It was a beautiful grassy land setting arround the old barn hous house. In my mind’s eye I can still see the picture of long sweet yellow grass waving in the wind, a bird with a long wavy tail called a “Flap” is flying low in a slow-motion over the veld. The Jan Fiskaal (fiscal shrike) was a common sight on our farm. A tiny bird with a reputation for driving out pests, its characteristic “chee-chee-chee” cry and black-and-white coloring make it easy to identify - it will hunt its prey mostly grasshoppers and hang then to dry over the barbwire fence and come and eat it later. The reddish Jersey cows are grazing in the field, whilst the horses are playfully galloping back and forth. You can hear a rooster crow in the distance. If you look
