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To celebrate the re-opening of Chapman's peak pass - the most beautiful road in the whole world (that's a fact!) - we went for a little walk above the pass on Sunday. it's going to be an awesome summer, I know it.
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Of late we have been riveted by the thrilling daily installment of our neighbour's pincushion bush. It sure beats watching the soapies! The Leucospermum conocarpodendron is one of our fynbos treasures, and it grows wild on the mountainside where I live.
Do yourself a favour and learn that word. Leucospermum conocarpodendron. Your friends will be impressed.
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Niki and I attended a brilliant screen-printing workshop at Fittees in Woodstock on Saturday. You can bring one design with you that they expose on a screen. Then they teach you the ins and outs of screen-printing onto t-shirts, etc. You can also buy t-shirts from them if you want. I printed my King Queen Jackson print onto white organic T-s, which are now on sale in the shop.
The next workshop is on 22 August and the cost is R380. They also provide DELICOUS snacks. And if you ask him nicely, Stephen will do some tricks on his bike for you. If you're interested, mail them on info@fittees.com.
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After two wonderfully mild weeks, all the rain that should have been falling from the sky finally did - all at once. Roads have washed away, rivers burst their banks and houses and offices everywhere have beautiful buckets on display to cope with the leaks. Pictured is our little pond, stream, and brand new waterfall!
The sunniest news is that my eldest, Daniel, is back home after five months as an exchange student in Munich. Boy, did I miss him and, boy, has he grown, in so many ways!
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Tonight is officially the shortest night of the year and only the bravest dog lovers were out on Hout Bay beach this afternoon. We have six days of rainy weather predicted, and experience has taught me that the second half of winter lasts MUCH longer than the first half, but still. But still.
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This beauty has just left to replace the one that sold at the Top of the World exhibition. It's an upside-down globe with Cape Town cunningly placed on top - making us the coolest place - on top of the world, as it were. It has a large 75cm pilates ball inside it.
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The 2010 soccer world cup kicks of in South Africa in exactly one year's time. To celebrate this auspicious day - and the well known fact that Cape Town is THE coolest place on earth, a couple of enterprising locals have organised a really special exhibition called Top of the World. The idea is to turn the whole world upside-down to prove that Cape Town is, well, IT.
The venue for the exhibition is the Green Point Stadium, which is currently being rebuilt. We were invited to submit, and I'm pleased to say that our piece, the upside-down world that Mzo and Bongs are holding, was sold at the opening. The ball on the left also bounced into our lives today and just begged to be included in the picture. How can one say no.
In case you didn't know, luduuuuuma! is what you scream when your team scores - try it!
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Don't you just love it when this happens - you're cruising on the highway, minding your own business when far ahead of you you spot it. A pickup truck absolutely loaded to capacity with brightly coloured cooldrink bottles, each one jingling merrily all the way from the local cooldrink factory to its destined party, wedding or school fair. In a world dominated by huge multinational soda companies it's a relief to know that the little guys - the Coo-ees, the Bashews, the Marshalls - have survived... and long may they continue!
It's probably a sign that I still have some growing up to do, but every time an airplane flies right over my head, I have to gasp for breath.
Oh, and in case you were worried, I was the passenger, not the driver when I snapped these!
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This is vuyelwa's zigzag Majola snake. Beautiful, non? As I had hoped, its coils pile up perfectly on top of one another.
As I understand it, the Xhosa people are divided into many clans and Majola is one of them. The special animal associated with this clan is the Majola snake. It is said that Majola - which is thankfully not poisonous - likes to slither into a sleeping baby's bed and it is also not unheard of that you will find an infant playing with him. If this happens, it is a sign that the child is a true Majola and there is much rejoicing.
Have a happy weekend one and all, from a sweltering Cape Town that saw 90 different bush fires yesterday. Yikes.
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