An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick
If you are interested in conservation or animals, if you love Africa, or if you just enjoy a good love story, then read this book. “Africa has never been more vividly described. I read it straight...
View ArticleUp Close and Incredibly Big
When we were in South Africa a while back, we took the opportunity to ride elephants bareback and to feed them. When you are that close, you appreciate the full immensity of their size and power....
View ArticleLittle and Large
Here are two African animals of very different sizes, shown in black and white. Linked to Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Animals.
View ArticleP is for… Palm Nuts
The palm nuts, the fruit of the palm tree, is a much coveted food item for many of the animal inhabitants of Africa, especially during the dry season, when grasses and shrubs are in low supply. The...
View ArticleFive go for a Walk
Today is my 1 year blogaversary. I have enjoyed this year so much more than I imagined, and have discovered a whole new world of exciting blogs and bloggers – a veritable family of supporters and...
View ArticleClose Encounter with a True Giant
This elephant had come down to the bank of the Zambezi to find succulent grass. Watching him from a small boat just feet away made him appear much bigger than if watching from the relative height of...
View ArticleExtinction is Silent
“Biological diversity is messy. It walks, it crawls, it swims, it swoops, it buzzes. But extinction is silent, and it has no voice other than our own.” -Paul Hawken (environmentalist and author, b...
View ArticleTreat Yourself
“My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don’t think about it, I just have it” -Arnold Schwarzenegger Tasty green dinner for a Zambian elephant, summer 2013
View ArticleAnd though she be but little…
Elephants in Tanzania, January 2018 “And though she be but little, she is fierce” -William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act Three, Scene Two) Now over to all of you. Do come and join...
View ArticleThreesome
Some threesomes in Tanzania, January 2018 Click to view slideshow. – Over to all of you to join the challenge with your own threesome post. To join the challenge, please use pingback by putting a link...
View ArticleHead and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Racing giraffe, Tanzania, January 2018 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 25 October 2018 Posted as part of Cee’s B&W Tongues & Tails
View ArticleElephantine
Elephants in Tanzania, January 2018 – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 March 2019Posted as part of #spikysquares
View ArticleFollowing the trail in Tanzania
Empty track, Tanzania, January 2018 But the tracks and trails are not always so empty. – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 April 2019Posted as part of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
View ArticleMemory
A memory of elephants in Tanzania, January 2018 Yes, I’m stuck in my collective noun obsession. And this week, it’s a memory of elephants. Yes, you can use herd, or even parade, but memory is a great...
View ArticleI’m a fan of elephants
Botswana, June 2012 Tanzania, January 2017 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 27 January 2020 Posted as part of Fan Of…
View ArticleFive go for a Walk
Today is my 1 year blogaversary. I have enjoyed this year so much more than I imagined, and have discovered a whole new world of exciting blogs and bloggers – a veritable family of supporters and...
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