Monday, June 18, 2007

My golden pot runneth over...

The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of better things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings, for while the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings.... da doo dah day....

There is a belief in Africa that rain brings good luck...


We are all so perfectly suited to our environment, here is an ant on Erica Cerinthoides by Sir Bruce John Barrett Castle


Moonset over Maanskynkop, taken by myself at sunrise last November


Yours truly, the luckiest woman alive...

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Flock to Stanford and Do it with the Birds...



28-30 September 2007 is Stanford Glendower Bird Fair.

I am part of the Spanish Dancing show myself and as my song on the www.stanfordbirding.co.za website says, "We are the Stanford Birds, with our adoring nerds, they may have sunk the ship, but the beer's a honey whip! So come and join the fair, don't just stand there and stare, 'coz when you flock to Stanford, you do it for the birds!"

Highlights include:

Lectures and talks by:

Morne du Plessis
Nico Myburgh , one of SA's top birding photographers
Sean Privett – How to create a bird and wildlife habitat
Francois Krige – Indigenous Forest Trees

Live animal displays:

Cheetah
Monkey Town
Eagles & more raptors
Spiders
Snakes & other Reptiles
Pigeons

Bird and nature film festival:

March of the Penguins
Happy Feet
An Inconvenient Truth
Amazing behaviour of the birds of Kruger

Mini ID course on Overberg birds

Guided bird outings

Birding on the African Queen
Mosaic Farm

Bird Treasure Hunt, Puppet show, puppet making, raffle, prizes, NG Kerk Bazaar with pannekoek, melktert and fresh farm meat, exhibits, music, food and more…….
SEE YOU THERE... LOVE COSMIC DUST (Accommodation at Oak Grove Farm available for other cosmic dust particles)