Tag Archives: out in the country

Riebeek Valley olive festival

Posted on: June 6, 2012

4-6 May 2012 The first weekend of May was the annual olive festival in Riebeek Kasteel & Riebeek West. While my mom and I have been to the Riebeek Valley a few times, we’d been just once before to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged animals, cape town, events, farm, macro, market, olive festival, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, riebeek kasteel, riebeek west, south africa, weekends, wine

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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 →

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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Summer in the Stellenbosch botanical gardens

Posted on: February 6, 2012

Friday 3 February 2012 Before heading to the Klein Libertas Teater for the Campus Invasion Tour, we visited the University of Stellenbosch Botanical Gardens (because, as far as I’m concerned, no visit to Stellenbosch is complete without doing so).

Posted in Out & about, Photography
Tagged day off, garden, leaves, nature, out in the country, outdoors, plants & flowers, south africa, special places, stellenbosch, taking a break, trees, US botanical gardens

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Random photos from the last 12 months

Posted on: December 31, 2011

And so ends another year. Every year has its ups and downs and 2011 was no exception. Here are some random pictures I took over the last 12 months…

Posted in friends, Photography
Tagged animals, birds, cape town, cats, family, friends, landscape, macro, market, memories, milnerton market, mountains, nature, nostalgia, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, sea, south african, summer, table mountain, water, waterfront, winter

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Swellendam, 9 years later

Posted on: April 28, 2011

16 & 17 April 2011 Last month my mom attended and photographed the FASX Airshow in Swellendam, and last week she went back up to do a photographic slideshow presentation and talk for some of the organisers and people involved. … Continue reading →