Earth Sea and Sky.

This picture in the newspaper was very confusing. The Police came under fire from strikers today and retaliated by throwing stones. It is believed that the government has withdrawn all firearms from the police. There are reports that due to the unrest they will be issued with the new modified revolvers to control riots.

I was watching this bird from the stoop thinking maybe it was a Sparrow Hawk when it decided to land on one of the trees at the far side of the dam. Looking through the photo`s I had taken this one came up on the screen. I enlarged it as big as possible but still thought it was a monkey.

Only when seeing the next picture on the screen and checking the tree did I realise it was the Hawk from a different position.

Looking around the side of my car and found the cat had been hunting. well she is keeping the rodents down. If you have animal feed you will have rats, so we have 4 cats also.

Taking a walk round the dam that I see from my stoop I see the usual suspects, except the mother Duck now has some youngsters.

The other birds seem to be too busy searching for food. they seem to be a cross between a Hadida and the White Ibis.

Today we were treated to a display of old biplanes. But they still landed faster than I could focus my camera.

On walking back from the flight path I noticed this footprint, it is the size of the palm of my hand. I found some spoor that was too large for Alice so I was wondering if this print was from one of the big baboons that I see in the area, what do you think?

Alice is still looking for a Hog, but hopes you all have a great weekend.

I was thinking the other day that since the first big rains I have had a pig for a neighbour. That may sound a bit harsh in these times , but it`s true.

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She very often sits on her stoop, like a guard dog.

She treats my step as a food bowl if she gets an apple.

I might not see you but I can smell food.

On the other side I get invaded by chickens, of which I am not impressed. They try to eat my seedlings and crap on my stoop and step. That`s why I have taken to the pig. They don`t crap on their own door step.

Then along comes the cat from my sons flat who treats me as a second home whenever he goes out.

Alice likes a brush every day, and a tick removal service. This usually starts after her breakfast, since the first day she has learned to change sides when the one side is finished. Pig being brushed by a friend.

Looking back towards the house you can see how close she likes to be. It was only because during the heavy rains she would not sleep in her old house but lay up against my stoop. It would rank as a shack but its waterproof and she has filled it with shade cloth and dry grass. Banana leaves have also been put in her bed and she seems to chew them from time to time.

I have my own car guard, she`s a real pig and sleeps on the job. Sometimes she sleeps behind the car so there is no way to move until she does. Pigs can be very stubborn but I am stuck with her BPE credetials.

It seems like there is a great lack of interest for free blogging on South African sites. most sites are now clogged with people using them for advertisements. out of the 6 new blogs at least 5 are by the same company. I have met a lot of bloggers on wordpress that used to be on this site and are now happy that they have interaction with other serious bloggers. I still use iblog as there still seems to be some interest, but even they have a big problem with spam blogging. Spam blogging is easy to see as the names change on each blog but the layout and IP are the same.

I can see now why most bloggers have gone to wordpress.

I will have to see if things improve otherwise this site will become like ” blat and mweb” ( where most of the serious bloggers came from ), they have now closed to free blogging.

I was looking at some dog pictures and decided to rename them as they were just called unusual.

Panda Dog.

Tiger Dog

. Wiener Dog.

Mop Dog.

Punk Rocker Dog.

Bird Dog.

Botox Dog.

He`s just keeping an eye on things.

So don`t stress enjoy your weekend.