Looking right through you !!

Fancy bumping in to you !!

Winter is here 

Its cold here at the moment - the early morning  are chilly   before the sun is up even here in Zim  - I was sitting on my Land cruiser watching  this guy - and he was really feeling it  - sitting on the extremity of this branch hugging himself  to keep the chill out !Waiting for the rays to catch him 

 I sat there watching him ,chuckling at how similar things were for both of us !! 

Muuyu

Muuyu

Chapters of my life have been spent among these great trees, humbly honoring them , quietly listening to their sighs, breathing in the energy they exude. They are my Africa. They symbolize a spiritual place, harsh but breathtaking. These great trees make me acknowledge our own majesty and simultaneously our own impermanence. I am humbled by their seemingly ageless presence and am intrigued by the endless myths that have been passed down around campfires for centuries. The ambiance of these great beings has a spiritual energy and some myths say the souls of our loved ones rest amongst their branches, lovingly watching over us  -so close- a very thin veil.

 Nearly every Baobab I have seen in the wild has evidence of Elephants around it , dung , spoor, bark stripped from the tree and carvings from gouging tusks in the trunk, like graffiti on a notice board. The symbiotic relationship between these two great creatures is a spiritual one, pure and real .

There are few people not captivated by the sheer magnificence of these trees and the aura that surrounds them. They, and the elephants that stand under them, are the quintessential sights of Africa.

So imagine yourself there, and sit quietly. listen to the quiet whisperings of your soul. Feel the energy as it filters through you, and let it bring you to a place where the seemingly impossible becomes possible.

A Rebellious Child ?

Synergies  

Was on a long tough drive yesterday , I do a lot of thinking when I drive as I guess most of us do , Its May , the vegetation is magnificent , the leaves and the pods are on the trees – its also the start of that special time in the year when we start to see that haze in the sky – which creates a different light on things – a different perspective perhaps .

How does it all work ? , really I mean – where do we as humans  fit in now ?- I look at that incredible symbiosis that Is nature and the way it all fits together , and wonder what our purpose is?

I mean if you truly “undressed” us , and slotted us back in to nature , where would we fit? , -when we lived in caves – what was our purpose , everything has a purpose in nature !, but what was ours - ?what symbiotic role did we play ?

All species are interlinked – where did we slot in?

Today  , with our insatiable need for wealth , we cant see that we are even a part of nature as we were , we have stepped out – well that’s what we believe any way !- and yet Birth and death –the two most important times of our lives are so natural – ,we are  no matter what we would like to believe – a part of nature !

Everything has a purpose – what was/is ours ?In wild life – its all about now – and instinct -something else we have completely lost touch with. Perhaps in fact if we step back and look at all of this , we will see that maybe the humans species could be termed the rebellious child, the one that knows better , whilst all other species – our siblings – work within the grander scheme – and even where we have destroyed – they eventually cover for us – in the hope that one day we will come back on track ?

Evening Sojourn

A Captivating sight ,a reflection of life .As these dagga boys go to water and the purples and pinks spray across the vast Africansky , Ones mind is focussed instantly on this moment , on how the harsh landscape and the dead tress blend wiith the super strength and attitude of these Buffalo – all blended into a beautiful sky .Our lives are built through our experiences , one ata time , like each of the  foot prints around this pan tells a story ,  so to does each breath we take

Life is now ,not in 10 minutes ,right now, this is the only garantuee we have 

The Gwasha ( path )

I found this near  the Chewore River - its the end of a branch that was overhanging a path , at about chest  height . The branch itself - was part of a combretun jesse thicket , next to the path , a path obviously frequented for generations by Buffalo , Elephant , and maybe even Rhino.

It is incredible how the tip of this branch has been worn down over the years , just from rubbing against the hide of these animals as they walked to and from the spring 100m away .