John Craig Clothier

"Sophisticated Men's Clothing."

The Promenade, Bonita Springs.

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Out of the Jurisdiction: Design Quarter

I spent some time one recent morning in Johannesburg's Design Quarter.

Cordelia works in sales for a high end furniture store.  She has worked there more than ten years,
except that last year she left to do clinical work in the field of HIV and AIDS.

Steven works in security in the Design Quarter.  His colorful green and red tie 

and hat band are worn only during the Christmas holiday season.

Michelle was on a post from my May visit to Joburg.  She works in a lovely store featuring wine accessories.  Michelle wants eventually to run her own floral business, but her store is moving into a larger space and she has been given a promotion, so for now she is happy there.

Blessing helps customers carry their purchases to their cars.  I have done this blog for five-and-a-half-years, and Blessing probably was probably the happiest to have his photo taken of any subject so far.

Ashley was riding an "EZwheels" to a sporting goods store in the Design Quarter.  It is charged just like a laptop, and the rider guides it with subtle foot pressure, kind of like a very small Segway.  Cool. 

Out of the Jurisdiction: White Rhinos

Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is in Zambia, near Victoria Falls.  There are seven white rhinos.
They are not native; the rhinos were imported from South Africa.  The rhinos are under
a 24/7 armed watch to prevent poachers from taking their horns. 

Out of the Jurisdiction: Victoria Falls

After Botswana, we went for two days to the place where Zambia and Zimbabwe
meet on the Zambezi River.  One day we visited Victoria Falls.

Victoria Falls is neither the tallest nor the widest in the world, but it is classified as the biggest because of the overall volume of water that flows over the falls. 

The indigenous name for the falls is Mosi-oa-Tunya, "the smoke that thunders."  When flows are normal, the water falls with such force that sprays spread over the whole area.

We visited during a major drought that is affecting all of southern Africa. (It is caused by the same El Nino that is wreaking havoc with much of the world's weather.)  As a result, there was no water at all on the Zambia side of the falls and the flow on the Zimbabwe side was greatly reduced.
Still, it is a most impressive sight.

At Devil's Pool, brave (or foolish) folks can swim right up to the edge.  Not me.

Out of the Jurisdiction: The Chairman

The Chairman informed us this week that, since she is now a sitting up young woman, it was time to provide her with an appropriate chair from which to reign.

Weekend Reflections.

Out of the Jurisdiction: The Outdoor Girl

Fussing?  Fidgety?  Easy.  Take her outside.  Watch the dogs.  Listen to the birds.  Feel the wind.   

Willa is an outdoor girl.

Out of the Jurisdiction: She's Not in West Hartford Any More!!

Susie's best laying hen was bitten by a venomous snake and died.  Time to renew the flock.

We drove to a chicken farm in the countryside near Pretoria.

It was pretty rustic.  The place was awash in chickens.

There were room after room of chicks, hens and roosters of different breeds and ages.

Susie and Wes quizzed the attendant about egg-laying abilities of the different breeds   

Four three-week-old Rhode Island Red (yellow) and four Potch Koekoek (black) chicks are new residents of the Midrand farmette, along with nine fertilized eggs that were days from hatching.

In 2013 I showed the chicken coop as it was being built.  It now houses three mature hens and the new residents.  When the new chicks mature, Susie and Wes expect eight to ten eggs a day.

Happy birthday, Susie!