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Season’s greetings

Posted on: December 25, 2013

Christmas Day
2013

Merry Christmas to all those celebrating and exchanging gifts, and thank you for your support this year, it is much appreciated :) Be safe and happy these holidays!

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Tagged birds, bokmakierie, cape town, card, christmas, greetings, hoopoe, lights, memories, photo manipulation, pine, south africa, south african, trees, wishes

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Falling Mirror Reconciliation Day concert at the Baxter

Posted on: December 19, 2013

Monday 16 December 2013

On heritage day, September 24th, Allan Faull passed away while in studio with Falling Mirror. Devastating and tragic for so many reasons, the timing of his sudden passing seems particularly cruel as the last year has seen the band working hard on a comeback and recording an album of new material.

Events of less significance have led to the dissolution of bands, but Falling Mirror have decided to expand and stay together; on Reconciliation Day, with the support of The Black Bear Band, the Mirror performed a one-night-only show at the Baxter Theatre and received two standing ovations, confirming that their decision to carry on was the right one.

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged andy lund, baxter, black bear band, cape town, costumes, dressing up, evenings, falling mirror, gigs & festivals, guitars, music, photography, rock, south africa, south african, theatre

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David Meulen shoot

Posted on: December 18, 2013

Early November 2013

Back in November I did a promo shoot with David Meulen, a young singer-songwriter from Knysna. Here are some of my personal favourites from the afternoon.

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Posted in Photography, press shoots
Tagged acoustic, cape town, city, david meulen, evenings, field, guitar, knysna, landscape, long hair, photography, press, press shoot, promo, shoot, singer-songwriters, skyline, south africa, summer, sunset

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The Nomadic Orchestra, Fruits & Veggies and The Bone Collectors at Zula

Posted on: November 24, 2013

Friday 22 November 2013

Durbanites Fruits & Veggies are visiting Cape Town at the moment and lived up to all the hype I’d heard about them when they played a great show along with the Nomadic Orchestra and the Bone Collectors at Zula last Friday.

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Tagged barefoot, brass, cape town, durban, fruits and veggies, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, long street, music, nomadic orchestra, photography, rock, saxophone, south africa, south african, summer, the bone collectors, trumpet, tuba, weekends

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Baby cyclamens

Posted on: November 18, 2013

October 2012 – 2013

My friends know I’m a crazy old cat lady in the making but I’m also one of those people who fret over who’ll water their plants when they’re away from home for extended periods…

Cyclamens are one of my favourite flowers, I fell in love with them at first sight in 2005 and have had several of the beautiful pot plants since then. Currently I have 3 adult plants and, for the first time ever, my plants bore seeds at the end of 2012. With the help of the internet I managed to grow them into baby cyclamens.