The weekend. Yesterday, we went to the Aquarium and saw their Pink Meanie, and I found just how difficult it is to shoot jellyfish in a barrel cylindrical poly-carbonate tank.
Then this morning, the beagle got (slightly) eaten at the Beagle Run: ruining my plans for using its ears as coffee coasters once it has joined the choir invisible, and resulting in several (or more) Rands in vet’s fees.
I’m heading for channel 203 and a Black Label.
Other pics: here.
Here’s a Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) togged in the harbour at Hout Bay the other day. Obviously, this isn’t all of it – just its head. I have good reason to believe that the rest of it was attached to the head though. You’ll just have to imagine what lies below the waterline (body, flippers, aquatic unicycle etc).
Wikipedia has some interesting information on the nomenclature of the Cape Fur Seal.
The Brown Fur Seal, also known as the Cape Fur Seal, South African Fur Seal and the Australian Fur Seal, is a species of Fur Seal.
A species of Fur Seal, you say? If only those naming variations somehow reflected that.
In fact, stating the obvious seems to be de rigueur when it comes to Fur Seal facts. Here’s arklive.org:
The female brown fur seal is browner than the male, but still has a dark brown belly.
I wonder if it’s furry, too?
You’ve had almost 1000 words over the last couple of days, on subjects as diverse as a local sign and a local sign. Thank goodness Thursday’s post wasn’t also about a local sign. That would show a distinct lack of imagination on my part.
Awkward.
Anyway, it’s trying my keyboard and probably your patience, too.
So here’s something shorter and less signeseque.
It’s a different view of Beau Constantia, Constantia Glen and across the Cape Flats from several (or more) metres above Constantia Nek. See it better presented here.
We had a great time at Constantia Glen last weekend, with good friends, good views and superb wine.
The rest of the weekend was fun too – here are the photos.
I’ve been dashing around the Northern Suburbs of the Mother City this morning; collecting documents, running errands, and generally braving the N1 traffic.
I’d rather be elsewhere…
How astounding is this ethereal image of the French barque Belem in the Nærøyfjord in Norway? The muted colours, the silent waterfall, the layers of mist and cloud, the permanence of the mountains.
Even better bigger and on black here.
Brilliant work by Bent Inge Ask, whose entire photostream is wonderful.
I flew over some vineyards this morning, while out running with the Western Cape Beagles. I’ve been wanting to fly over a vineyard for a while, and I’m sure that it would be a very different view in summer, but it’s not summer right now.
There’s something quite hypnotic about the rows of vines when viewed from 120m up. Like magnified corduroy. I’ve set the image above as the background on my phone: it really makes the app icons pop. If you want to too (use it as a background, not pop), just click on the image to get to the download page. Help yourself. You’re welcome.
Other photos from the morning here.
And a video (quick and dirty, no editing) of the last run of the morning.