Fields of Canola Flowers. The Canola plant usually blooms in the summer and is famous for its golden-yellow flowers. Canola or rapeseed belongs to the cabbage family and it is edible from leaf to flower.

Sea gull at Sunset. Bird on fire.

The hadada ibis, also called hadeda. The hadada ibis is an ibis native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named for its loud three to four note calls uttered in flight especially in the mornings and evenings

Photographs from my album. Taken in Hluhluwe National Park about a year ago. These charged across the road just in front of our car.

COSMOS IN THE TRANSVAAL Cosmos grow easily in beds, and they make great cut flowers. When established, the plants can handle drought, poor soil conditions, and general neglect. They even self-sow and are

MY DAHLIAS DAHLIAS are considered one of the most spectacular garden flowers. The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963. These colorful spiky flowers generally bloom from midsummer

LANDSCAPE Hawks Head, The Lake District, England.

It is the Tallest Stork in the World. This is a big bird that grows to a height of 150 cm, a length of 142 cm and has a 2.4–2.7 m wingspan. The male is larger and heavier than the female, weighing anywhere

How to Potty Train a Yorkshire Terrier Yorkies can be difficult to potty-train. NB....My wife and myself have been breeding "Yorkies" for over thirty years and these notes are taken from our

BEAUTY We have been breeding Yorkies for the last thirty years and our yorkies are our children in the house. We usually have about four to five females and only replaced any that have for any reason died.

THE AFRICAN WILD DOG is one of Africa's most endangered mammal species. Various factors contribute to this poor conservation status. The main contributory factor to the decline in population numbers is

Giraffes are found in the dry savannas of Africa, where they roam among the open plains and woodlands. Well known for their long necks, these gentle giants are the world’s tallest living land animals.

I Goggled this photograph. The fastest land animal in the world, a cheetah can reach 112km/h in just three seconds – that’s faster than a sports car accelerates! As sprinting at such mega speeds uses a

African Bush Elephants are the largest land animals in the world. Males can grow up to 13 feet tall at the shoulders, measure up to 30 feet from trunk to tail, and weigh up to 14,000 pounds. Perhaps that

African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo A large and powerful bovine, the African Buffalo reaches shoulder heights of up to 1.5 m and a mass of 750 kg. Both sexes have horns, those of the bulls are characterised

Chameleons are insectivores. In captivity, they eat crickets, silkworms, hornworms, flies, and more. A few species also supplement their diet with fruits and leaves, but it is a very small percentage of

The Lake District National Park England, includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. Lake Windermere

The Snowball is a deciduous Shrub growing to 4 m (13ft) by 4 m (13ft) at a medium rate. It is a hardy shrub . It is in flower from October to November. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female

There is nothing difficult about growing dahlias. These flower-producing machines thrive almost everywhere and require little to no attention. Simply plant the tubers in spring and enjoy months of big,

NO GARDEN SHOULD BE WITHOUT AT LEAST A PATCH OF HYDRANGEAS. Hydrangeas can be grown throughout the country. Give them extra TLC in hot dry areas by watering and protecting them from excessive heat. In