Blog - Page 13

Some years ago we decided that since Amohela ho Spitskop is not only a Country Retreat but also a Sanctuary and a Conservancy we should help our wild Honeybees with a feeding project, especially during the cold winter months.

Filled with the expectation of a new day these little birds chatter excitedly, urgently marshalling themselves into groups, each containing hundreds of birds.

“Massonia Jasminiflora is quite distinctive, with umbels of purest white or pink flowers, each one 1.2-2.8cm long, with green, blue, deep purple or almost black anthers. As the name suggests, the flowers are highly perfumed, suggestive of Jasmine”

The warm days of summer are here, blue skies scattered with huge popcorn clouds, and at night a wonderland of star studded beauty, the milky way a swath of stars across the sky.

With the good rains of the past summer, the winter landscape of the Eastern Free State is again dotted with dams and pans filled to the brim with water, the reflection of dark blue winter skies turning the water a deep navy blue in the sunlight.