Watoto kilamahali!

Well, it seems as though I have been anticipating rain for the entire month of October. I thought this might have been just an African-ism that it is expected without arriving, but actually the rain is late this year. However, it seems every day at least one person tells me that the rain is near now- either because they see a certain bug, the sun is particularly hot, there are a lot of flies in the house, they hear a certain bird, they notice many frogs at night, the night is still and not windy, etc. etc. However, from my limited experience, it seems that when babies start to be born is when the rain is actually near. Not sure if the weather has duped most animals on the ranch, but there sure are a lot of babies right now. The warthogs especially seem to be multiplying. There is a mother with three piglets (not sure if that is the correct term), but I was treated to the presence of these little stinkers last week. Not a great picture, but there are four babies and when I first saw them at the waterhole, I had to look twice to make sure they were babies. I have never seen them so small. Since that sighting, I haven't gotten to see them again. Perhaps mom realized her babies were having a difficult time navigating the waterhole. Good thing, I wouldn't want them to drown in an elephant footprint.