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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

26/06/2019 In the garden

Maximum temperature today 38C, minimum 19C. Dry. 13km/h South-easterly winds with gusts up to 31 km/h.

Summer has arrived!!!! 39C predicted for tomorrow and we have friends to lunch so I will be busy!

Many people have asked to see more of our garden and the house, yesterday I took some photos. As usual too many so here is the garden and the house will appear in the next one. No comments under photos (other than a couple) pretty self-explanatory!!

I had just cut the lawn.

Note the leaning apple tree, even the stake is leaning that we put in to hold it up after all the rain.

Potatoes, carrots on the left.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

01/07/2015 Wow half the year has gone! Still very hot and only a couple of photos. Off to friends for a barbecue this evening.

Maximum temperature 37C minimum 20C. 52 km/h SE wind. A few drops of rain but not worth talking about. There are storms around according to the forecast but we have yet to see them.

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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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

26/06/2019 In the garden

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

01/07/2015 Wow half the year has gone! Still very hot and only a couple of photos. Off to friends for a barbecue this evening.

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