been a while - i find this blogging lark difficult it's like shouting in the dark not sure if anyone's listening.
great excitement today a wayward elephant wandered into the farm, ellies don't bother with the gates and other formalities there he was in all his glory wondering what all the fuss was about - they're big and i mean big when you're on your feet and this was a small to medium job! anyway he's gone now.
what's been happening here in the boring kalahari? well we had a fire about 4 weeks ago - scary stuff flames 3m high - it was the week before the californian fires and i could appreciate their fear - we lost 9000 Ha of grazing but luckily very few animals. It was a day with fierce winds and we only got it under control at around 10 in the evening after a 12 hour battle. luckily since then we've had a bit of rain around 40mm so the grass now shooting and it's all green the animals love the green shoots and interesting to see rhino mowing along with their big mouths - they must have to eat a lot though so guess they're at it all day and most of the night - they've got no TV anyway.
ada and ivy the two rhino we caught in may are getting really tame - we've been feeding them lucerne to help them through the dry times and now they wait expectantly each day for us to arrive and snort and frolic with excitement as we arrive and show no fear, they come to within 10 feet or to be politically correct 3m. so far this ok but waiting for the fisrt nudge on the cruiser which may result in quite a panel beating bill.
vicky and i been travelling quite a bit of late, just returned from a foray to KZN in RSA to a wedding 4000 kms in 4 days, quite a trek
looking at going solar - with the price of diesel soaring this now becoming a serious optionwe're busy getting advice and quotes and would value any contributions both intellectual and financial! (only joking).
i'll now try upload some photos didn't work watch this space