Nice little 9km morning hike on the mountain yesterday. I don’t usually get up early on a Sunday, but this was definitely worth the effort. What a pleasure.
Lovely sunrise, and great views across the misty Cape Flats before coffee and breakfast on a rocky outcrop near Rooikat Ravine.
Then back for a few jobs at home (including editing the photos: nothing too strenuous) before an evening braai.
What’s not to like?
Too windy for any decent photography this weekend, but I did grab this shot of a clearly exploded whimbrel.
I didn’t spot the photobombing kingfisher until later, and then I wasted literally millions and millions of pixels trying to get a shot of him and his mate.
Then I went home and had a beer.
A lovely day out in the Winelands, with some excellent food and wonderful company at The Terrace at Haute Cabrière in Franschhoek. It has left me with a number of tasks to get sorted this evening though, so here’s a quick QP of what greeted me in bed this morning:
Aww. Cute dog, crazy goofy smile, REALLY MUDDY PAWS!
Anyway, one of the tasks to get sorted this evening is remaking the bed with the freshly washed sheets and covers.
And putting in a dog gate somewhere on the stairs.
An early start up to the Milnerton gallops this morning. Lots of horses around (as you might expect), but we were there to see this boy being put through his paces.
Frustrating fencing from a photography point of view, but as was pointed out, it’s quite useful to keep the horses going one way or of the way of the horses going the other way.
So fair enough.
Like watching the TT, it’s blink and you miss it stuff. They don’t hang around. And there’s no second or third lap. But the camera did its job ok, as you can see from these unedited pics.
Dinner out in town this evening, and then tomorrow morning… a lie in.
Very busy day today. Bit of gym, some photography, some editing – cut short by loadshedding – collecting the kids from school… [YOU ARE HERE] …and then some horseriding, a belated birthday celebration and some football from Beautiful Downtown Bramall Lane (again, partly hampered by loadshedding).
So here’s a photo from my car park on Monday evening.
Just a phone pic because I didn’t take my camera (rookie error). A puddle, some fog and some security lighting making for a spooky scene. No editing. The fog was less fun on the way home. It’s all good until someone doesn’t have any working rear lights. Then it’s not good at all. But because that sort of thing happens regularly in South Africa, you have to be ready.
What you can’t see here are the billion mosquitoes from the local wetlands. I promise you that they were there though. I killed about 20 in my car afterwards, and I’d only had the door open for a couple of seconds.
What you can’t smell here is the local sewage plant and oil refinery. I do feel that you’re missing out on the full experience.
Anyway, as mentioned, much to be done, so pop back tomorrow (and every other damn day) for more bloggery.