Friends and fun

The beautiful fynbos walk that Mandla has been doing during his training saw a few more human visitors lately. Shane is here for a visit and I wanted to show him everything I keep talking about, and Mark wanted to look at a potential ringing site. And so Shane and I, Mark and Jesse, and Bettina and Michiel went for a walk. What a stunning walk it is! The fynbos is all in flower and smells amazing and fresh, butterflies of all sorts are floating around, birds are singing and dashing by, more than enough to keep us well entertained for a few hours! We walked further than I have been with Mandla, finally stopping on a kopje that ended in a cliff plunging down to the sea. There we spent some time admiring the view and enjoying all the plants and flowers. Finally we made our way back to the house for an amazing brunch that Bettina had prepared, and of course, to do some horse riding. Jesse was very keen to have some alone time to spend with the horses without his sister, and after saddling Weeky up we went for a walk around the paddock, and again and again. I think the budding ornithologist is also a budding horse rider!

Enjoying the view with my man!

A kopje with a view!

Jesse and I investigating the plant life.

Gota love the colours!

Some of the flowers on the walk.

Cape Sugarbird.

At the pond.

Dragonfly.

Hanging with the horses.

Doing the rounds.