STILL CATCHING UP

Living in Paradise

Sunbird

Firefinch

For a year now, I have been living in a complex/gated community (I don't know the correct phrase) called MacKenzie Point. Mackenzie Point is a plot of land by the beach owned by you guessed it, the MacKenzie's. They purchased the land back in the 1970's. Nigel is an architect, and Elizabeth has trained herself to be an awesome gardiner. The plot of land is dotted with unique little buildings housing one or two apartments, all hidden by exuberant gardens. 

This baby Black-faced Vervet monkey was gazing at me curiously while I was sitting on my balcony. 

Of course, these gorgeous gardens are a haven for birds and black-faced vervet monkeys. Oh, and a few Monitor lizards, and lots of red-headed rock agamos and millipedes and strange beetles and butterflies and and ants of every size and other bugs that I can't identify...

Mousebirds are definitely on my favourite list. They have a ridiculous crest which makes them look like wannabe punk-rockers, and long tails that seem to have a life of their own. When they land in trees and bushes, they seem to come in horizontally, so it always looks like they're crash-landing.