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Originally posted on Something Over Tea:
Among the most delightful of the avian visitors to our garden are the Bronze Mannikins (Spermestes cucullata), which are among smallest birds in South Africa. I think they are truly delightful little birds and often regard them as feathered bundles of happiness. Males and females look alike: they have grey bills and blackish heads with white underparts and brown… Continue reading BEAUTIFUL BRONZE MANNIKINS

Originally posted on Something Over Tea:
Load-shedding still has at least another hour to go before the power comes on. It is already too dark to read indoors, yet light enough and warm enough to sit outdoors with a glass of wine, a bowl of nuts and my notebook. The whole town is without power. In the stillness of the early evening I can hear… Continue reading 6.15 PM ON AN OCTOBER SUNDAY