When I return from Cape Town I'll only be in the desert for 4 days before leaving for my home - I hope to have good news regarding my internet connection and also to get a post in before I head North ...
Take care friends.
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"... tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar has given you the call ..."
Enjoy Cape Town, I am jealous, great fish at Hout Bay, and I love the botanical gardens. I can also sit and look at table mountain quite happily for a bit of relaxation.
ReplyDeleteHope we hear from you before you return to your house. It will be great if you get a good internet connection there. I love those lilies they are magical. Take care Diane
Thanks Diane - most of my family lives in CT so I'll be quite busy visiting too ... and the trees ... I can't wait for the trees ...
DeleteEnjoy Cape Town. Those are beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Phillip - I did know the name of the plants but I'm too lazy to re-research them ...
DeleteD'is LEKKER in die Kaap :) And Mariner's is just down the road. Have you tried Snoekies or Fish on the Rocks for your fish requirements?
ReplyDeleteHehe ja Dani, die Kaap is die enigste ander plek waar ek sal kan bly - yes, I've eaten at Snoekies, I'll give Fish on the Rocks a try ...
ReplyDeleteAs a vegetarian, I still miss fresh sea fish! Enjoy a whole lot for me! Enjoy the bot gardens too. I loved them when I went in 2008 but sadly had the wrong setting on my camera and had NO photos of the lovely outing. Those flowers are amazing, Graham. Just like the desert to treat you as you go off to the green, green, green! I see my brother is following your blog too! Have a safe journey and get back soon. Greetings Jo
ReplyDeleteInteresting to hear you're a vegetarian Jo - I've often considered walking that path but my laziness gets the better of me ... it's easier to just eat meat ...
DeleteThanks for your greetings, I'm looking forward to the trip and three days in the city is just enough ...
Always enjoy your posts, OSC -- Vicarious thrills from your travels to places I can only hope to see one day. Those lilies are amazing, popping up in the midst of such barren-looking surroundings! Safe travels, my friend...
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeffrey - it's amazing how some plants or their seeds may lie dormant for years at a time and only sprout when the atmospheric are just right ...
DeleteI hope there will some more photos from Cape Town before you leave. It seems like this was a short visit, so I hope the news regarding the internet at home will be good. Miss you when you're gone.
ReplyDeleteThanks Inger ... I hope I'll get some interesting pics ... yes, it would be nice if I could blog all the time .... or most of the time ... :)
DeleteI hope the internet & you become the best of friends--I SO love your posts! Those beautiful lilies in the middle of barrenness--AMAZING!!
ReplyDeleteHehe yeah Fran ... I'd like a permanent connection - though I must admit that it always does me some good to hang off the internet for awhile ...
DeleteThose flowers just look so out-of-place as if someone just placed then there. Amazing what a small amount of water will do.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they do look out of place hey Bill ... and the speed with which they appear and flower ... then disappear beneath the sand again ...
DeleteIt looks beautiful!
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DeleteGraham you sound soo happy I am happy too.:)
ReplyDelete:) Fazlisa ...
DeleteI can imagine you must be starved of green, what a joy to just gaze at it! I think Cape Town is just about the most attractive city I've ever visited, and I do remember going to Hout Bay... Hope you'll take plenty of pictures. Re your desert flowers - high on my photography bucket list is Namaqualand in October... I'm determined to get there one day.
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I'm about 3 hours drive from Namaqualand Caroline - If we get good winter rain this year I'll try to visit ... yes, I love Cape Town ... but four days were enough ... :)
DeleteFirst picture is so inviting.. even here in rainy cold Belgium, it makes me want to make a trip to the Tafelberg!
ReplyDeleteInteresting those desert flowers
Look forward to see what's coming next
Happy Sunday
anni
Thanks for your visit and comment Anni - I've never been to Europe (or any place else) ... :)
DeleteSo beautiful there! Have a wonderful trip.
ReplyDeleteThanks Penny - I enjoyed my short stay ...
DeleteHave fun in Cape Town!
ReplyDeleteThanks Theanne - I did ... :)
DeleteGraham I can't wait to tell you that my blog has a new address, it is on my profile, it feels like I have a new canvas to paint! :)
ReplyDeleteCool Fazlisa - I'll find it soon ... looking forward to reading your word pictures ...
DeleteEnjoy Cape Town. I had to look twice at those desert flowers, I thought you were pulling our leg. It looked like you popped a vase of flowers in the middle of the desert.
ReplyDeleteHehehe Laurie - you're giving me ideas - yes, they do look out-of-place hey ...
DeleteHi Graham .. amazing photos of the Cape - and I love Kirstenbosch too and always will visit. Your desert flowers are exquisite aren't they - and just wondeful how nature adapts to the climate to ensure its own survival.
ReplyDeleteLove them - thanks so much .. cheers Hilary