Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
South Africa's premier bird-watching destination is safe for the moment, despite a land invasion by local communities last month.
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
School starts today. We begin the 10 th grade. I can't even believe it. Sam is a bit nervous, as he always is when we have transition, but we've had good conversations about how this year will not be as hard or as much work. I am now convinced that we need to look at the entire scenario differently. It truly matters not to me if he has all A's and B's if it means he is stressed out and likely to act...
Afrigator (Free subscription) | yesterday
Helderberg Nature Reserve is also great for bird watching and there are some goats and wildlife. During the summer months the mountain is the best to climb and there are also dams on the top parts of the mountain where you can swim. ]]>
Poofygoo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Canvassers near my office building passed out fliers decrying bird watching as pornographic. "A private research group, the Good Conduct Society, has discovered Bird Watchers are more sexually active than others," the flier claims. It goes on to vilify the ostensible voyeurs, and their wicked means of debauchery: The elderly find that Bird Watching is not strenuous. And this erotic experience can
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | yesterday
We had such a great time! Fifteen hoo - hoo's are all that came thankfully, as any more than that would have been a wee bit crowded. In getting all the food ready, I made the very stupid mistake of thinking that my right rear stove eye was off when it wasn't. Someone had put a platter of cookies on the cooktop and when I went to move them, I touched the still hot eye. Ouch, ouch, ouch. As you can see,...
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
"Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain. Grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude between two wars. You have no rose without a thorn; the diligent picker will avoid the pricks and gather the flower. There is no bee without the sting; cleverness consists in gathering the honey nevertheless.” -- Sri Sathya Sai Baba I will be one busy bee today. I am cleaning house and preparing...
Birdwatching Blog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
This bird watching webcam comes to you from Kent, England and provides live streaming video of a bird bath and garden area. Watch wild birds taking a bath and see other wildlife including a fox that visits the garden regularly at night. There’s also a bird box cam so you can watch baby [...]
E! Online (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
The celebrity pap flip. It's a pretty commonplace practice by now, mostly because photogs can be really super annoying. Look at Johnny Depp—he moved all the way to France to evade...
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Coolin Trout Lodge is situated roughly 14 km's from Hogsback, and features beautiful scenery, as well as a trout dam almost right on your stoep. From the Lodge's business card: Bed and breakfast - dinner on request Private trout fishing - dam and river Walks, hikes and biking Bird watching Horse riding by arrangement 4X4 trail nearby Private airstrip: 900m. Alt: 4500ft Contact details You can give...
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
When I read the blip in the front highlight section of Saturday's paper, I had to do a double take. " People to pay $14 million for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's baby photos" Seriously? That's a joke, right? I just sat there with my spoon of cereal half-way to my mouth and contemplated the incredulous craziness of that. Why on God's green earth are we as a society so obsessed with seeing the new babies...
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Our yard sale commenced at 8AM yesterday morning, and by 8:02 we had our first customers. I have to applaud the girls I work with as they all were dedicated to this and brought a good number of items to sale. Seven of us were able to make it there for the sale. We had six long tables full of various and sundry things, and then had the underneath areas of the tables packed as well. We also created a...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Scout for winged creatures along the L.A. waterway. Hikers and bikers get an eyeful: herons, egrets, pelicans. And everywhere, gulls. In this wetlands wonderland, winged creatures abound.
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
A fellow parishioner gave me this book to read. I had heard about the series before from my former choir director, but had never read any of Mark Schweizer's books. I am not sure it would be as funny if you don't come from a liturgical background of worship, but I had to be seriously careful when I was reading this before going to bed. It was so danged funny in spots that my snorting and laughing would...
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
I was at the grill yesterday afternoon when the sky was getting dark and the wind was whipping up to warn of an approaching storm front. I noticed some flitting movement in the crepe myrtle just off the porch from me. As I watched, I saw a small bird, which for all the world, looked like some sort of warbler in the way it was moving about the tree. I ran in to grab the camera and try to get a shot...
Journey Through Grace (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Husband and I were watching the news last night and they were reporting on a study by the Journal of Happiness (who knew this was actually a journal'). I also read about it in USA Today . It basically said that overall, women are happier than men in their 20's and 30's, but that at the age of 48, there seems to be an intersection where women's happiness declines and men are happier. As for me, I know...
