Back from the Namib desert in Namibia!

I spent a most wonderful week in Swakopmund with Mrs and Mrs Fischer and Tanja, their daughter, a supporter of  many of my journeys of the past.

“I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams…” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

All along the untrodden paths of the future I can see the footpaths of an unseen hand. – Unknown

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. – Rabindranath Tagore

I spent a very typical, traditional German Christmas with an acacia thorn tree as Christmas tree, with Tanja and her parents!

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I received a huge gift today. Thanks Marietjie! That pose of the arms around the knees … Wow! If you’ve read Kate you’ll recognize the pose.

Best wishes for the New Year. May it bring to you and your family health, happiness, peace and prosperity. May it sees your hopes fulfilled and may it be rich in the successful accomplishment of your highest aims.