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WIND

Posted on: November 29, 2012

Thurs 29 November 2012

Summer in Cape Town means wind.

Horrible, unrelenting, roof-ripping wind.

Today was particularly windy in town and over the sea – I am really not looking forward to the next 5 months of this…

Posted in Photography, Rants
Tagged camps bay, cape doctor, cape town, cloud, clouds, landscape, outdoors, photography, sea, sky, south africa, summer, summer nights, sunset, trees, water, waves, weather, wind

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Things were super slow at work today, which meant I could spend the day putting this together, both for IF and as a birthday card for my mom (got it done a bit early as her birthday’s only on the 12th).

I just couldn’t resist this week’s topic of ‘whiskers‘.

Posted in Art
Tagged animals, art, cat, digital, illustration friday, leaves, montage, texture, tiger, whiskers

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Music: Yoav – Blood Vine

Posted on: November 26, 2012

MUSIC

I haven’t posted an album review before so think it fitting that my first should be of one of the most anticipated releases of the year (as far as I’m concerned) – Yoav’s third album Blood Vine.

It’s a stylistic departure, but, much like its predecessors, there is a beautiful darkness (and an occasional Middle Eastern undercurrent) that runs through the album which makes the slower songs particularly haunting. A great album and a grower, it’s definitely one to stick on repeat.

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Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged 2012, acoustic, album, blood vine, favourites, guitars, international act, just music, local, music, review, south african, yoav

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Cape Town World Music Festival 2012

Posted on: November 15, 2012

09&10 November 2012

A new festival is always exciting, especially when it’s something different. Enter The Cape Town World Music festival, a weekend inner-city gathering of local and international artists playing a mix of music styles.

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Posted in festivals, Gigs/Live Music
Tagged babu, bateleur, cape town, cape town world music festival, dirty bounce, dj click, double bass, freshlyground, gigs & festivals, harrington street, international act, lights, manouche, mr cat & the jackal, music, nomadic orchestra, outdoors, photography, seated, south african, spoek mathambo, summer, the assembly, the bone collectors, weekends, zaki ibrahim

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Lightning storm in Cape Town

Posted on: November 13, 2012

Monday 12 November 2012

Thunder and lightning isn’t very common down in Cape Town, but it’s weather I really love. I sat outside in the rain and wind last night with my brother (he has uncanny lightning precognition) watching the lightning over the mountains and was lucky to get a few shots, below is my favourite one.

I’ve never photographed lightning before but it’s been something I’ve wanted to do for a while. Hooray for beautiful evenings in the Cape.