Monthly Archives: July 2019

Another Day Another Equine Expectoration . . .

Posted on July 31, 2019 by colonialist

          (. . . Horse Spittal.) I was at my Board Meeting when I received a phone call,  then I had to go to Parklands at some speed, They said, ‘You know that little scan? Well, … Continue reading →

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A Week to Leave One Weak

Posted on July 30, 2019 by colonialist

Monday saw another visit to Entabeni Hospital for an Ultrasound and then an MRI. After lunch I spent the afternoon and evening on a sample edit and quote for a book from a writer in Nigeria. Today, after a night … Continue reading →

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Seagull Rescue to C.R.O.W. about.

Posted on July 28, 2019 by colonialist

After many hassles to get the file up and going, I was just about to start an edit, in favour of which I had declined a visit to the beach, when the beach party returned with a Kelp Seagull that … Continue reading →

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Boring but Really Awful Subject.

Posted on July 27, 2019 by colonialist

Today we attended a talk given by Johan Bodenstein, an esteemed local environmentalist, on the menace increasingly posed by the Polyphagus Shot Hole Borer Beetle. It is rampant in Johannesburg, which may soon cease being the biggest urban forest in … Continue reading →

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Caterpillar Rescue

Posted on July 26, 2019 by colonialist

© July 2019 Colonialist

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Growing in Cuteness; Childhood Misconceptions

Posted on July 25, 2019 by colonialist

Hearing a rendition of the Afrikaans song Jan Pierewiet, taken from the call of a bird known as the bokmakirie (the bokmakierie, Telophorus zeylonus, is a bushshrike). recently reminded me of the false impressions I originally had of the words … Continue reading →

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Really Awful Weak

Posted on July 24, 2019 by colonialist

A moanday starts off the workday week, And moans will quite abound; With chooseday you choose a rest to seek — No energy you’ve found; On whensday you ask when will it end, This awful drudgery? By thirstday you’re going … Continue reading →

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Health Exploded in Rhyme.

Posted on July 23, 2019 by colonialist

Should I leave out my health report? Well, as to that, let me retort That matters of this sort I cannot just abort, Or posts will come to naught. Though I have suffered tests galore Todays exams will lead to … Continue reading →

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A really awfully boring day.

Posted on July 22, 2019 by colonialist

  It is that time of month again I had to sit and wait in vain, For in-vein jabbing to extract, To phial, some of my blood, so fact Of the results be placed on file; But, finally, it did … Continue reading →

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Celtic Rock; noisy rather than tasty.

Posted on July 21, 2019 by colonialist

The grandchildren were in the same area as this during the morning, and Jeneva managed to twist her ankle while Rhiannon got nipped by a spider on some climbing equipment. We are watching that closely. An afternoon visit to the … Continue reading →

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