Every day here
is so different, both from life back in the UK, but also from the day before. I
think its this kind of untamed chaos I like.
After falling out with Peggy Sue - our warthog - for her throwing me into the cactus rather un-ceremoniously, we finally made up. A few weeks ago I was struggling with a bad neck and she came up behind me and gave me a back massage with her snout - this was enough for me to soften my dislike of her a little, especially when I saw her lovely long eyelashes - she looked just like Miss Piggy. Things may hit rocky ground for a while after that though as on several occasions I came in to a huge mess under my desk in the office and there can be only one culprit...
"Never eat more than you can lift." - Miss Piggy
(not sure Peggy Sue agrees!)
In other
warthog news, we have three tiny warthog babies all rescued from the veldt.
When our director was away I was feeding them for a couple of weeks and they
really are the cutest little things, grunting and snuffling around, one of them
even fell asleep on me - so freaking cute, it doesn't matter what sort of baby
something is, it's cute! (even a warthog)
"Babies are bits of stardust, blown from the hand of God."- Barretto
We have just had the Graduation Ceremony for the children at the school - this means that four of them will be going to school in the capital as of next year - they were so nervous when they went up to be congratulated and our teacher spoke very well about them and how proud she was.
"I hope your dreams take you...to the corners of your smiles,
to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the
most special places your heart has ever known." - anon
"The future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dream" - Eleanor Roosevelt
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you
know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go" - Dr. Suess
An eagle was recently brought to us with a
wing problem- absolutely stunning creature. we tried to release him today, but
his wing is still damaged, with the flight feathers at the tip of his wings
unable to catch the air right. We passed him on to a bird specialist keep him
for a couple of weeks until the feathers grown back and he could be released.
(sadly this one was quacking like a duck)
Our little
baboon Sheela is getting stronger, more independent and
more mischievous every day. She still gives the best cuddles though
and after exhausting days in the baby camp I still sometimes get the pleasure
of her falling fast asleep on me.
I measured Frankie a few weeks ago after noticing and a few people commenting
that he had not grown in a couple of months, he was 38 inches high,
he still seems to be 38 inches high! I am hopeful the rains will bring some
nutrition to the grass and he will start to grow a little more, if not it is
possible he is the first known dwarf zebra!
" A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself." - Robert Burton
" A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself." - Robert Burton
A couple of weeks ago we picked up two cheetah males to collar and release - they were the biggest boys any of us had ever seen- huge heads and massive bodies. The guys struggles to lift them!
"I just
use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down
42nd street." - Arnold Schwarzenegger
When they were released, the first one ran out of the box and the second one decided he liked it in the shade in there and took root, it took some time to get it out!
Great to see two more cheetahs back where they belong - in the wild!
"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle" - Paul Coelho
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