Blog - Page 15

Monday Morning 17th July was a special day, we catered for a 60th birthday, the family group gathered together from all points in South Africa to celebrate the auspicious occasion. And what a beautiful birthday present from Amohela, yet another awesome and magical morning as surely the Ice Queen visited in the night.

After the heartbreak of the electrocution of one of our resident Jackal Buzzards, Allen worked with The Endangered Wildlife Trust and Eskom ( Electricity Supply Commission) who have a working group that investigates such happenings and wherever possible take remedial steps to prevent further fatalities/injuries.

Some years ago we decided that since Amohela ho Spitskop is not only a Country Retreat but also a Sanctuary and a Conservancy we should help our wild Honeybees with a feeding project, especially during the cold winter months.

Filled with the expectation of a new day these little birds chatter excitedly, urgently marshalling themselves into groups, each containing hundreds of birds.

With the good rains of the past summer, the winter landscape of the Eastern Free State is again dotted with dams and pans filled to the brim with water, the reflection of dark blue winter skies turning the water a deep navy blue in the sunlight.