Early morning visits

On Sunday morning I was up and dressed at the same time Grant was off to the office. (Normally I'm in the shower when he leaves). He asked if I'd like to take an early morning ride around the mine with him. I had time to pull on a pair of khaki shorts and tee, grab my binoculars and camera and we were off. 

The sun only rises around 7am here in Tanzania and as we're relatively close to the Equator, there is normally only a ten minute difference between seasons. So when we pulled out of the yard at 6.30am, it was still quite dark outside.

Clockwise from top : down in the mining pit; another glorious African sunrise and an early-morning domestic squabble between a pair of Pied Crows

 

Top left to right: a show of white blooms after the rains; Agama lizards warming up for the day; Bottom left: the base of a huge baobab tree on the mine and a Dik Dik watches us warily from a safe distance

 

 An hour later, Grant dropped me at home only to fetch me for a spot of birding at 10.30. We also went out again at 4.30. We saw and photographed an interesting selection of birds over the weekend. More about this in tomorrow's post.

When we came home after the last outing, the garden looked very inviting with the last rays of the sun playing across the newly cut lawn. My small brood of chickens scratched in the soft greenery for grubs and other yummy insects. 

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