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The Love of A Lion
If I ever need a lift to the spirit, I check out Christian the Lion on Youtube. His true story is all there on film, a story that many people reading this may already know. It was back in the sixties,...
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When Elephants Wept and Gorillas danced
Kiwis are not just New Zealanders. They are the a rare and unique breed of bird. And a few weeks ago after heavy rain in the South Island, a kiwi’s nest was threatened by floods pouring through its...
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Snails Have Feelings Too!
Not exactly breakfast at Tiffany’s but breakfast at the river cafe. And not exactly breakfast either – I preferred a freshly baked friand and two cups of coffee – my way. I sat in the spring sunshine...
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Summer Days and Thirsty Hedgehogs
It’s high summer in our village, the sea is postcard turquoise blue, and scored with white wakes from little fizz boats having fun. I watch the big game fishing boats with tourists going out with tall...
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Bullied by the birds
It’s two months since I wrote a blog about the drought called Summer days and thirsty hedgehogs, and since that time we have had no rain. The country is split between those who live in towns- and so...
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The mystery of other lives
Not a picture of hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil, but a picture of the three fat wood pigeons sitting on the power line outside our house yesterday. They used to be plentiful, but...
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Serendipity and the Private Life of Rabbits
I don’t know what made me ask. Serendipity. A visiting friend had said his wife hadn’t come with him to see us because they had guests from overseas – a palaeontologist and partner. Out popped the...
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The wrong lion?
The man who killed Cecil the lion, seems to be contrite about killing the wrong lion. He is reported as saying that he hadn’t realised he was hunting a protected one. But killing any lion (and all the...
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Snakes alive !
Mrs Tiggywinkle, her rounded figure enveloped in her apron, sweet face framed by a ruff of prickles and a frilly white bonnet, quizzical grey eyes gazing kindly out on the world, catching up with her...
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Aliens, Narnia and our dog, Murphy
My latest devouring passion (perhaps passions keep you alive and hungry for the fascination and excitement of life!) is for films about aliens… I especially love the ones with encounters between...
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Frogs and Tigers and Us
A full moon shone through the tree-tops, and apart from the hooting of a distant morepork, and the autumn cricket symphony, not even the careful movements of the four silent searchers disturbed the...
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A merrier world and a beautiful one
The story of a sixteen-year old fighting climate change always moves and excites and inspires me. Jadav Payeng has been planting a forest single-handedly since 1979 when he saw a pile of dead snakes...
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