Category Archives: holiday

Skywatch Friday :

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Plettenberg Bay, along the Garden Route connecting Cape Town in the Western Cape to Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape   : Flight of the seagull Added this sky/seascape looking out to sea from where I was standing  …  wish I was standing there at … Continue reading →

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Another rainy Sunday afternoon

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

… another thought of another rainy day last year … during our Garden Route holiday, specifically Plettenberg Bay …  We drove from Knysna through Plettenberg Bay, stopping to take a ‘damp and drizzly’ photograph from Robberg Nature Reserve overlooking the … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday :

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

  Port Alfred, Eastern Cape I thought rather appropriate seeing it’s the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and the latest tragedy off the coast of Italy For more Wordless Wednesday contributions go here and here

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I’m back !!

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Hubby and I came back from our trip on Friday – what an amazing week we had !!    The Drakensberg was cool and rainy especially at Champagne Castle Hotel which is situated up against the mountains overlooking the vast Champagne … Continue reading →

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Skywatch Friday :

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Following on from last week’s post of the Swartberg Pass …  looking back to the gravel road we had travelled up the pass, the valley below (Oudsthoorn side of the Pass) and of course the beautiful blue African sky !!  … Continue reading →

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A working farm in the Karoo

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

De Zeekoe Guest Farm is a working farm.  I wouldn’t have minded staying an extra day there to see more of the farm .. so rural for city slickers like ourselves.  When I was little we often visited friends on … Continue reading →

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De Zeekoe Guest Farm, Oudtshoorn

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

Hubby is away on business.  I spent the day gardening – not hectic stuff as I don’t want to undo all the work physio and biokineticist has done on my back .. I am pain free now.. yippee …  but body still rather stiff.  He … Continue reading →

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Skywatch Friday :

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

Late afternoon on East Beach – Port Alfred For more spectacular skies around the world visit Skywatch

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Knysna Heads (Headlands)

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

On the morning I was on my own in Knysna, I took advantage of the blue skies and bright sunshine before the clouds and rain returned, and drove to the Eastern Head.  Parked at the sea level carpark to take photos then … Continue reading →

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The Wharf Street Brew Pub and Bistro

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Back to our recent holiday in the Cape !!  I’m still jumping around from one place to the next in my blog …. back to Port Alfred!  :)    You never know what’s coming up next Having not been to Port … Continue reading →

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