I have also created a blog on … Continue reading →

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Jamie Oliver triumphs at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge; true wilderness on the edge of serenity, Christmas 2018

Posted on December 27, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

Jamie Oliver triumphs at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge!! We wait on the edge of true wilderness, Gonarezhou, for life giving rains that will fill our Save River, as in this photo from last year.. Meanwhile, we wish we had had … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the Rains in Gonarezhou, with a prime, fat Lion and a beautiful Tusker!

Posted on December 26, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

Hot weather greets every sunrise, no rain to speak of yet in Gonarezhou, mostly scattered showers and we wait eagerly for the real thing! Even the small rains we have had are enough to create green grass galore, Travels through … Continue reading →

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sweet/bitter: senuko seasons past and yet to come

Posted on January 10, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

Watch out! Many gorgeous flowers such as my Adenium swazicum, harbour a resident crab spider, cute but deadly…(if you are the size of a fly)… Bitter Sweet reminisces… Our year past, 2017, at our bush house, Tsavene, has been one … Continue reading →

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