It’s Freedom Day today, giving a nod to 32 South African years since the first democratic elections back in 1994. There are many, many things that you can argue could have been done differently in the intervening period, but so as to be able to celebrate the good bits therein, we get the day off.
So how did we spend it?
Well, after gym (which wouldn’t have been quite so high on my agenda had I known what was coming), there was a walk on the mountain, enjoying the waterfalls:
…and overlooking the leafy green suburbs of Newlands and Fernwood.
Before dropping down into Kirstenbosch Gardens (mid right of the photo above) where we found a Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa):
And then an afternoon at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, where we saw a Betway sponsored horse win a race underwritten by LuckyFish Betting.
We’re all good. It’s not a problem. (It really is a problem.)
That said, if you have things under control and you set your limits and stick to them, you can still have fun and come out richer than when you went in. Which I did, and which was nice.
A real pot of gold at the end of that rainbow then, mostly likely guarded by a leper or a unicorn*.
Pretty good way to spend a pretty good South African day.
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* you had to be there.