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Winging It – European Roller

—oOo— Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.   James Matthew Barrie —oOo— European roller Related Images:

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Winging It – European bee-eater

—oOo— Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul – the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.   Napoleon Hill —oOo— European bee-eater Related Images:

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Winging It – Crimson-breasted shrike.

Winging It is a collection of inspirational sayings, some humour and some personal insights – in fact anything that we feel compelled to share.  We hope that you enjoy the photo that appears each...

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Winging It – Something New

Welcome to the first of our Winging It daily thoughts.  Winging It will be a collection of inspirational sayings, some humour and some personal insights – in fact anything that we feel compelled to...

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Lilac-breasted roller eating a snake

Hello, hello!!  What have we got here?  Looks like it could be interesting …….  I think I’ll check it out.   So someone ran over a snake.  Well, that’s surely good news for me. ...

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Black Wildebeest – The Gnu that’s not the Blue!

Tucked away in a far corner of South Africa, near the bustling town of Mafikeng, is a little game reserve called Botsalano.  Although it isn’t one of the more famous game reserves in the...

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Khwai Me A River

Botswana has many amazing campsites, especially in the Okavango Delta, and they can be jolly pricey to stay at too.  Just occasionally you strike it lucky and come across a place that was merely...

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Last week I blogged about our stay at Mudumu National Park in Namibia.  From that wonderful place we took a day trip further up the Kwando/Linyati River to the Mamili National Park (also known...

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Three scatter cushions for $8000

It’s been a few weeks since we blogged on Wilkinson’s World and that’s because Rob and I are renovating our home at the moment.  It’s certainly taking up all our spare time, but in...

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Entertaining a Woolly-necked stork

This time last year Rob and I were anticipating spending Christmas alone in Windhoek because he had to work over the festive period.  We decided to liven things up by starting what we called...

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African wild dogs in Moremi Game Reserve

One of the highlights of our visit to the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana’s Okavango Delta in September was a wonderful sighting of a pack of African wild dogs.  It’s not that common to...

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As tough as …. a Honey badger

I thought I would lighten up a bit after blogging twice about the killing and culling that takes place in nature in Africa.  Time for a change and something different.  We traveled extensively in...