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June in the Company’s Garden

Posted on: June 18, 2012

Saturday 16 June 2012 I’ve been calling it ‘The Company Gardens’ for years but the area surrounding the National Art Gallery, Museum and Planetarium is actually called ‘The Company’s Garden’. Oops. Anyway, like many Capetonians, I’ve visited the gardens often … Continue reading →

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Tagged autumn, beautiful, cape town, city centre, company gardens, company's garden, favourites, garden, ginkgo, history, holiday, japanese, leaves, macro, memories, nature, nostalgia, outdoors, photography, pigeon, plants & flowers, public holiday, south africa, special places, squirrel, trees, voc, weekends, winter, winter days

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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).

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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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Butterflies and a brief visit to Stellenbosch

Posted on: October 16, 2011

Friday 7 October 2011 Following my nose operation (had for health reasons not cosmetic, just so we’re clear…) I took a brief break from late nights and loud music and had a quiet weekend, starting with a visit to Butterfly … Continue reading →