http://www.shieldsgardens.com/blog/index.html en-us Wed, 29 Aug 2006 Wed, 29 Aug 2006 Easy Blogs ( http://www.easyblogs.com ) http://www.shieldsgardens.com/blog/200608.html#e8 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/blog/200608.html#e8 Wed, 29 Aug 2006 <BASE HREF="http://www.shieldsgardens.com/blog/">I wonder what the best way is to deal with jet lag? The time difference in South Africa is +6 hours from Eastern Daylight time in the USA. This time, I decided to try the approach of getting up earlier than usual for a few days before the flight. There are 5 days left till we leave. I'll get up at 5:00 AM for a few days, get up at 4:00 AM on the fifth day, and get up at 3:00 AM on the morning we actually leave home. Since it is going on spring in South Africa, we probably won't see any Haemanthus in bloom while there. In past years, we were there in winter (August) and in late autumn (May), but too late for Haemanthus. We expect to make up for that by seeing lots of Clivia and many spring wildflowers in bloom, which we have never seen there in the past because of the timing of our previous visits. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/blog/200608.html#e5 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/blog/200608.html#e5 Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:30:59 -0400 <BASE HREF="http://www.shieldsgardens.com/blog/">This is a diary of our visit to South Africa in September 2006.>.