Jacaranda

It's that time of year again...

Some Local Wildlife

Southern Masked Weaver
nest building

These are our neighbours, they live in the hole in one of the mango trees behind the house:

Black-collared Barbet



"Peepo!"



A tree full of egrets and weaver nests, with a cormorant on the right

Coral tree

Coral tree up close

We don't know what these are, if you know or can find out, please let us know:

Pretty blue flower

Pretty lilac flower



A Day Away

We had a trip to Namwala (if you go by car it's about 2 hours from here).
We walked by the river - the Namwala loop, a large loop of river off the Kafue River - and saw:

Yellow billed storks

 

Cross billed storks and a sacred ibis

 

 

Stand up paddle boarding

 

Pigs





 

 

Cattle and cattle egrets

 

 

THE RIVER!!!
It was so good to be by a big piece of water.

Amos lost his hat (yes he is wearing a hanky on his head!)

To make up for it, here are some more pretty pictures

360 degrees, the moon on one side the sunset on the other (you have to look carefully for the moon)

A Couple of Jobs

Amos moving leaves onto the garden to improve the soil.  Please admire his new shovel!

Bridget winnowing maize

A Meeting on the Road

We nearly missed this one...

A Bit of Cullture

Last Saturday we went to a local gathering in the football stadium to celebrate some of the traditional  music and dancing of Southern Province. 

Some of the 'dancing' is very acrobatic!