Notes From The Bush: Fairy Folk of the Savuti

[smokingboot]

We went to Savuti in search of leopards. We didn't find them there. We found a sandy high land rustling with wind and leaves and wild dry sage scenting the air so powerfully that each breath seemed to clear one's soul of any old poison. There our vehicle broke down, and we had to tow it over the sand, to the amusement of a breakfasting elephant overhead. There  we met eagle-owls drumming their hearts out with big 'Ouf! Ouf!' sounds at one another. And there also, we found these little creatures almost concealed beneath a bush:
This photo doesn't convey the fay sense of them, the expressiveness of their faces, but I wasn't surprised to learn of old bushman tales of a raiding party defeated by a bat-eared fox who used their own weapons against them and could turn into a man.

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Love the album, thank you!

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

It does give that momentary savour... I would very much like to see Namibia...we travelled through it to get to Livingstone,a burned out road somewhere in the Caprivi strip, and it was rather depressing. It would be great to see the place in all its glory!