Natal bush shake
polwyntjies
I am now part of the medical team doing an on call a week, and doing paediatrics in the day(self elected).
I was 2nd on call today which meant we didn't go away for the weekend. Eunice disappeared off to church for 4 hours(what do they do, and does it involve eating!)
We had our first swim ealier in the day but went back to swim at 4 pm(the swimming pool is on the compound, so 5 min walk from the house). Mark(one of the senior doctors) appeared with his African pet python around his neck and then dropped it into the pool for a swim. Louis' day was made and Ralph shouted: 'snake, snake!'. Ceri and Louis braved it into the pool. The snake was swimming around in a rather frantic way... quite a sight!
Louis can now swim without any aids and uses his underwater goggles to check out the creatures in the pool.
Generally Ralph messes around on the step and Ceri clears the pool of bugs with the net which is hooked onto a very large tree.
A friend of Louis killed this harmless Natal bush snake in the bush next to our gate. No snake survives an encounter and this is due to ignorance and sheer fear. Snake bites are common and only rarely fatal.
After our exciting swim Louis made his first fire with paper, twigs(self found) large wood and charcoal. He lit the fire himself. There is a very large owl in the tree next to the the barbeque and we could see it through the leaves. There are different types of owls, some hoot and some make a very loud , shrill sharp sound.
Ceri saw a very pretty song bird(8cm tall according to bird book) with a long beak in the garden today.
Ma and Louis made cup cakes(polwyntjies) and put various decorations on them.
The minister of Health is coming to Manguzi on Tuesday - she is flying to the local airstrip but i am sure she is going to have a sore bottom from all the pot holes...i wonder if she will notice. She is hopefully going to talk about AZT and how good it is for all. I am not sure she is aware that we are issueing private stock to pregnant mothers according to WHO guidelines and ignoring local policy...
After our exciting swim Louis made his first fire with paper, twigs(self found) large wood and charcoal. He lit the fire himself. There is a very large owl in the tree next to the the barbeque and we could see it through the leaves. There are different types of owls, some hoot and some make a very loud , shrill sharp sound.
Ceri saw a very pretty song bird(8cm tall according to bird book) with a long beak in the garden today.
Ma and Louis made cup cakes(polwyntjies) and put various decorations on them.
The minister of Health is coming to Manguzi on Tuesday - she is flying to the local airstrip but i am sure she is going to have a sore bottom from all the pot holes...i wonder if she will notice. She is hopefully going to talk about AZT and how good it is for all. I am not sure she is aware that we are issueing private stock to pregnant mothers according to WHO guidelines and ignoring local policy...
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