Tag Archives: cape town

Falling Mirror: Truth Sessions

Posted on: September 3, 2013

Saturday 31 August 2013 The last Saturday of August was also the last of Falling Mirror‘s ‘TRUTH Sessions’, a consecutive series of Saturday night shows at TRUTH Coffeecult in Buitenkant Street.

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged alternative, cape town, coffee, falling mirror, gigs & festivals, guitars, reunion, rock, south africa, steampunk, truth, tul microphones, veterans

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West Coast daisies

Posted on: August 27, 2013

21 & 22 August 2013 An annual harbinger of Spring, the carpets of flowers that decorate the West Coast (usually from late July/August onward, depending on the weather) are really special, beautiful and always worth visiting. I spent some time … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, pretty things
Tagged annual event, beautiful, birds, cape town, childhood, favourites, flower, geelbek, kraalbaai, lagoon, landscape, langebaan, memories, nature, out in the country, outdoors, outside, plants & flowers, preekstool, roadtrip, saldanha, sea, spring, west coast, west coast national park

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One Night in Cape Town 2013 at the Grand Arena

Posted on: August 11, 2013

Thursday 8 August 2013 I’m so glad that once again those in Cape Town who weren’t heading to Oppikoppi were given the chance to see the festival’s international headliners on one night at Grand West casino, and this year those … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged american, cape town, deftones, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, manchester orchestra, music, oppikoppi, photography, rock, yellowcard

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Kirstenbosch celebrates world biodiversity day & their 100th birthday

Posted on: July 13, 2013

22 May & 1 July 2013 I love Kirstenbosch, it’s a really beautiful place, but sadly I don’t visit that often…but free entrance is a great incentive – this is a combined post of my last 2 visits: World Biodiversity … Continue reading →

Posted in Out & about, Photography
Tagged beautiful, birds, birthday, botanical garden, cape town, close up, favourites, garden, ginkgo, golden orb weaver, kirstenbosch, leaves, macro, nature, plants & flowers, south africa, special places, spider, trees, world biodiversity day

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Winter roses

Posted on: July 2, 2013

Wednesday 22 May 2013 While I spent my birthday feeling miserably with flu, I really enjoyed the day before which included a walk around the beautiful roses at Chart Farm.