http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/09/perspectives/ Written by moms who want nothing more than dinner in a restaurant where crayons aren't handed out with the menus. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:15:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/09/perspectives/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Erinn Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:24:46 +0000 http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/?p=249#comment-36 I am still laughing. Perfect age group perspective. I love it! I am still laughing. Perfect age group perspective. I love it!

]]> http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/2009/09/perspectives/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Debby Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:59:02 +0000 http://dinnerwithoutcrayons.com/?p=249#comment-31 I was actually blessed in this lifetime to witness one of these events live. Nine years ago I was on a three-day safari in Kenya. During one of our twice-daily excursions (sunrise/sunset) into the bush, our driver noticed a couple of young cheetahs (about 18 months old) and their mother, each hunkered down behind separate giant termite hills (think ants on steroids). They were gazing intently off into the distance where there was a lone topi, a large elk-like animal that lives in the Masai Mara/Serengeti. We didn't have to wait very long, 10-20 minutes tops, before the chase was on. I can't say how long it lasted, maybe 5 minutes, but it was incredibly exciting. What I wouldn't have given for a video camera! A couple times one or another of the cats actually pounced onto the hindquarters the topi, but to no avail. He was too big for them to bring down, and eventually he out-lasted them, so they slunk away still hungry. I have to admit though, some primal part of me wanted them to succeed, as violent as that is. I was actually blessed in this lifetime to witness one of these events live. Nine years ago I was on a three-day safari in Kenya. During one of our twice-daily excursions (sunrise/sunset) into the bush, our driver noticed a couple of young cheetahs (about 18 months old) and their mother, each hunkered down behind separate giant termite hills (think ants on steroids). They were gazing intently off into the distance where there was a lone topi, a large elk-like animal that lives in the Masai Mara/Serengeti. We didn’t have to wait very long, 10-20 minutes tops, before the chase was on. I can’t say how long it lasted, maybe 5 minutes, but it was incredibly exciting. What I wouldn’t have given for a video camera! A couple times one or another of the cats actually pounced onto the hindquarters the topi, but to no avail. He was too big for them to bring down, and eventually he out-lasted them, so they slunk away still hungry. I have to admit though, some primal part of me wanted them to succeed, as violent as that is.

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