Slingshot

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With all the space stuff going on at the moment, a space song by HENGE.

HENGE, described by HENGE:

Attention Earth! This is HENGE! We have travelled to Planet Earth from the far corners of the Galaxy to bring a kind of music new to your world!

HENGE, described by Wikipedia:

Henge (stylised as HENGE) are a British rock band formed in Manchester in 2015. The band play a type of electronic crossover rock which they call Cosmic Dross whilst performing as the fictional characters Zpor, Goo, Sol and Nom.

Well, whether they’re from Salford or Saturn, it’s… it’s quite something.

DO give it a go:

Flux magazine likes them:

Yes, we know it’s not real but we choose to believe. They are really good musically. If they weren’t then the whole edifice would collapse. It’s very infectious and quite dance-able too. They are the leader -backed with live drums and two brilliant aliens twiddling away on laptops and keyboards.

Yes, quite weird, but actually rather catchy. And I like it when people enjoy their work and don’t take themselves too seriously.

There’s a whole new world out there album available too, which I’m going to have to try.

Moth

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I’m a big fan of our local supermarket, but this isn’t good:

Not the Futurelife, which is high in protein, high in 19 vitamins and minerals and high in Omega-3.

That’s good.

An aside:
Did you hear about the man who got hit by a truck carrying Omega-3 capsules?
He escaped with Super Fish Oil injuries.

But no. I’m talking about what’s on the box, not what’s in it.

Could that be a pantry moth, and if so, might we have discovered the source of our recent pantry moth problem? They’re proper little bastards, getting into all your dried foods, pastas, cereals and the like.

This Nuisance is known to reproduce at an alarming rate and cause thousands in damages. The Meal Moth or Pantry Moth frequents homes and described by Moth Control Cape Town Experts as being the number 1 Flying kitchen intruder. These Pantry Moths feed exclusively on grains, cereals and other human food matter.

See?

This is a second encounter with them. The first ended with us throwing a lot of food away. And so I’ve gone in with the big guns blazing this time around: all of the sprays, all of the swatting, even some pheromone traps to lure in the horny males.

And it seems to have worked. For the moment, at least.

But what’s the point in irradicating these destructive little shits of you’re going to be constantly replacing them with the food you brought in from your local retailer?

I’ve passed on the photos and information to the supermarket in question.
Hopefully, they can get this sorted.

But it’s worth just checking your cereal boxes and the like, so you don’t get infested as well.

Doha flashback

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I spotted this image when I was going through some old downloads the other day.

Almost three years ago now, wow.

This was taken in the middle of the night, and we’d already been travelling for a long while. As I remember, I was pretty knackered.

But I did think that the zig-zagging route along the Atlantic Seaboard might make for a pretty unpleasant trip home. Although, probably some incredible views on the port side: if you could hold your breakfast down.

Of course, flights out of Qatar come with their own bit of excitement at that end right now.

But that aside, this is no way to make an approach to Cape Town International.

Part II (& III)

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Of this.

Swellendam via Hermanus today.

And then Caledon on Monday and Tuesday. Not quite sure what to expect of this weekend, but it should be fun, and even if it isn’t, we’ll make the most of it.

The weather today looks… iffy.

In Hermanus:

And in Swellendam:

But these things are out of our control, and so while we’ll prepare for the worst, we’ll hope for the best.

Photos coming up on Instagram (if I can find an internet).

And the Smalltown Western Cape Roadtrip playlist here.

Photos done

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I don’t do many photoshoots, but I did one last week.
It’s been a bit of a mission, and more work than I expected, but the images are finally all edited and ready to go.

It’s a good feeling.

As ever, I’ve learned a lot about taking photos and editing photos, and how the two processes can be better aligned – when I stop learning, I stop photography – but actually, I’m really happy with the results.

Now, the anxious wait until the client (hopefully) likes them too.

Because many of the shots are of people, I can’t share them on here. But part of any event is capturing the ambience and the vibe, and the view of the mountains in the sunset wowed many of the crowd that evening, and it was definitely worth capturing, because that will be a part of many people’s memories.

I think I can share one of those images here.

“Ooh. Look how he’s almost lined the dying tree up with the mountain peaks.”

Yeah, that’s just raw, natural talent right there.

#Blessed.

But these pics aren’t going to get themselves onto the client’s desk. I still have to do that bit.

So let’s go. Because today is going to be a busy, busy day.