Bird in the Bush

Birds are wonderous little creatures that give nature its voice. Ive set out to discover the many species of bird on the Southern African tree tops. The following pictures have been shot in various locations from Rustenburg, South Africa to Rasesa, Botswana. I'll be adding more as I come across and capture the many little birds that capture my eye. ...

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Mopipi o thuntse

Mopipi is a popular tree in the southern african region, and can mostly be found in semi-arid locations of the region. Largely concentrated in the south eastern part of Botswana, the trees rarely grow in clusters and would usually be found dotted around the land. Noticably always on ploughing fields standing lone and strong as it is the culture of the people to never cut the tree down. It does seem to have a sacred and mystic aura about it, even when one sits in its cool shade shielding the strong Botswana sun that we all love to hate. So, why the topic mopipi o thuntse?, well in the setswana language o thuntse is a verb used to describe...

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she gave me (pink) flowers

There is  a lot that trees can tell us, if we just see. The seeing can also take another dimension, as it has been said before, "perception creates reality". This can never be any more true than in nature as the mind chooses what to see therefore it creates its own reality according to the way one may choose. I was taking a walk in town to a friends house, camera in hand and mind open. I came across this beautiful tree that was made up of a green bark, thorns and flowers. How magnificent! I did not care much for its name or why it was there, but just being aware of its beauty was enough.  ...

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Update: 1 Oct 2012

Its been a timeless six months. A lot has been revealed, a lot has been observed, and a lot has to be covered. In this series of inthought articles I will be covering and uncovering all that takes place to journey within the self because that is where we have to start. These articles I will be sharing to help bring understanding to the self and to remove that thorn that has been irritating you at the back of your mind. The journey of this understanding can take any path and it has to start from the inside, that being our thoughts which are the basis of our actions from there we will move out but I can only take you so far, as the journey has to be continued by you. Next inthought article will touch thought itself. The rest of the site we will be observing nature through exploration and ...

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Of Emotions Colours and the Seasons

The sun rises, the sun sets, we wake, we sleep, we work we rest, we entertain, we get entertained. These are the daily chores in our everyday lives...and we live in different worlds with different experiences, but one thing remains...we are human and we have emotions which differ and change throughout our daily lives. We are all different from each other in much the way that we are similar. We all experience the same set of emotions, and since we live different lives these emotions come in different ways at different times and in different intensities. We have all learnt to understand our emotions and the emotions of others, and we have all...

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#inthought -Time

The concept of time was invented purely as a measurement of progression -at least that's what I think. Anyways, the reasons for my assertion is that time as dimensionless as it is seems to have a finite dimension. I will not try to get into the deep metaphysics of this one, as I myself am gettin confused, so really if we are both confused then what is the point. Anyways my discussion about time is to mainly emphasise its point as an organisational tool. Mankind has seen himself grow more and more sophisticated as the concept of time became more a part of their activity, and eventually their person, and finally their own existence. Time keeping is something that has been around for thousands of years from as early as 2000 b.c. and during this time different methods of measuring time changed...

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Birds of Botswana - Weavers (Ploceidae)

The spring of 2011 opened my eyes up to a lot of natures wonders and the hive of activity that takes place during this wonderful season. This could perhaps be the cause of my long absence from the African continent which I personally think is a continent that is full of life and feels alive. I have been observing the seasons and its changes on people and nature in my experiences when I was in different parts of the world, such as the dense jungles of Malaysia and the vast expansive forests and deserts of Australia, but nothing seems as wonderful as seeing nature in its full life in the continent of Africa. One thing that particularly...

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