January: Baboons, females learn to raid when the troop hierachy is toppled.
February: Primate feet and hands
March: Otters come calling.
April: Field mice, sharing parsley.
May: Penguins, and off to work they go.
June: Take food out of the equation, not the baboons.
July: Porcupine our nocturnal visitors.
Molerat, cutting edge equipment.
September: Pelican petting in St Jame’s Park and wild pelicans preening.
October: San rock art.
November: Dassie nursery, new brood.
December: False Bay serene after southeasterly gales.
Thanks to Sara and the WordPress team for the inspiring weekly challenge topics posted through the year. It’s been a great way to learn new techniques and see what others create. Of all the challenges, i really enjoyed “Reflections” and Jared Bramlett’s cleverly composed shots. This week’s topic is hard to cull down to twelve pictures, but here on the “Edge” it’s the creatures that count …..
Thank you too to all the readers who have stopped by to read and comment on Nature; it’s wonderful to have a link to so many different parts of the world. May 2013 bring happy encounters, and rich blessings.
Nature on the Edge 
Great photos and a great year it seems! I wonder what kind of animal a dassie is, though?
Happy New Year to you and yours!
i treasure all of your posts and getting to know the unique animals of your environment. may 2013 be good to you!
Beautiful retrospective. Thank you for bringing nature to us! Happy 2013!
Thanks for you comments Amy, and greetings to you too, for a fulfilled 2013….
love it
Thanks Yassim, see you through the ether in 2013!
sure see u too:)
Thanks for this great retrospective of last year.
It’s been a true pleasure getting to know you, Liz!
Thank you very much for lending me your outstanding photos the World according to Dina.
Look forward to your posts of 2013. Happy New Year to you. Take care.
Love Dina
By the way Liz, this collage is one of the finest I have seen in a long time, not only the picture itself but the way of presenting it. Do you have a Mac? What programs do you use? I have just changed from pc to mac and feel a little bit lost at times. 🙂
Have a lovely start of the new year.
Greetings from the Far North
Dina
Thanks Dina! The new format gallery is thanks to WordPress, i think it has a lot of potential for collage work. I’d love to try making up a panorama and posting a gallery of the constituent parts of the Bay. I use a PC, but recently improved my editing by using software to calibrate my monitor. I’ve also upgraded to Photoshop CS6 which has some handy new features. I know what you mean about the transition to Mac … my hubby is battling with that!
Thanks for taking the time, Liz. I feel a little bit more comfortable every day… 🙂
The new gallery framing is really fine, I like it!
Wonderful… love the nature… 🙂