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Almost drenched by a bambi bucket11 comments

Reggie wrote 5 days ago: The last time we’d been to Newlands Forest was at the start of November (see post), when we wa … more →

Tags: Events, Good vibes, Life in South Africa, Photography

Báirin Breac at Samhain7 comments

Reggie wrote 1 month ago: It is the festival of Samhain this weekend: “At Samhain (which corresponds to modern Halloween … more →

Tags: Events, Good vibes, Home Sweet Home, learning new stuff, Photography, Báirin Breac, Halloween, recipe, Samhain

An exciting encounter with two Egyptian geese and their young7 comments

Reggie wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday morning, on a walk through the neighbourhood, I spotted a pair of Egyptian geese on a gras … more →

Tags: Life in South Africa, Good vibes, Photography, Nature, Birds, Egyptian Geese

Wordpress Rocks6 comments

Reggie wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday morning, I received a most surprising email from the WordPress Team, advising me that my p … more →

Tags: Tuffy, our Cat, Life in South Africa, Good vibes, writing, Events, News, Excitement, WordPress

Hayfever hell1 comment

Reggie wrote 1 month ago: The city council hasn’t mowed the grass in the median of our road for a looooong time (I think … more →

Tags: Home Sweet Home, Life in South Africa, Photography, Nature, hayfever, Grass, Wild Flowers

Is the world your ashtray?2 comments

Reggie wrote 2 months ago: Brace yourselves for a rant. I have lost count of the number of smokers I’ve seen on our roads … more →

Tags: Life in South Africa, Photography, smoking, littering, Rant

The KAT containers head north!2 comments

Reggie wrote 2 months ago: On Monday morning, bright and early, we “rushed” down the N2 (or rather, as slowly as th … more →

Tags: Events, Life in South Africa, Photography, Work, astronomy, Karoo Array Telescope, Observatory, Radio Astronomy

A flowery interlude

Reggie wrote 2 months ago: On Friday and Saturday last week, while Richard and the guys were feverishly working away, trying to … more →

Tags: Good vibes, Life in South Africa, Nature, Photography, Flowers, Observatory, Wildflowers

Spring is definitely springing!

Reggie wrote 2 months ago: Oooh, look! According to the beautiful plane tree on the verge outside our home – barren of le … more →

Tags: Home Sweet Home, Life in South Africa, Good vibes, Photography, Nature, Home, Garden, spring

Power failure in Pinelands2 comments

Reggie wrote 3 months ago: The UPS connected to my PC flickered on and off a couple of times earlier today, signalling instabil … more →

Tags: Electricity Crisis, Home Sweet Home, Life in South Africa, Pinelands, power failure, UPS

A roadside meadow of wild flowers9 comments

Reggie wrote 3 months ago: Last Sunday, hubby and I went for a walk around the neighbourhood, when we suddenly came to a vast f … more →

Tags: Life in South Africa, Good vibes, Photography, Nature, cape town, Flowers, hadeda

A pair of Cape Bulbuls2 comments

Reggie wrote 3 months ago: I am thrilled to report that a pair of Cape Bulbuls seems to be looking for accommodation in our nei … more →

Tags: Home Sweet Home, Life in South Africa, Good vibes, Photography, Nature, Birds, Cape Bulbuls

The extraordinary birdlife in our garden3 comments

Reggie wrote 4 months ago: Over the last months, I’ve managed to photograph a range of birds in our garden. I’d lik … more →

Tags: Home Sweet Home, Life in South Africa, learning new stuff, Photography, Nature, Garden, Birds, acura cl club

A brief Introduction to the Littlewort Trail in the Newlands Forest5 comments

Reggie wrote 4 months ago: A couple of weeks ago, during a hike around the Newlands Forest, we came across waymarkers in the fo … more →

Tags: Good vibes, learning new stuff, Life in South Africa, Nature, Photography, educational trail, Littlewort trail, Newlands Forest

Photo Walk at the V&A Waterfront5 comments

Reggie wrote 4 months ago: Before sunrise on Saturday morning, 18 July 2009, a group of keen photographers assembled in front o … more →

Tags: Life in South Africa, Photography, Nature, Events, Internet, cape town, Worldwide Photo walk, V&A Waterfront

Waterfront memories

Reggie wrote 4 months ago: Gerry, the leader of the V&A Waterfront Photo Walk on 18 July 2009 has just posted a final remin … more →

Tags: Life in South Africa, Photography, Nature, Events, cape town, acura cl club, Waterfront, harbour, YACHTS

Rainbow over Cape Town6 comments

Reggie wrote 4 months ago: According to news reports, it was quite a hefty storm that drenched Cape Town this weekend. Heavy fl … more →

Tags: Life in South Africa, Photography, Nature, Events, cape town, Rainbow, Winter Storm

Stormy weather in Cape Town

Reggie wrote 4 months ago: We had to drive out to Kenilworth this afternoon, and the rain was absolutely pelting down. I took s … more →

Tags: Life in South Africa, Photography, Nature, Events, cape town, Winter storms, flooding

A glorious sunrise5 comments

Reggie wrote 5 months ago: The sunrise this morning was absolutely breathtaking. I’ll let Mother Nature speak for herself … more →

Tags: Life in South Africa, Good vibes, Photography, Nature, sunrise


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