MOZAMBIQUE, THE INDIAN OCEAN,SOUTH AFRICA,SWAZILAND,TANZANIA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE. # 2 PER DAY#

An African Folktale

Skilder en skryf loop dikwels hand-aan-hand….

’n Troupant fraai
het deur die blou gedraai
en op ’n tak kom sit en wag
vir die foto van die dag!

Troupant

Elizabeth Kendall ©

Bloedrooi, geel, oranje
en warm lek ’n vuur
op hierdie ysigkoue
en groue winteruur:
’n veldbrand teen die hange
waar bome weerloos sug
bring vreugde en verlange
na yskoue vingers terug

daar bu…

Kom klim in en ry saam my
tot waar die pad sy stertpunt kry
waar die werfhaan smôrens vroeg
‘n nuwe dag oopkraai
waar stokrose teen die wind
‘n staanplek langs die wit muur vind
en op die groot ou stoep
‘…

Ons pragtige taal verewig in digvorm, ’n herinnering van ons oorsprong, van vergane dae en skoolbanke waar ons nie juis geϊnteresseerd was in watter digters wat gesê het nie… en soos jy …

Dis altyd lekker, maar vroegoggend is dit die lekkerste. Dan is dit nog heerlik stil en is daar geen motors wat in die straat verbysnel of brullende motorfietse wat die aarde oopskeur nie. Om dou …

Your delicate wings rapidly beat the air
The sleekness of your weightless body hovers
Curiously observing as though you care
Steadily searching for lifelong endeavours
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Do you bring a message of a tranq…

My heart and soul cringe when I hear how uninformed people can behave, becoming totally irrational and losing all perspective. Following on an article written by Heather Valance in her blog Personal …

“Papa Goose” – In memoriam of Papa Goose – 1991 – 2009 – watercolour on Visual 140gsm – 16″ × 14″ – Maree©
 
I look at life as a gift …

Snow in Lesotho

A cycle has been completed once again – June 2010, and we’re in the grips of another Winter. Winter this year, as the picture above shows, is quite severe for us in Sout…

After quite a severe winter here in South Africa and struggling with the many ‘veld’ fires we get every year (we’re very much similar to Australia in that regard, and where do they…

A happy moment in my life!

Fate is an amazing thing……… Leopards, Lions and cheetah…. a dire threat to livestock…

“Fiscal Shrike” – watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm – Maree©

The Fiscal Shrikes in my garden provide me with hours of pleasure, watching and sketching them as they either sit…

(“River Landscape” – Watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm – 16″ × 12″)

The Nyaminyami (Zambezi River God) is a Zimbabwean legendary creature created by the Ton…

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6th August 2010 – FEATURED in Every Little Thing You Do
7th August 2010 – FEATURED In The Scavenger Hunt

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Life on a farm or smallholding is certainly exciting and out-of-the-ordinary, to s…

“Little froglet in the water,
don’tcha think you really aughta
save that croaking for tonight
when you’re safely outta sight?

Though I love your creaky chorus
pulsing through the springtime forest…