Summer Time – Spider Time
When the weather gets hot and humid many different species of Golden Orb Spiders build their webs along and across the roads on Thanda. Part of Bheki’s job at this time of the… Continue reading
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Hope
These Vultures were hoping that the Lions would move away from their nearby kill soon. This picture was taken in the early hours of the day before it started heating up. All images are… Continue reading
Lions on his mind!
I do not often merge or manipulate images, but I had to play with this picture of Bheki – my Tracker – looking into a sunrise. I merged it with an image of our dominate… Continue reading
Seven without the Five :-)
These are seven images I took during the holiday season – when my Internet connection was down. They are part of my “Without the Five” series (images 5-11). – A colorful Caterpillar (I… Continue reading
The Elephants’ choice
One should never push Elephants and move in too close to them. But sometimes they choose to come close themselves. This female Elephant and the two calves where browsing on trees right next… Continue reading
The Bush School!
On Thanda we have an old bush school (a few A-frame huts and an old wooden classroom building) which is left from the days when Thanda was farmland. On hot days the Thanda… Continue reading
Without the Five (4) – Sun Spider
This sun spider sat in the middle of the road when I left the lodge. I took an eye level shot of this small predator – lying on my belly as usual 🙂… Continue reading
The Kill
If one watches animal programs on TV one usually sees the Lions running after the prey and then eating the animal. The struggle for food/life in between is rarely ever shown. A few days ago… Continue reading
Summer Sunset
Yesterday evening we spent the sunset time next to our largest waterhole watching Cape Buffalo having their evening drink stop. A great way to end a game drive with Giraffe, Sun Spider, Cheetah,… Continue reading
I am back :-) – Happy New Year
Sorry about not posting since Christmas but my Internet connection was down until yesterday. We were very busy at Thanda over the holidays and I had quite a lot of great sightings (pictures… Continue reading