from Katherine
The
first visitor was a brown house snake. They are nice, non-poisonous and eat
mice and rats. And probably eat my geckos which eat mosquitos! Better not eat too
many of them snake!!
The
second visitor was a young monkey.
Background info - at 15 I still make Cason an Easter basket and on
Monday morning a bit of candy was left sitting on the dining room table in
front of windows near the trees the monkeys climb up and down. I was sitting in our lounge reading and
noticed a young monkey sitting on the window sill looking in. I spoke and waved
and he stayed on the sill. Still reading 20 minutes later I see my friend
sitting ON the dining room table choosing lollipops. He choose only one! Then
he scooted out the window and unwrapped and ate his lollipop on the patio wall.
He has not been back for more candy, but his troop is in the garden eating the
fruit from the Montingulu bush and pods from 2 of the trees. The fruit is
tasty; I have not tried the pods!
The
third visitor was my neighbor, Nopasika. She is a grade 2 teacher and
Lingalethu Primary School. That is one of the schools I visit on Wednesdays. I
had waved to her on our street but had not made the connection. Nopasika asked
the grade 3 teacher what my name was and where I lived and when she told her
she said, “I think she is my neighbor.” Anyway, she introduced herself to me
and now I have a lovely new friend!!
Nopasika
was the sweetest visitor. The monkey was the funniest visitor. And the snake,
well at least he stayed outside!!
After all the recent press about self identified gender and use of public bathrooms in the US, it appears that some public facilities here in South Africa are concerned that visiting Americans might need some instruction to avoid an international incident.
