weekend update

we had a nice quiet weekend here.. It involved a little bit of swimming, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with ostrich and zebra, sitting on our butts and a drive out to a local village.

On Saturday afternoon Michelle and i packed the kids up and headed out to Thamaga to pick up some local pottery.. With our time here coming to a close, it is time for us to stock up on all of the goods..It was a nice drive out into the bush, and Thamaga is your usual type village. The warehouse for the pottery was simple and pottery was abundant and cheap.

On saturday night, we headed to our neighborhood game reserve with our friends and had sandwiches and chips while Jude scared away all of the ostrich and zebra in the vicinity. Kate and Maura played with their friends in the bush while the adults had a few sundowners.

On Sunday Michelle headed out to a funeral for a patient of hers, then we headed out to some our friends' home in the bush.. They rent a beautiful thatched roof home out in the middle of nowhere.. When we entered the home, there were a few warthogs munching on the grass right in the backyard.. Jude tied to mount one but was unsuccessful.. We hung out there all day sitting around and letting the kids entertain themselves. A nice way to spend a sunday. Being a curious person who is still absolutely scare of snakes, I asked them if they had spotted any in their yards.. Because where they live, the likelihood of coming across a snake is 100% greater than where we live. They told us that just recently their gardener had killed a spitting cobra. Now that's a snake!!!

Life returns to normal this morning and all the kids are off to school.. Jacob returned to us last night and says he had a great weekend in South Africa.. Apparently he swam a 600m event did well... He was exhausted last night and went to bed at 6:45.

My goal for this remaining time is to take as many photogaphs as possible.. We'll see. Trying to plan one last long weekend excursion soon.. as we begin to say goodbye to this wonderful place..

All for now. The pictures are the kids at the game reserve.. One is the kids eating under a hide/game viewing area, Michelle and Frances standing in the middle of an open field looking for zebra, ostrich, etc... And surprise!!! Jude eating