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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

11/11/2015 Remembrance Day

Maximum temperature 20C, minimum 7C. 12 km/h variable wind. Dry.

Church service....

followed by a service at the memorial, and this year the presenting of a medal as well.

Our neighbour with her son.

WW1 postcards...

poster....

and other memories.

The following repas. (luncheon)

For those of us with fond memories of Rhodesia, it is 50 years today since Ian Smith declared UDI.

Friday, May 1, 2015

01/05/2015 Rain,rain and more rain!!

Maximum temperature 15C, minimum 12C. 58 km/h S wind. 42 mm rain overnight and still raining.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

16/11/2014 Rain, rain and more rain. The garden is saturated!

Maximum temperature 10 C. 16 mm of rain measured this morning bot lots more since!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

08/10/2014 Not a good day for photos, very windy and not much went right! A few memories of Africa.

Temperature supposedly in the 20's but it did not feel like it. 6mm of rain measured and more coming down as I type this.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

25/03/2014 Not a nice day, wet and chilly. A few emergency photos!

Maximum 10C. 8 mm of rain measured this morning but it has been raining on and off all day. Very chilly wind.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

21/11/13 Just generally trying to catch up with life. Our roofing guy popped in for an aperitif.

Maximum temperature 6C but feels like 2C. 16mm of rain overnight, also rain on and off during the day not measured as yet.

Bird photos taken from the window, no tripod.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

09/04/2013 Lots of wind and rain, managed to get out and back between heavy rain falls to play scrabble.

The weather has been foul today, maximum 12C but feels like 5C, a very strong 35kph south/west wind. 9mm rain measured this morning, but it has been raining on and off all day. Photos are at a minimum!

Shadows Along the Zambezi by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I so enjoyed this book and towards the end I could not put it down only finishing at 2am! Having lived most of my early life in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, so many places had a lot of meaning to me. Diana’s knowledge of every detail in this book is incredible.
Sadly, so much of this story is fact and very true. It made me cry and at times it made me smile. I hope that it might awaken the world as to what is going on in many African countries, and instead of so many people burying their heads in the sand, perhaps they might stand up and do something. Smuggling and hunting are very soon going to leave the world a very sad place when there are no animals left.
Now I am off to read Shadows over an African Heart.

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Shadows Over an African Heart: a novel by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shadows over an African Heart is the perfect name for this book. The shadows are even bigger than I ever dreamt, and this book is a real eye-opener to the truth of what is going on. I was in tears in many places in this book. The fictional side story I so enjoyed, but the true and very sad story of the elephants and other animals; the Zimbabwe government has so much to answer for.
The world needs to read both of Diana’s books and action needs to be taken before the children of today never see wildlife as we have had the joy to grow up with around us.
There are many African words in the story which to me were great to be reminded of, but many are explained as you read and there is a good glossary of the words in the back of the book.

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