General – Page 412 – Boadicea's Chariot

Ladies, read only the first part. Gentlemen, carry on to the end.

A Woman was out golfing one day when she hit the ball into the woods. She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap. The frog said to her, “If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes.”

Last Boxing Day, there was a family get together planned. Didn’t happen – my sister was snowed in and the rest of us were snowed out. Moving on, the re-arranged fixture was due to take place this weekend. The Gods of snow did their best to scupper the whole event yet again but we triumphed over them. We are just back from a magic weekend with sister, nephew, nieces and offspring, made even more magic by said snow. I will blog/post about all that in due time but I am sitting here in Embra tonight just thinking one thought. Continue reading “Passage to Singapore”

How to Deal With a Love Rival

Another hippo for Bilby

Now why…

… did this make me think of Bilby?

P4040016 — Hippo Sculpture Behind Glass and Security Screen

For Soutie

I saw this today and thought of you and your post on Friday.

Bookmarks

Currently I am reading ‘Wolf Hall’ and it’s the hardback version (Christmas pressie) so quite cumbersome to read. In more than one way, I’m finding. I’m about a third of the way through and there’s something very satisfying about closing the book on a bookmark and looking at how much I’ve read. Continue reading “Bookmarks”

Poachers

Click on the pic for a larger image — Killed by poachers

Kwantu game reserve lost another rhino to poachers over the weekend. The reserve is a short drive from my house, the report in my local newspaper tells me that the horn, which is all that they took sells for up to S.A.Rand 700,000 (£60,000) presumably in the far east.

This female was still nursing her 12 month old calf, there is now concern about the calfs well being. She had successfully produced 2 calves previously, this is not just a blow to Kwantu and eco-tourism but Continue reading “Poachers”