Category Archives: countryside

If it’s Tuesday, it must be ‘walk with Jackie’ day

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Different photographs this time .. mainly indigenous trees which are scattered about the park …  Cabbage Tree ( Cussionia  paniculata) - slender with leaves bunched at the top … They usually branch out from the bottom … Odd looking but are magnificent … Continue reading →

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Fernkloof Nature Reserve, Hermanus #1

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Following on from a Wordless Wednesday post I did a week or so ago, here are some more images from the short trail (blue route) in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, hubby and I walked, when we were last in Hermanus … Continue reading →

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Shadow play

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

Hubby and I left our shadows at Kuilfontein in the Karoo .. … at the guest farm near Oudsthoorn .. … and on the beach in the Eastern Cape ..

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Garden Lodge at Grootbos

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

As mentioned in my previous post, Grootbos has two lodges – Forest Lodge and Garden Lodge.   After our coffee at the Forest Lodge and a quick squizz around, we – hubby, his sister and I – drove along the fynbos … Continue reading →

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Max and the Cat

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Meet Max …. … who snoozed in the late afternoon sun at the door of our room (stables converted into very comfortable rooms!)  .. and the cat … who snoozed with hubby after we arrived at Kuilfontein Stable Cottages Time for … Continue reading →

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An evening stroll …

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

…. along the farm road at De Zeekoe Guest Farm just outside Oudsthoorn in the Klein Karoo, hubby and I walked passed the farm sheds  ….. to the enclosures with families of ostriches.  As we approached the first one, daddy Ostrich rounded up his … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday :

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

A country road in Ireland – 2009 For more Wordless Wednesday contributions go here and here

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Wordless Wednesday :

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

  Drakensberg … again !! For more contributions to Wordless Wednesday go here and here

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Zig-zagging around potholes!

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

Potholes were particularly bad on the stretch of road along Champagne Valley and closer to the base of the mountain range at Champagne Castle towards the Monks Cowl car park. But we encountered detours en route from the turn-off from Harrismith where long stretches of … Continue reading →

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Barges,canals and locks ..

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

… the likes of which I found so fascinating when hubby and I were holidaying in England two years ago. I had never seen a barge before, or for that matter, canals and locks … I am from Africa .. … Continue reading →

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