Back From My Safari !

Baboons seen near the Ngorongoro Conservation Area park gate over the weekend

I'm back from a wonderful safari ! We had a great time .... relaxing, eating (far too much !) and enjoying time spent in breathtaking spots in the beautiful Tanzanian bush .....

Thanks to everyone for all the comments and emails whilst I was away. Once the luggage is unpacked, the washing's sorted and the family meals are organised - I'll sit down to write all about our trip (& download all my photo's) and regular blogging will resume ;)

Happy New Year !!!

Mt Meru viewed from our farm last week

To all my wonderful blog readers, a very 'Happy New Year' to you !
Thanks for reading my blog - the whole year through ....

From kitten rescues to baby’s being born to elephant’s on the farm too,
I’ve enjoyed writing and being read during 2009 by you

Your comments make me smile (and sometimes shed a tear)
Each and every reader of ‘Food, Fun & Farm Life’ I hold dear ….
The emails, the cards, the gifts sent from afar
I can’t believe what a wonderful bunch of people you are !

Although we live all over this big, wide world & are spread out afar
Blogging only brings it home even more, how very alike we are

No matter our background, religion or views ....
No matter which sort of lifestyle we choose ....

Whether living on an urban street or a quiet country lane -
At the end of the day, we are all very much the same

So …. I hope that you’ll enjoy another year of ‘Food, Fun & Farm Life’ with me
Who knows what 2010 holds in store ?

Well - we’ll just have to see !

Wishing all my readers a wonderful, peaceful 2010 !

Last Post Of The Year .... And Off On Safari !

Lake Manyara in Northern Tanzania - I took this photo in October last year, & am returning to the area to see 2010 in !

I’m just posting quickly to let you all know that I won’t be around much until the first week of the 2010 as we are going away for a few days to spend New Year in the African bush – just my hubby, me and the kids. We leave the farm early tomorrow morning - and I can’t wait !

We’re going to the Northern part of Tanzania - spending time at both the Ngorongoro Crater (which is the world’s largest caldera and was formed between 2 and 3 million years ago when a giant volcano exploded & collapsed in on itself – I can tell you from previous visits which I’ve made there, that it is a place so beautiful it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up) and Lake Manyara (described by Ernest Hemmingway as being the ‘loveliest lake in Africa’).

Some of you may remember my trip to Lake Manyara in October last year. If you’d like to read about that trip, learn more about the lake and see the lovely tented safari camp we stayed in, as well as photos of the lake and surrounding areas you can read my post here about it and another post over here.

I do have a special post which I’ve scheduled to publish on 01st January 2010 though – a special New Year message for all you lovely people who read this blog – so look out for that !

I’ll be sure to take lots of photo’s of my trip – the roads, places we’re staying in, food that we eat and, of course, the views – and will blog all about it once I get back !

Until then … enjoy the last couple of day’s of 2009, and I’ll be back next year to fill you in on another Tanzanian safari adventure !