Self-Isolation, what Self-Isolation?
The Road to Our House For the two of us here in the mountains, there's not much difference between "self-isolation" and what we usually do. We prefer to live with our furry friends, both tame and wild. We know the leopard tortoises by name. To come across one, or sometimes all of them, at the end of a day is like meeting a friend on the road. The black eagle pair still soars above our house. The other day we surprised a brown buzzard on a Cape spurfowl carcass. The kill wasn't fresh - he'd been feasting on it for at least a day. There's a new-ish, very wild Cape Grysbok in the reserve. Even the baboons visited the other day after a long absence. Okay, some housemates are more welcome than others... So we carry on doing our thing, keeping trips to town to the bare minimum and carrying F10 veterinary disinfectant wipes in the bakkie. Yes, people, vet shops still have "hand sanitiser". When you ...