Our little animals

Cold and cloudy

3/16/2016

This morning I woke up fresh still with sound of the calves calling their mothers.

The whole day was a cloudy one with a light drizzle every now and then on my shoulders, real English whether. For a change it was nice but yet my hart longed to the blistering African sun. It was yet an ordinary day. The animal feeding went well and for a change I had Afrikaans speaking guests with me so I could present it in my home language, which was very nice and I could do a less formal presentation but I noticed that in some way I found it difficult not use English words when giving my guests factual information. Old "Piet"; our 12 year old porcupine; showed head for the first time since Saturday and he was very eager to eat. I get to see him a lot but he tends to be shy when there are a lot of guests with me on the feeding, keeping in mind that they are actually nocturnal animals, so it is actually a privilege to see him before 10 pm. The leopards seemed hungry tonight, they were more exited than usual and for me going inside with them I have to keep in mind that they are currently in the fase of their lives where you need o look at their caracter. The male starts to mature very fast being only 11 months of age. He is called "Seun" which is an Afrikaans word meaning "boy" but I guess one of these days  I will have to start calling him "Man". The leopard, especially the male, tends to become agresive as he gets older and that is due to his testoterone levels that become higher and when they go into mating season he will be very protective of his area. They still bring joy to my hart every night when I can be the one who fills their stomach and it is supringly how fast such a dangerous animal can get into your so fast. "Oterjas" our 'tame' Warthog was also acting strangely tonight and was not hersef, I guess it is the whether.

The rain turned from drizzle to almost thunder storm just after the animal feeding and a two more campers showed up. I will probably get to meet them tommorow.

I myself grabbed a bottle of ' Robertson Winery Merlot 2014' out of the bar before I dashed to my room when the boss told us that we can knock of the clock earlier. In this trade of working you need to make use of every extra minute you get of becuase tommorow can lead to a day of working 18 hours straight.

The wet whether and the only chance to enjoy red wine in room tempreture makes me long back home, but to think that the city noise will keep me up the whole night agian makes my stomach turn.

I will now send you away with a big great blessing and hope you to have a glass of proper wine and in your hand. Cheers to a great day.