ReGenesis: All Things Bright & Beautiful, All Creatures Great & Small

Life on the farm remains a great joy! Here's what I've seen through the lens this week.

It looks like a skwatta but Big Brown Hen and her brood are dry and warm

Breakfast sunbathe

Yummy local sourdough bread and homemade strawberry jam
(I had fun practicing the focus on my camera!!)

I love this shot ~ it's one of those seldom seen moments and even though I was on my way to Bredasdorp 55km away, and in a hurry, I had to stop for the scene

Have passed this farm a few times and always want to take a pic ~ today was the day!

Die Mannetjies Sterk

Grootkloof in spring

Gypsy, the newcomer ~ defiant, sharp-witted, rebel, free spirit ~ refuses to go into the roost at night ~ I understand her :)

Lacy winged phantasmagorical creature

The Magical road to McGregor, my favourite valley

OK!! So I don't kill, heck I even scoop ants out of the bath before opening the tap. But these babies can deliver a really bad bite that requires quick medical attention. So I said I was sorry and Doom'd them. Isis, the all-seeing, one-eyed cat, was sniffing all around the chair in my bedroom, so I knew there must be something there. I cautiously tipped it over (could have been a snake under it!!) and saw this mother.

Decided to check the second chair and lo and behold, another nasty. The one on the right is definitely a brown button spider, with the tell-tale orange mark on under belly. I'm not sure of the one on the left ~ maybe someone can identify for me. I thought it might be a sac spider - very large bulbous body but, not so sure. Spiders and I have a love hate relationship - I have a scar on my back about 3cm long, which looks like a stab wound, and that is from a sac spider. I cannot describe the pain - a necrotic area the size of a saucer, I kid you not. It was horrrrrrible! So they are not allowed into my space ~ it's survival of the strongest, and that's me with any weapon or a can of Doom