We have seen alot of thunder the last few weeks. The rain seems to be falling in true Monsoon fashion. This means we will be eating plenty of mangoes and plenty of mosquitos will be eating us.
Ralph loves shongalolos and collects them in cups. Louis put 2 large shongalolos in our bed - I found them in the sheets the same night I admitted a patient to the hospital who was bitten by a spitting cobra in his bed!). The next morning we told the kids about the shongalolos in our bed and the fact that we thought there might be a nest under our bed. Louis just laughed...
We have built the boys a very nice wooden bridge, tower and swings in the garden. Aaron the gardener (who loves to turn bouganvillia into topiary-heart shapes) finished the roof as a traditional zulu thatch.
We have a cement pad for the barbeque area, which means I can make a fire for ambience and a fire for the food. Ceri has started playing the accordian and this is a great music instrument to accompany the beautiful african sunsets and stars. She plays 'all things bright and beautiful' en 'hansie slim'!
We often see owls in the garden and various other birds such as the african hoopoe, the wood hoopoe, the purple backed starling, the collared sunbird, the purple crested loerie and the ever present witbors kraai that likes the coconut palms. One coconut fell on the ground during my trip to England. No one was injured. The boys opened it to have a look.
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