Category Archives: Wildlife

Entertaining Creatures at Chantecler

Posted on December 31, 2018 by colonialist

Yesterday we all went to provide entertainment for the fish, buck and peacocks to be found at Chantecler Hotel in Drummond, some forty minutes or so from home. It is not cler . . . er, clear . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Grandchildren, Nature, Personal Journal, Photography, Wanders, Wildlife | Tagged , , | 26 Comments

Out and AbOut at Random

Posted on August 6, 2017 by colonialist

© August 2017 Colonialist

Posted in Africa, Cats, Grandchildren, Really Awful Rhyme, Swimming, Wildlife | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

Pristinity

Posted on April 18, 2017 by colonialist

g (The GloPoWriMo prompt for the 18th is to include neologisms —   invented or conjoined words.  So I have launched into something outrageously humorous, right? Wrong. For some reason this made me want to have a stab, for once, at true descriptive poetry.) … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, GloPoWriMo, NaPoWriMo, Nature, Poems, Rhyme, Wildlife | Tagged , , , | 13 Comments

Having a Wild Time

Posted on April 13, 2017 by colonialist

  The past four days have been memorable. Muscles loosened up by an hour on a horse have been kept in action with a lot of walking, climbing, swimming, and even paddling a small boat round a dam. I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Excursions, Travel, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , | 16 Comments

Worse than Monkeys

Posted on February 21, 2017 by colonialist

Our monkeys are forming a faction Expressing the outrage they feel And will probably take legal action At statements they rampage and steal.  They merely make use of what’s owed them From areas where they were first Whence nobody has … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Humorous rhyme, Really Awful Rhyme, Satire, Wildlife | Tagged , , , | 30 Comments