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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 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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The Christmas Tree; thinking of you all, dear family and Friends

Posted on December 12, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

This is truly Baobab heaven, the lowveld of Zimbabwe…. Now, at the beginning of the rainy season, multitudes of creamy white baobab flowers hang: white, frilly and pendulous from bulbous green leafed stems, Like so many slightly frumpy aged ballerinas, … Continue reading →

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The Pallet Wood Christmas Tree and the Art Studio re-invented…..

Posted on December 14, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

At last! After the house fire,  my Art studio (214 Brooke Drive in Borrowdale Brooke Estate) is repainted, the Living area rebuilt, and paintings are hanging again for viewing! The garden has recovered from the invasion of builders and  under Dad’s … Continue reading →

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Baobab Christmas Tree and Festive Season at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge

Posted on December 13, 2014 by wineandwilddogs

What a pleasure it is for Clive Stockil and I  to arrive at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge, rain imminent, ground steaming in anticipation! Afternoon tea on the deck brings a stunning sight… Out of the thick green canopy that lines the swelling … Continue reading →

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Christmas day and Wild dogs….

Posted on December 27, 2012 by wineandwilddogs

Woke up early Christmas morning and sat on our verandah, listening to the Woodland kingfishers. Suddenly there they were, 11 wild dogs trotting rapidly towards our waterhole, staring cautiously up at us as we sat, breathless, coffee cups poised. Relaxing, … Continue reading →

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Festive Season……..

Posted on December 23, 2012 by wineandwilddogs
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