Good afternoon dearest Blogger friends. I'm a tad late with this weekend's post, but here it is.
On Friday morning, Skabby and I took a trip to Ladysmith - for him to be groomed.
My sleek, cool, handsome dog! 
I'm linking to Eileen's Saturday Critters, here
HAPPY SUNDAY TO YOU ALL!
Good morning Blogger friends. On our walk this weekend past, I managed to photograph the pole reflection in the dam just before Skabby dived in.
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| Thank you, Skabby for helping Mum to capture rippling reflections! HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYONE  |
Good morning dear Blogger friends. So many of you comment on Skabby's plodging bowl. He loves to cool down in it (boots and all!) when we return from a walk. He also has a great splash and plodge after he's eaten his mammoth bone every evening.
And he has a HUGE bowl of water at his disposal at all time!
Good morning dear Blogger friends.
Once again, I realized on Friday, how blessed I am to be living on the farm with my friends. It's going on for four years and a quarter years and gets better every day.
I mean, I have just been to breakfast at a newly opened restaurant a few kilometers from home.
It's long weekend, so Nine (headmistress of the primary school in town) has the weekend off. Her daughter, Jenn, who teachers in Pietermaritzburg and is boarder mistress at St John's Girls High (her alma mater) and her Plus One, Guilford (a young farmer in Ixopo) were home for the weekend. Younger daughter, Denn, who teachers at a private boys school in Pretoria and her Plus One, Jem (a veterinary doctor), were home for the weekend. Gav, farmer alongside his dad, John, happily enjoyed having his chicks around
John, farmer/owner and my friend, Ron, for whom I work, asked me to join the family for breakfast. What a lovely family outing it was.
On Friday night, my SIL, Shell and my birding mentor, sent me a photo of the moon rising over the sea. I dashed outdoors with my camera and managed to catch the moon rising over the farm.
The next morning as I opened my door and walked onto the veranda,
the most incredible sunrise greeted me
Over the years I have lived quietly in my little cottage nestled between the two farm houses. I work in the farm office in the mornings; in between I'm able execute all my other business with the peace and calm that is my existence here on the farm.
WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY WEEK AHEAD
Hello Blogger friends. Here I am endeavoring to post about the Hedges pets more regularly.
Missy stalking Mama...
WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL SUNDAY
Good morning Blogger friends. On Saturday it was dry enough to go for a walk.
Was Skabby a happy chappy!
Once we'd exited from the farm gate, he hurtled along the road. Suddenly he skid to a halt, and pointing his right paw (the retriever in him coming to the fore), he crept up to the fence along the shed.
He had discovered a really small calf...
I'm linking to Saturday critters with Eileen, here
HAPPY WEEKKEND TO YOU ALL
On Sunday afternoon, as I walked out onto the veranda, I noticed a beautiful reflection on the surface of Skabby's plodging bowl. I came indoors, grabbed my camera and went outside again. Then it was a challenge to catch the same reflection. I had to stand at certain point to capture the image of the Tecamaria shrub in flower across the lawn and which was being reflected in the water.
There was also a slight breeze which caused a ripple.
HAVE A GREAT WEDNESDAY
Good evening dear Blogger friends. Today was the first time in yonks that Skabby and I went out for a walk Since the beginning of March (and January through February) it has rained, rained and rained some more. So of course, the farm roads, especially the exit gate, has been a quagmire.
Nevertheless, today was hot and sunny.
All day.
And we went walkies...
Good morning Blogger friends. Last week as I lifted the lid of my laundry basket, I noticed a small movement on the edge. A really small movement.
A baby praying mantis.
I took a few photos and then managed to move it carefully from the basket to the outer windowsill of my bathroom windows.
Good morning dear Blogger friends. I have an affinity for clocks. Strange clocks and over the years, I have collected several wall hanging time pieces to please my eye.
While I visited Grant's aunt, Gill, in Howick in mid-February, I once again saw her kitchen clock, It has Arabic script on it and is quite easy to tell the time, all the same. I cannot imagine that I spent two years in Khartoum, a predominately Arabic city and never bought an Arabic clock. Nevertheless, Gill has promised to bequeath her clock to me in her will.
Last week a lady advertised several wall clocks on our local WhatsApp group. One was a black clock with formulas and numeric symbols on it. I asked her to keep it for me and here it is hanging above my desk as I work.
Good afternoon dearest fellow Bloggers. These past weeks Skabby and I have only been able to go for a walk very infrequently. It has rained incessantly in the Central Drakensberg, not allowing the farm roads to become walkable after the muddy conditions. However, one hot sunny day last week (the heat has also been fierce this summer), Skabby and I got out into the veld.
As always, while said dog hurtles along the farm road, I often stop and take photos.
