Tag Archives: south africa

Comfort in feathers

Posted on: March 16, 2012

Monday 12 March 2012 I’ve been having a bit of a tough time lately – I’m stressed and miserable and generally not cracking it, it’s pretty bleak. A bit of escapism can go a long way in dark times, even … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds & Animals, Out & about, Photography
Tagged birds, cape town, day off, favourites, feathers, hout bay, ibis, macro, memories, nature, nostalgia, outdoors, owls, pelican, personal, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, south africa, starlings, summer, taking a break, trees, water, world of birds

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Wild Eastern Arches & The Future Primitives at the Kimberley Hotel

Posted on: March 9, 2012

Saturday 03 March 2012 Given that I spent the rest of the week battling zombie flu, I probably should’ve headed the warning symptoms and had an early night last Saturday, but my curiosity got the better of me and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged band launch, cape town, future primitives, gigs & festivals, guitars, kimberley hotel, photography, rock, south africa, weekends, wild eastern arches

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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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Guns & Money: Shadowclub, The Pretty Blue Guns & Sixgun Gospel at the Kimberley Hotel

Posted on: February 13, 2012

Thursday 9 February 2012 The awesome line-up and the quirky venue that is the Kimbo, combined to make Thursday night truly enjoyable – even though it was ridiculously hot and sweaty in the little upstairs room that serves as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged banjo, blues, cape town, evenings, kimberley hotel, photography, pretty blue guns, rock, shadowclub, sixgun gospel, south africa, summer

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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).