LDC - Spain

Roland's 18th birthday!

When Rolo was 2.5 yrs old, they came to visit me in Amsterdam. 'Tannie Rita' was a big mouthful and he shortened it it "Ittie" and the name stuck. He had a proper birthday party later and I returned to help prepare for a hamburger feast for his friends.

The Smitte and the Game Lodge weekend

My beautiful room at the Smit family! Their kindness, love and support mean so much to me!

The room was filled with flower arrangements ...
Lovely proteas - the South African national flower .... dankie Thea-Mei!

The zebras were so beautiful!

All the game looked so fat and healthy!

I loved the way the fruit was done - different fruit held together with a porcupine quill!

I was given the 'honeymoon suite' - they offered this deck to me, but couldn't get myself to stay out there for the night amongst all creatures big and small. I gracefully declined the adventure and slept inside. I did shower outside though!

My 'hut' for two evenings. There was a lovely bath at the back, with the shower outside. It had a fantastic view over the lodge. Thank you Linda ... and the Smit family!

Looking over Mabula Game Reserve

My wonderful friends, Andomei, Thea-Mei, Andries and Adriaan!

During our afternoon game drive we came across these two rhino's have a snooze in the middle of the road. I haven't seen many rhino's in my life and couldn't believe my eyes! The one closest to us slightly lifted his/her head, looked us and couldn't be bothered.


The ranger went into a lot of trouble to find an elephant to see. He talked to many rangers and they informed him there is one coming down the road. It suddenly surprised and the ranger couldn't start the jeep fast enough to reverse out of it's way. A stunning creature. I bought the book "The elephant whisperer" afterward and loved Lawrence Anthony stories about his elephants. I would highly recommend this book if you can get it.

"Turn back to God" morning in Pretoria

This was a very special morning. Thousands of South Africans turned out to attend the "Turn back to God" day. We went for the morning only and at one given point we had to turn around and stretched our hands out to the Union Buildings while someone prayed a very positive prayer for our Government. It was a powerful day - I was so glad I went. It was all about our relationship with a living God and nothing political.