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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 brother.

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Posted in Birds & Animals, Photography
Tagged birds, day off, eagle encounters, family, feathers, macro, out in the country, outdoors, owls, photography, south africa, spier, stellenbosch, summer, taking a break, weekends

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Lark and Mr Cat & The Jackal at Klein Libertas

Posted on: March 7, 2012

Wed 29 February 2012

Lark are back with a vengeance and put on a great show at Stellenbosch’s Klein Libertas Teater with Mr Cat & The Jackal last Wednesday/leap day.

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged double bass, gigs & festivals, inge beckmann, klein libertas, lark, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, stellenbosch

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Lark ‘Stole The Moon’ video launch, with the Great Apes at the Assembly

Posted on: February 29, 2012

Saturday 26 Feb 2012

Lark made their stunning return with the premier of their new music video Stole the moon at the Assembly last Saturday, and were joined on stage by the ever-entertaining Great Apes.

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Tagged cape town, gigs & festivals, inge beckmann, lark, music, photography, rock, south african, the assembly, the great apes, video launch, weekends

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PH Fat ‘You Are Going To Die’ album launch at The Assembly

Posted on: February 29, 2012

Friday 24 February 2012

“When the night starts off like this you know it’s going to get rough”, one of the bouncers next to me muttered after removing a bunch of underage kids from the line outside the Assembly. PH Fat were launching their (free to download) EP by playing with Christian Tiger School, Beach Party and The Bone Collectors, and the bouncer was right – it did get rough.

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Tagged album launch, beachy party, brass, cape town, christian tiger school, gigs & festivals, hip hop, hyphen, music, ph fat, photography, saxophone, the assembly, the bone collectors, weekends

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Blouberg after sunset

Posted on: February 22, 2012

The only times I really enjoy going to the beach are on overcast days and in the evening. This beach near Big Bay was pretty empty, the perfect temperature and really beautiful on Sunday evening.