Little friend in a golden web

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 try to give them their space and leave them alone. At the beginning of April my brother found an amazing gold web in our garden, constructed and inhabited by one of the most interesting spiders we’d ever seen.

We learned she was a Golden Orb Weaver, and were so taken by her that we gave her a name – Goldie.

Golden Orb Weaver  Golden Orb Weaver web  Golden Orb Weaver

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LMG party: PH Fat, The Nomadic Orchestra & 7ft Soundsystem at Mercury

Friday
25 May
2012

With one of the more eclectic line-ups I’d seen in a while, Your LMG‘s party at Mercury last Friday had something for everyone – 7ft Soundsystem’s dubbiness, The Nomadic Orchestra’s infectious Balkaness and PH Fat’s electrorap dirtiness.

PH Fat  Nomadic Orchestra

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The Sleepers, Black Moscow & Wild Eastern Arches at Mercury

Friday
18 May
2012

It’d been a long while since I last saw The Sleepers, too long in fact  – so last week I went to watch them at Mercury (against an intriguing, projected backdrop), along with Black Moscow and Wild Eastern Arches.

Black Moscow  The Sleepers

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Kalahari.com’s Diablo III Midnight Launch Party at Gandalf’s (with Tombstone Pete & Strident)

Monday
14 May
2012

With its predecessor now 11 years old, Diablo III’s May 15th global release has been highly anticipated in the gaming world. Now while I’m not a serious gamer, I can appreciate the hype around it, mostly because my brother has spoken of nothing else for the last while. We pre-ordered the game on Kalahari.com and on Monday night we attended their launch party in Gandalf’s – it was loads of fun.

cosplayers

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Studio shoot with Dani

Saturday 12 May 2012

I had a lot of fun and learned a great deal during my first time shooting in a studio last Saturday. Big thank yous to Luke Daniel and Josh Watson at South Line Studio for giving me this opportunity and showing me the ropes, to Suzanne de Wet for the lovely make-up and to the gorgeous Dani Diamond for her tireless enthusiasm and general loveliness.

Dani  Dani

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