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Synergy Live 2012: Friday

Posted on: December 5, 2012

Friday 30 November 2012 Day 1 of Synergy 2012 didn’t exactly allow for a gentle easing into the weekend. Instead, things were full throttle from the get-go, featuring a crowd of thousands that descended upon the festival’s new venue (the … Continue reading →

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Tagged ballistic blues, beach party, beast, brass, british, camping, cape town, clouds, crossfire collision, dead lucky, desmond & the tutus, double bass, future primitives, gigs & festivals, guitars, inge beckmann, international act, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, lucy kruger, mountains, nature, nomadic orchestra, out in the country, outdoors, peachy keen, people, photography, portraits, rock, saxophone, sky, south africa, south african, stoker, summer, sun, sunset, synergy, the prodigy, the very wicked, theewater, theewaterskloof, trees, villiersdorp, water, weather, weekends, wind, your LMG

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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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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 … Continue reading →

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Tagged bolt, camps bay, cape town, cloud, electricity, landscape, light, lightning, mountains, nights, outdoors, outside, photography, rain, sky, south africa, storm, summer, summer nights, table mountain, unusual, weather, wind

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49M Rocking the Daisies 2012 – Friday

Posted on: October 9, 2012

Friday 05 October 2012 This year was my inaugural Rocking the Daisies, and what a year to pick – all (15 000 I think) festival tickets sold out meaning the place was packed, the weather was mild during the day … Continue reading →

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Tagged 49m, bateleur, beach, beast, beatenberg, benguela, camping, cape town, capitec, cloof wine estate, costumes, darling, dressing up, gigs & festivals, guitars, inge beckmann, iso, isochronous, jon savage, kongos, lights, long hair, machineri, music, out in the country, outdoors, outside, photography, rocking the daisies, shortstraw, south africa, summer, the brother moves on, the sleepers, water, weekends

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Sunday stopover in Stellenbosch

Posted on: August 1, 2012

Sunday 29 July 2012 One reason that I love this time of year is that the magnolias are blooming everywhere, especially out in Stellenbosch. We took the scenic route through Stellenbosch while heading home from Gordon’s Bay. It was a … Continue reading →