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Road trips filled with ART, flowers, family, friends, farming and even more art; travelling Chilo, Chimanimani, Chitungwiza and so many places in-between, as we reminisce on the last six months of 2025.

Posted on December 25, 2025 by wineandwilddogs

As a family we have a lot of ups and downs in the last part of 2025, as have all families, but in this blog I dwell on the positives – looking forward always!!! Our family plot (Kaya Nyala) at … 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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Baobab Blitz-Fruit Bats and ethereal flowers

Posted on January 9, 2017 by wineandwilddogs

In late November, after watching flower buds develop on the baobab trees at Chilo, we got down to some “citizen science” with our entranced guests.. … so much fun was had, watching baobab flowers opening at night and eating baobab-themed meals. Rain … Continue reading →

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rainless skies and dusty sunsets; sunrises and elephants

Posted on November 1, 2016 by wineandwilddogs

Elephant sunrise…….on the Save River below Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge…. etched in gold and pink against the budding baobab that graces Chilo Gorge Lodge . I am watching this baobab with bated breath, the progress of the buds against the … Continue reading →

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Hyenas and Owl at Sunrise, Baobab pulp for breakfast;Tiepolo sky, Moths and Mango at Sunset……

Posted on January 30, 2015 by wineandwilddogs

Sunrise brings a watery radiance, the promise of rain, as two hyenas chat to each other in subdued voices across the Save River and as I relax with coffee, in the chair on my veranda at Chilo, a young owl flies off … Continue reading →

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