Lions at the fence
I was out for a walk trying to get my bearings for the conservancy that I’m guiding on. It was early morning and it was fresh after a night of prolonged rain. The air was still and the sky was a gloomy sort of Dublin grey. I was watching some Woodland Kingfishers showing off to the females on the telephone wires. I was recounting that old Makem and Clancy song about “all God’s creatures have a place in the choir.” Don’t ask where I heard that song before or how I remembered the chorus but anyway I see something in the corner of my eye. It was just a slight movement but enough to catch the eye. I turned around and there close to the fence is a beautiful big female Lion. What a sight! I just stared as she fixed on me. She was about 100 metres away from me and I could see her clearly through my bino’s. I took a step forward wanting to get a better angle from around a Silver Cluster leaf and in an instant she was gone. I hadn’t had a coffee this morning but this was enough to wake me up!
Bye Bye phone
A couple of guests were at the lodge from Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. It’s a place that I had never heard of but it’s part of France’s colonies. The couple came with their 12 year old kid and they were really nice. Two PE teachers and the kid Louie was nice and bright. He was very interested in all kinds of wildlife. We went on a walk in the afternoon and I showed them how to track and we got within 5 metres of some Giraffes. It was really cool. We came back after a couple of hours and we headed to the bar for a drink. As it got dark all the frogs and toads started calling and of course the young fella was interested in how they make their noises and all that jazz and I went down to the pool to show him the different frogs and their calls. I was fishing for one at the deep end and forgot that I had left my phone in my breast pocket. I’m there stretching for the frog and next thing the phone hops out of my pocket and starts sinking to the bottom of the pool! I’ve a decision to make so out with everything else out of my pocket and into the pool with me. as I’m trying to grab the f-in thing I see the face light up and I’ve got a message! I rescue the phone but to no avail. Electricity and water unfortunately never mix so bye bye phone number 1! The kid was delighted with his lesson though!
I was out for a walk trying to get my bearings for the conservancy that I’m guiding on. It was early morning and it was fresh after a night of prolonged rain. The air was still and the sky was a gloomy sort of Dublin grey. I was watching some Woodland Kingfishers showing off to the females on the telephone wires. I was recounting that old Makem and Clancy song about “all God’s creatures have a place in the choir.” Don’t ask where I heard that song before or how I remembered the chorus but anyway I see something in the corner of my eye. It was just a slight movement but enough to catch the eye. I turned around and there close to the fence is a beautiful big female Lion. What a sight! I just stared as she fixed on me. She was about 100 metres away from me and I could see her clearly through my bino’s. I took a step forward wanting to get a better angle from around a Silver Cluster leaf and in an instant she was gone. I hadn’t had a coffee this morning but this was enough to wake me up!
Bye Bye phone
A couple of guests were at the lodge from Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. It’s a place that I had never heard of but it’s part of France’s colonies. The couple came with their 12 year old kid and they were really nice. Two PE teachers and the kid Louie was nice and bright. He was very interested in all kinds of wildlife. We went on a walk in the afternoon and I showed them how to track and we got within 5 metres of some Giraffes. It was really cool. We came back after a couple of hours and we headed to the bar for a drink. As it got dark all the frogs and toads started calling and of course the young fella was interested in how they make their noises and all that jazz and I went down to the pool to show him the different frogs and their calls. I was fishing for one at the deep end and forgot that I had left my phone in my breast pocket. I’m there stretching for the frog and next thing the phone hops out of my pocket and starts sinking to the bottom of the pool! I’ve a decision to make so out with everything else out of my pocket and into the pool with me. as I’m trying to grab the f-in thing I see the face light up and I’ve got a message! I rescue the phone but to no avail. Electricity and water unfortunately never mix so bye bye phone number 1! The kid was delighted with his lesson though!
No comments:
Post a Comment