Wedding of note!

So my wedding was absolutely phenomenal! Obviously i wasn't able to take these photos as I was the man of the day. The following photos were taken by a good mate of mine,who did a fantastic job.

The wedding was set at Glen Afric country lodge about 10 minutes from my farm house.

That's me on the right with my best man. Eagerly waiting for the bride, the word "nervous" is an understatement!

These guys surrounded us around "The wedding tree" throughout the ceremony. It was amazing.

Above is my wife and I. This part of the day was fantastic, being able touch these beautiful creatures is a once in a lifetime experience.

Another photo with the elephants. A proper wedding album picture I think!

This shot was taken when we arrived at the reception after the ceremony. The guests were lost for words when the Elephants followed us.

That is all for now. When everything settles down, I will carry on with my own photos and blog about them.

Till next time.......

The feeding spot...

So I put out an apple to bring the birds closer to the house. It's amazing how quick they can find it, the appear out of nowhere in minutes!

This Cape White-eye above is as tame as anything. It usually hangs around with 3 or 4 others. In summer, when the Mulberry trees are at their fullest, these White-eyes, and all the other birds I'm about to mention, don't even notice the apples i put out so I don't even bother. The damn Vervet monkeys come and steal them anyway! We learnt our lesson parking our cars under the trees though. Man those mulberries can give birds the runs. Very hard to clean the windscreens!

Crested Barbet

Black Collared Barbet

We have 2 species of barbets, seen above.The Crested Barbet always comes in pairs. The male constantly trying to show off and dancing around is mate. The Black collared barbet seems to just pass through, eats his fill, and dissapears for weeks.

This is known as an Arrowmarked Babbler. They always come in groups of about 6. They very boisterous and just bombard the tree where I put any fruit, chasing everything else away. Bloody noisy things as well. I guess that's where the "babbler" in the name comes from! Very nosy as well. They often come and sit on our window sill and watch us lying in bed when it's really early.

We have a hell of a lot of Thrushes as well. Above is a Kurrichane Thrush taking a bath just next to the feeding "tree". Along with them, we have Olive Thrush and Groundscraper Thrush. Brilliant birds as they constantly scratching around and demolish all those annoying, pesty bugs in the garden.

Till next time. Keep following because in a couple of weeks I will be blogging about our wedding we will be having in the african bush. Hyenas,cheetahs and elephants to come!!