Safari. Africa. Two words that evoke a myriad of images and emotions. This is where I will be spending four glorious weeks, the entire month of February 2011, in the north east corner of South Africa, on a private game reserve. My only job will be to show up each morning with my camera gear and my sense of adventure.

I have no idea where I will end up after I return from Africa. Seldom does one have the time and the money to take a month off and I wasn't about to squander it sending out resumes and waiting for the phone to ring.

No matter. Since I made the decision to leave the environment has been much better, since my manager got the mandate from her manager to avoid pissing me off, lest I walk out and demand the severance package without fulfulling my extended notice period.

The project is run by a conservation organization that uses the photographs of the volunteers in their efforts to educate the world and the local population. These images are from the September project volunteer portfolio.

I continue to make lemonade from the lemons.