Our first walk in a week!

 Good afternoon dear Blogger friends. After the heavy rains in the first two weeks of February, it was impossible for me to walk along the farm roads. Skabby would have been fine but he needs me with him. 

Great excitement at 7am today: We went out for our first walk since last Saturday. 

Skabby elated that we're on the road again! 

We passed two little boys who had brought "skaftin" : lunchbox for their mom who works in the diary 

As we approached the dam, I told Skabby heel. I didn't want him plunging in as he always does because there was a family of Egytptian geese swimming at the far end (My dog is very obedient; he bounded off to the other side of the road to sniff at exciting things in the long grass while Mum took photos) 

Father goose (gander) at the rear watching for danger; Mother goose ahead and the seven goslings swimming ahead of their parents 

I zoomed in on one adventurous gosling. He had to swim upstream! 

When I saw the parents guiding their offspring towards the reeds,  I called Skabby who dived into the dam on the near side. They didn't even notice him! 

I'm linking to Saturday Critters with Eileen, here

HAPPY SATURDAY TO YOU ALL! 
 

70 and no celebration

 Dear Blogger friends. Thank you for the wonderful wishes from you all. 

The one person who always shared my birthday week, was Grant, now gone these past three years and three months. 

Today, had he lived, he would have been 70.

I remember his 60th : we were living in Kenya, in the Great Rift Valley. If you click on this link here, you will see the great montage I created for Grant. Below is just one of the interesting images from that blog post.

Bedouin Grant Hedges on an odyssey in West Africa 

When we retired to the Central Drakensberg, Grant was involved in the weekly Parkrun; he had a building project which was a week off completion when he passed away and he hiked in the mountains with friends. 

Grant and friend, Ant Muirhead chatting before a hike into the mountains 

Central Drakensberg 2017

May you be at rest now, dear Grant

I'm linking to Our World Tuesday here

Ambrose blogging at last

 Good morning to Mum's blog friends; this is Ambrose at last. Mum has been sooooo busy at the computer that I have just lain on the fridge top and looked down on her desk. 

All is well with the Hedges Kitties and doggy. Skabby is regalated to the veranda during the day because his paws get wet from the grass and he messes the floors. 

What's that Mum? Oh RE - LA- GA- TED to the veranda. Below is the photo of him looking in while Mama sits on a small stool and looks out.

Mama looks out at Skabby looking in 

Chappy lies on the lawn watching birds...

Missy likes to relax on Mum's bed sometimes

I, Ambrose am the guard cat!