Our country might be overflowing with flaws and flooded in political turmoil, but even that could not take away the deep seated beauty of the African bush-veld.

I would like to invite you to come with me on a walk today, and experience firsthand the unreaped beauty of the array of wildlife.

In the African Veld wildlife is all around you, and all you have to do is take a moment to look around to experience it:

After setting out on a walk, it was not very long before I saw my first beautiful sign of this living earth, as I crossed paths with a lovely little Duiker Deer, these little buck are quite shy and she did not stand still for very long before darting into the bush and disappearing into the background seamlessly.

I carried on my walk which led me to a narrow footbridge that crossed a shallow river, and as I sat there for a little while just listening to the sound of the water gently meandering I was blessed with a little visit from this catfish who was slowly making his way upstream just peacefully going about his business, while I just sat there getting lost in time for a little bit before getting up to carry on walking.

Another wonderful sight I came across on my walk was this lovely natural art centerpiece perfectly positioned and displayed by nature in its natural "art studio", this is the petrified roots of a Strangler Fig tree who had grown around a rock. Now these trees are know to grow in the harshest terrains, cracking through rocks with their roots if they need to, "strangling" any obstacles with their powerful roots, thus their name Strangler Fig.

I returned home and as always I felt so much more relaxed and at piece, almost as if emerging from a calming meditation. Nature sure has that effect on me.