Tumbling Like Alice

[n7alsenem]

[manorhousebey]

My sister in Chicago sent me this today.  

It was really nice of her.

[spinachandchocolate]

Tell her I say thanks

[destipie99]

Tell her the entire Internet says thanks.

[impalasscent]

Tell them I say my bed is burning.

[apapersea]

[zenpencils]

MAYA ANGELOU ‘Phenomenal Woman’

[skidne]

[faitherinhicks]

every. damn. day.

[bryankonietzko]

Ha ha! Brilliant, Faith. Tumblr brings me this pain daily too. When I grow up I hope to draw and paint as well as some of the 16-year-olds I see on here. I’ll only be three or four times older than they were by that point.

[kittyhague]

[hatergrl]

Maybe they will starve to death

[cyberfricking]

god bless natural selection

[malkyrie]

Big gay pizza party lasting 40 days across the street from the church and you’re all invited

[kittyhague]

hahah starve motherfuckers

[otterling]

[ahomeboyslife]

[ahomeboyslife]

[ahomeboyslife]

[ahomeboyslife]

[birddad]

[iluvsouthernafrica]

The Long-tailed Widowbird:

The Long-tailed Widowbird is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia. 

The first time I saw this bird was in book when I was a little girl.  We had to create a project and I instantly fell in love with this beauty.  I first witnessed it with my own eyes a little later riding in a packed minicab with my mother traveling from South Africa to Lesotho to attend a funeral in our village. One flew alongside us as though chaperoning us to the pain and heavy freedom of a family burial.  Squashed in between tired mine-workers, city dwellers going home, I fell in love even more. It’s my favourite bird. 

I admit I forgot it was Earth Day today until I came across Dynamic Africa's posts on my Dashboard.  Everyday is Earth Day for us Africans I believe.  Nonetheless, seeing all that natural beauty reminded me of my favourite animals, birds, insects from home.

 Photos from various sources. No copyright infringement intended.