Counting pebbles

In connection with the tannin eating habits of giraffes, I came across a tree called the Acacia nigrescens or knob thorn, widespread in southern Africa, probably so called for the the colour of the ripe seed pods. Photographed by the chap at reference 1.

Taking  quick look at reference 1, I came a cross a variety of handsome photographs, including quite a lot of beaches, including the one above. Thinking of all the activity five years ago, noticed at reference 2, I thought maybe there is a connection here.

I thought at first the photographer had managed to defeat the Snipping Tool, with the pop-up above, but that turned out to be finger trouble on my part. Hopefully, if he ever gets to find out, he will not be too cross about the improper use of his images here.

The knob thorn. I learn that the leaves are the favourite food of the giraffes of the Kruger National Park. This from reference 3.

This from Street View. Mpumalanga exists! The Google camera car did not, however, make it to the Mala Mala Game Reserve, where the tree was snapped.

I also came across a London ZCC, part of the ZCC organisation, which is to be found in Shatale-A, with London-A, London-B, London-C and London-D a little to the west and south, in Thabakgolo. Postal address, Bushbuckridge. Presumbly all some complicated legacy of our time there.

A snap of the church itself, turned up after some fiddling about with Google. The camera car had not been by.

While Google's AI assistant had got into a bit of a muddle when I fed her the wrong address. She did much better when I fed her the right address.

Oddly, given that it is a big church, ZCC does not seem to have a website, although I believe it is to be found on Facebook and there is a Wikipedia page at reference 4.

PS: final touches to this post were delayed by Sunday roast with all the trimmings. With the roast in question being a roast turkey leg, which had cost (uncooked) all of £3.25 at Sainsbury's, which seems absurdly cheap for the amount of tasty meat that you get. They must be a by-product of the food processing industry for which supply greatly exceeds demand - and they unload some of them at least at bargain basement prices.

References

Reference 1: https://www.rogerandpatdelaharpe.com/.

Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/06/counting-pebbles.html.

Reference 3: Condensed tannin as anti-defoliate agent against browsing by giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the Kruger National Park - D Furstenburg, W van Hoven - 1995.

Reference 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Christian_Church.

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