#Nature

While in Namibia recently, I spent three days in Etosha National Park. Etosha is considered one of the best places in Southern Africa for game-viewing. (Although if you are really into seeing animals, December is not the best time to go to Etosha. There’s a lot of water in the park at this time of year so the animals aren’t forced to come into the open and drink at the waterholes, as they are during the dry season. In December you have to look a bit harder.)

When it comes to beautiful views in Namibia, most people think of sand dunes. I didn’t make it to Sossusvlei – Namibia’s most famous sand-dune viewing destination – on my recent trip, although I did check out the dunes around Swakopmund and Walvis Bay (coming up in a future post).

I’ve been attacked by an end-of-year malaise. My blogging motivation – and motivation in general – has flagged. So I thought I’d return to my quick-and-easy Instagram for Art’s Sake project today.

Dear Jon,

I wanted to do something to recognize your birthday. You would have been 47 today.

Two years ago, on the Sunday before your birthday, you took me to the top of Northcliff Ridge at sunset. We gazed down on a sea of blooming jacarandas and watched the sun drop behind the ridge in a red-orange blaze of glory. That was a really happy day for us.