“They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled grey bodies, and soar away, light spirits at the end.”
Robert McCammon
Ineke, who blogs at “I scrap 2“, kindly invited us to join in the “3 days, 3 quotes challenge”. We in turn extend an open invitation to all de Wets Wild’s friends to join in, and we look forward to the wise words you have to share!
“The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa; for he has so much to look forward to.”
Richard Mullin.
Ineke, who blogs at “I scrap 2“, kindly invited us to join in the “3 days, 3 quotes challenge”. We in turn extend an open invitation to all de Wets Wild’s friends to join in, and we look forward to the wise words you have to share!
The Cape Glossy Starling, as brightly coloured as they come…
“Vivid” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge.
Joubert and I have just finished unpacking the car, after returning from a weekend camping at Kgaswane Mountain Reserve, at Rustenburg in the North West Province. Set high in the Magaliesberg range, the reserve abounds in magnificent scenery and interesting formations like this stack of boulders that looks almost like a toppled fortress. Of course, we’ll tell you all about Kgaswane in an upcoming blogpost.
“Broken” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge.
This morning, JacarandaFM – one of South Africa’s biggest radio stations – aired a humorous sketch based on one of our most hair-raising wildlife encounters and the events that followed in their breakfast show’s weekly “Story of my life” segment.
Unfortunately for most of our friends here at de Wets Wild the story is mostly in Afrikaans, our home language, but perhaps you’ll be able to catch the gist of it, which involves a swear word slipping out in an unguarded moment and being stored away in a little boy’s memory bank for later use…
Click here to listen to the piece.
Vir al ons Afrikaanse vriende, julle sal verstaan dat die “kru taal” juis is wat die storietjie so snaaks maak!
Two of the three rhinos that caused the swearing at Ithala Game Reserve…
Joubert really had a lot of fun with the two horses that roamed Glen Reenen Rest Camp in Golden Gate Highlands National Park this past weekend. Having had his fill of equine photography on Saturday, the next day he decided to lure the horses to our cottage, with nothing more than handpicked pieces of prime grass-stalks. His efforts were quickly rewarded, to the point where they would have followed him INTO the cottage if he didn’t rudely slam the door in their faces…
We think “Horse Whisperer” has opened up as a new career option for our boy!
(you can click on the images to enjoy them in a larger format 😉 )
A yellow-billed duck creating a splash at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in Pretoria
“Afloat” is the theme for WordPress’ Photo Challenge this week
And de Wets Wild was awarded Runner Up in the category “Best Environmental Blog”!
Thank you very much to every one of our friends here at de Wets Wild who voted for us and provided regular encouraging comments while we waited for the results to be announced. Your support means so much to us, and we hope you will continue to stick with us for years to come, as we continue to bring the beauty of South Africa’s wild places to you. THANK YOU!
Congratulations also to all the winners and runners-up in the various categories. There’s some well-known names and brands appearing in the list, all of them doing South Africa proud.
Finally, a big word of thanks to the organizers and judges of the 2014 South African Blog Awards!
What could be warmer than a mother’s love?
We’re catching up on the WordPress Photo Challenges we missed while on our extended summer holidays in the bush. “Warmth” was the theme for the challenge of 26/12/2014
We arrived back home in Pretoria after our epic 21-night summer holiday in the bush. We’ll soon start wrapping up with a weekly trip report of the beautiful wild places we visited. Today we’re simply compiling a gallery of the photos we posted on a daily basis while we were away.
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