The Porcupines


It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together. This way they covered and protected themselves, but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions, even though they gave off heat to each other.

After a while, they decided to distance themselves, one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: Either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. This way they learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by the close relationship with their companion, but the most important part of it was the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.

There is a moral to this story: The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person’s good qualities.

The Moral?

LEARN TO LOVE THE PRICKS IN YOUR LIFE.

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Escaping The Finnish Winter!


We have some lovely Guests, in particular I’m referring to Juha and Mrs Keisa who leave us today. They’re in Africa escaping the Finnish winter, and when you see those photos it’s not hard to see why! On Wednesday they spent the day in Chobe National Park in Botswana and on Friday in Namibia, anxious to see as much and as many countries as they can. We hope they’ve had a lovely time and that they enjoy the rest of their trip to Africa!

At Chanters Lodge we love receiving Guests from all over the world!

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Livingstone Bicycle Tour



We had this lovely email from recent Guests at Chanters Lodge, Livingstone

Hi Richard,

Here are a few pictures from the excellent bike tour that Lawrence Zulu took us on last month. Lawrence was a wonderful guide and showed us places we would have never gotten to. It was definitely a highlight of our time in Africa.

Hope all is well and that the Norwegians are doing well with their teaching. We had to adjust to the minus 30 degree wind chill when returning to Canada. We are so happy we made the trip.

Thanks

Kindest Regards
Joan & Richard Rogers

Apart from the “minus 30 degree wind chill” bit, isn’t that cute!? And aren’t those great pictures of Maramba Market?

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The Rains!


When it rains in Livingstone it tends to really rain! It also seems incapable of raining without the accompaniment of massive rolls and claps of thunder, and all kinds of lightning – fork, sheet, etc! All very scary! Check the picture of the Chanters Lodge garden during really heavy rain as we experienced a huge storm yesterday mid-morning.

Normally our back yard gets flooded in heavy rain as we’ve never really sorted out the storm drainage, but yesterday the trenches for the foundations of the new office block took all the water! I’m sure our builder will be delighted when he turns up for work tomorrow!

Looks like we might have more rain today too!

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Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow


The hot season’s here! The Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is in flower! Check the picture of this shrub at Chanters Lodge, Livingstone. Here’s all about it!

Brunfelsia pauciflora

Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow’s flowers are purple when they first bloom. Then over a period of several days they fade through a progression of blues and lavenders until they are pure white – then they turn brown and die (the day after tomorrow?)

The pansy-like flowers have white throats, are about 5 cm across and borne in profuse clusters (cymes, actually) of up to 10 blossoms, displayed all over the plant. Flowers of all three colors are present from spring through the end of summer. Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow gets 3-8 ft (0.9-2.4 m) tall with several stems, an open, airy habit, and a spread of 2-5 ft (0.6-1.5 m). The leaves are leathery and semi-evergreen, 3-6 in (8-16 cm) long, dark green above and pale beneath.

Several cultivars are available: ‘Eximia’ is the most typical form, commonly found in cultivation and usually referred to simply as yesterday-today-and-tomorrow. ‘Floribunda’ is smaller with more abundant flowers, and ‘Macrantha’ has larger flowers and is lacking the white throat.

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