Is summer over?

I woke up this morning, and I was cold! Is summer a thing of the past in Zululand?
During the days however, it is just like it always is in Zululand - hot, humid and really sticky! - typically, February in Zululand! I always say that February is our worst month for humidity, although half of March is just as sticky hot! April however is our best month by far - not hot and sticky, and not too cold! So far this year, it has not been sticky at all - only the last few days!


This is a snapshot taken today of La Frog! I suffered a flat tyre on monday - no particular reason for that! - and decided that now was a brilliant time to buy new tyres, and at the same time, took the opportunity to invest in mag wheels! After I fitted them, I received favourable comments on how good "La Frog" looks! It sure looks better than it did with cracked plastic hubcaps! Having good tyres is also a great thing as they HAVE to be better than the original ones! I kept the best of them as a spare, and the rest of the wheels are with the car dealer, to be sold off! The one is not very good, probably it was one of the original tyres from when the car was new! It was great as a spare, and it sure came in handy when the one tyre went flat - it was checked by the local tyre outfit and no reason for the flat was found!

It was so funny recently! Christine was on her mid term break from schooll, and just about the first thing she did when she got back here, was to find the car wash and polish, and give La Frog a complete doing over! Next holidays, she will no doubt do the same thing, but with one difference - now La Frog has mag wheels to keep clean!

About a month back, I took my Discovery up to the Game Reserve, with 2 missionery companionships. At the gate to the Park, a Warthog was lying under a bush. The Missionery Elders were astounded that I actually touched a wild animal!

Recently they came out to Mtunzini and I took them down to the beach - just to walk on it! We saw the usual red Duiker and 3 Zebra in the campsite at the beach. I could drive right up to them. Again the Elders could not believe that Game can be seen right up close - within touching distance! The last time we went to the Game Reserve, we saw a young Elephant right up on the edge of the road. The one Elder from Utah was amazed that it was so large, but in fact it was a youngster, and not very large! Goes to show that although they had seen photos of Elephant or Rhino, true life size was kind of a shock to them!