Today is Christmas and due to the time difference Santa came here about 8 hours before he would have come to our house in Minnesota. Most everything was closed today, and tomorrow is a national holiday too – Family Day. It was a beautiful day – Maxine, Alice and Ruby had fun playing with water guns in their bathing suits outside in the roughly 85 degree sunshine. The saying around here, right before rainy season begins, is… “I’m dreaming of a wet Christmas…”, but we are enjoying the sunshine.
It’s been fun spotting the strange and beautiful animals even in our yard here in Windhoek. A pair of Yellow Mongooses comes through the yard every day on their rounds. They are very cute, as you can see here. Their heads look a bit like foxes, but they are long, in the shape of a weasel.
Also, there is a fascinating pair of weaver birds just outside a bedroom window. The male so far has built 3 nests trying to impress the female. She hasn’t approved of the nests yet, and she has torn down the first two nests. He is at work on the 4th nest now. See these great pics here.
Bill
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A warm and wet Christmas huh? It was wet here ... but the cold and snowy variety. It is actually still snowing here today (the 26th). I'm the only one in the office (or so it seems) drinking my latte made this morning (at home ... thank you very much). I enjoyed reading about the birds and the nests ... she tore them down huh? He kept building them huh? Sounds like a familiar story ..... :) Miss you all a lot-Greta says hi to the girls!
Traci
Yes, lots of snow here, the kids were thinking of Ruby, Alice, and Maxine as they went sledding. Miss everyone.
Jim, Kim, Kelvin, Morgan, Levi
Thank you for the book. We received it on 12/24. Glad you are enjoying some sunshine. We could use it here in the Northwest.......it snowed on Christmas, and today.
Love,
Shannon & Family
Hi Liz -
Glad to hear you made it okay. I just wrote a different posting, but I wasn't signed in correclty. I'm not going to re-write it. I'll just say Happy New Year and it was wonderful hearing of your adventures. Take care. Thinking of you guys a LOT.
Megan
I just read your post aloud to Hannah and asked what she would like to tell Ruby. She said, "I miss you," and "Ruby has a lot to say about Africa."
I'm so glad you're doing this! It will be great to read about your adventures.
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