Tag Archives: nature

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 →

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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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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.

Posted in Out & about, Photography, pretty things
Tagged beautiful, cape town, chart farm, close up, farm, flower, leaves, macro, nature, outdoors, plants & flowers, rose, south africa, winter, winter days

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Long weekend up the Garden Route

Posted on: June 26, 2013

14 – 16 June 2013 Last year I spent a weekend in Knysna and have been dying to go back ever since; 2 weeks ago my wish was granted when I once again joined Jess and Leon for a wonderful … Continue reading →

Posted in Out & about, Photography
Tagged beach, birds, birds of eden, bloukrans, bridge, canopy, clouds, eastern cape, favourites, forest, friends, garden route, knysna, lagoon, loerie, mountains, nature, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, plettenberg bay, river, roadtrip, sky, tour, travel, trees, tsitsikamma, wilderness, winter days

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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 :)