Evening walk.

Some photos I took on evening walks this week.

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A pair of Egyptian geese enjoying the lush winter wheat.

A pair of Red-billed Quelea in their non-breeding colours. These are tiny birds, but in some parts of the they are a veritable pest gathering in great swarms to destroy wheat crops, much like locusts. With mono culture man has created the perfect environment for these seed eating birds.

Book fair.

Twice a year I organise a book fair day at school. Shaun of Books 2 You, brings his collection of books and displays them in our school hall. Shaun's books are very cheap as he visits the UK and the USA twice a year where he buys remnants directly from the publishers and then imports them into South Africa. Shaun's books average from R45 - R120. That's about $4.50 - $12 US.

We had a two day book fair in February and this one from the 25th July to the 26th July. 

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A view of Shaun's mobile shelves that are wheeled into the venue, opened up and all the books are in place and displayed.

Books for preschoolers and grade 1 & 2.

The tables contain non-fiction books and the shelves fiction. Hundreds of titles to choose from.

I usually spend about R7,000 at each book fair, but when Shaun arrived for this one I had almost depleted my budget for books, so I only spent about R1,200. The learners on the other hand bought almost R10,000 worth of books, that's an awful lot of books at those prices.

A hookah smoking caterpillar.

A hookah smoking caterpillar. This illustration is from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carol and is for One stoned crow in Namibia.

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... & moon set.

Saw it rise, saw it set. A double blessing.

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Took this photo on my way to school this morning.

Full moon rising.

Full moon tonight.

One of the smaller pivots, only covers about 20 hectares, but it can be moved very slowly and carefully to other pivot points.

Spurwing gees heading home with the moon behind.

Afternoon walk.

Took the dogs for a slow stroll around the farm, they were beside themselves with happiness. As usual I took my camera with me.

Southern bald-headed Ibis, (Geronticus calvus), these birds are restricted to the eastern higher areas of South Africa. Bald-headed ibises are listed as vulnerable.

Speckled pigeon, (Columba guinea) also known as rock pigeons, definitely not a threatened species and across most of Southern Africa.

Another view.

Winter wheat under center pivot irrigation. This a huge pivot and it irrigates fifty hectares, about 2.2 acres to hectare.

Get well cards.

Been at home for three days now and I can't believe I feel so well, will only go back to work on Monday. In the meantime the grade one's sent me get well cards that they made for me.

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There's me in bed with a visitor crying his eyes out, note the tears.

General view of the hospital.

In this picture I even have hair.

I got dozens of "cards" but have only shown these three.