Joubert communing with nature, at Ntshondwe in the Ithala Game Reserve:
“Connected” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
DeWetsWild
Disappearing into South Africa's wild places… Again!
Joubert communing with nature, at Ntshondwe in the Ithala Game Reserve:
“Connected” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge
DeWetsWild 
sweet shot! that really sums up the theme. liking your blog a lot. excellent photography!
Nice to meet you Stephen, welcome here and thank you for the kind words!
Jinne – kan nie glo Joubert is al so grootgeword nie. Pragtig.
Jy moet hom nou sien Spokie! n Regte Langeraad!
🙂 So peaceful looking.
janet
Our wild places will have that effect on you, Janet 😀
I love this photo… A photo similar to this belongs in every family album. One generation passing the ability to gaze/contemplate upon nature. My heart is melting ❤
Aw, thanks Jane! Joubert finds as much joy in our country’s wild places as Marilize and I do. We’re blessed that we could introduce him to his natural heritage from a very young age, just as our parents did for us.
Parents’ have a huge impact on how children view nature, I recognize this because I,too, was blessed with a mother and father who loved immersing us in natural history! We did so for our children, and are now beginning with our grand daughter ❤ As an infant, she brightened whenever we were under the trees… now she is awestruck.
Thank you for this lovely chat.
Isn’t it just wonderful to experience the outdoors and everything in it through the youngsters eyes again, as if for the first time!?
Ag ma mens wil hom net druk…
Hy put soveel genot uit die natuur, dis wonderlik om te ervaar, Tina.
Hy het darem die voorbeeld voor hom. Jammer dat nie alle kinders sulke geleenthede kan hê nie
Dit is n groot jammerte Tina. Die “veldskole” wat aangebied is toe ek op skool was, was ook nie regtig meer as semi-militere kampe nie; kinders is nie eintlik n liefde en waardering vir die natuur aangeleer tussen die hindernisbane, badkamers skrop, nagmarse en so aan nie. Ek wonder of skole nogsteeds sulke kampe bywoon?
Vertel jy my! En die leierskampe was eintlik net vir die meer fisiese kinders. Nee jong dis regtig te duur en die kinders is nou so wild. Hier naby ons by SChoemansdal word funksies aangebied en ek was so paar jaar glede was ek by ‘n fietsren wat daar gehou is. Eish een van die redes waarom ek nie kamp nie. Dit het my finaal genees!
Loved this picture and Joubert’s hat!
Thank you so much! Joubert’s very proud of that hat, a gift from his uncle 😉
Beautiful! So nice to see kids appreciating nature and all it has to offer.
Thank you Jane! We’re blessed to be able to teach our son to love and respect the natural world. So many people do not have such easy access to the outdoor classrooms as we do.
He is very fortunate. Hope he carries it to adulthood- good chance, for sure!
And let’s hope that humanity comes to its senses in time to ensure that there will still be beautiful places like this by the time Joubert has children of his own.
Goodness, we can only hope. It is depressing.
At least we’ve come to know a few people here in the blogging world who’ll fight tooth and nail with us!
Lovely shot! Joubert is growing up.
Thanks Patti! Growing by the day, physically and mentally – it’s hard to keep up!!!!
How wonderful to sit there alone in peace and beauty surveying all that is.
Certainly an opportunity to savour Dendymactoodle!
So adorable! And fits the challenge
Thanks very much – his mom and I also think so 😉
Also, a big welcome here!
Tog te oulik!!! 😉
Natuurlik gaan ons met jou saamstem, AJ!
So moet ‘n pa se bêk praat!! 😈
Hierdie Pa is baie trots op sy seuntjie 😉
Soos net ‘n pa kan wees! My oudste seun is 22 vandag!! Ek gaan nou nou braai!! 😉
Veels geluk! Ek hoop julle herfsweer speel saam vir n heerlike berjaarsdag braai AJ!
Just love the Safari wide brim hat!
Very important to protect oneself from the onslaughts of the harsh African sun 😉
This photo speaks volumes.
Thank you Janet! I also thought it tells a story much bigger than a little boy on a bench…
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so many words unspoken by this young man – great capture
Thanks Leslie! So many memories we’ve collected together in South Africa’s wild places, and we hope he’ll be able to do the same with his kids one day.