Posts Tagged ‘dogs’

Man vs Creature

6, Jan 2008

Two species rule here – insects by day, and dogs by night. At least that’s the way it seems.
The insects here make the ones at home looks like pathetic underachievers. Flies are wily, fast and persistent. They irritate the hell out of you, landing on your food, your face, and particularly any cuts or scratches, and take [...]

All creatures great and small

28, Aug 2007

A walk home at night yields a cornucopia of fauna – lizards scuttle into the bushes before you, a yellow snail about four inches long was at our front gate the other night, fireflies flashed around the garden last night like drunken shooting stars, and the local dogs are always willing to announce to the [...]


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