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Again, I am so sorry for the late response. I hope that in this coming year I can adhere to a better schedule, for Hive, and my other endeavours.

I hope that everything is well, especially with the floods. Here in the Cape, we are experiencing so many fires at the moment. It saddens me to see so much of the beauty of the fynbos burning down...

Fires have become more of a problem with invasion of the Cape region, too many people. You will find your stride once again once settled into the year.

So true. Many invasive species and natural habitat loss due to many people building homes on protected areas. Such a sad thing to see happening in real time.

Humans are the invasive species!

You can say that again. We drove on the N2 toward Cape Town, and where it was nature and fynbos about 10 years ago, there is nothing "natural" left, only housing for the rich and poor. I am so saddened by all of the destruction of nature we witness.

Going to Central Berg we were shocked at how many shacks have appeared, small towns now filthy dirty....

That is everywhere. It feels like a cancer slowly growing. When we drive to Swellendam, there are so many forests which have become housing, and so many fynbos that get uprooted for either expanding the roads or farming enterprises. There is almost no "wild" nature left.