Category Archives: Birds & Animals

Little yellow butterflies

Posted on: May 11, 2013

Friday 10 May 2013 These little guys seem to be all over Cape Town at the moment, I think they’re called Common Dotted Border Butterflies. They’re very sweet :)

Posted in Birds & Animals, Photography
Tagged autumn, butterfly, cape town, close up, common dotted border, garden, insects, macro, nature, outdoors, outside, photography, south africa, south african, winter

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Sunday 27 January 2013 I’ve been rather neglecting my blog lately, so in an effort to remedy this I went looking through my photos today and found these, which I meant to post back in Jan but forgot… I’d planned … Continue reading →

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Tagged brother, close up, cute, lizard, macro, photography, reptile

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Little friend in a golden web

Posted on: June 1, 2012

April/ May 2012 I’ll admit, spiders are not my favourite creatures. I don’t hate them though, I mean if there’s a cockroach in close proximity I’ll run away screaming until someone else has dealt with it…but with spiders, I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds & Animals, Photography
Tagged autumn, Black-legged nephila, cape town, evenings, friends, garden, golden orb weaver, macro, memories, nature, nephila fenestrata, outdoors, photography, south africa, spider, web

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Comfort in feathers

Posted on: March 16, 2012

Monday 12 March 2012 I’ve been having a bit of a tough time lately – I’m stressed and miserable and generally not cracking it, it’s pretty bleak. A bit of escapism can go a long way in dark times, even … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds & Animals, Out & about, Photography
Tagged birds, cape town, day off, favourites, feathers, hout bay, ibis, macro, memories, nature, nostalgia, outdoors, owls, pelican, personal, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, south africa, starlings, summer, taking a break, trees, water, world of birds

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Visiting the owls and other feathered friends

Posted on: March 9, 2012

Friday 02 March 2012 I love birds, so the Eagle Encounters centre at Spier really appeals to me. My best decision in ages was taking last Friday off work and going on a really enjoyable bird-visiting-family-outing with my mom and … Continue reading →