Travel – South Africa

Waterkloof winery, South Africa

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Isn’t it funny how nobody who does family research ever traces themselves back to Godfrey, son of Godfrey, mediaeval street-sweeper extraordinaire?  Oh no, it’s always “King Henry VIII was my third cousin’s nephew, twice removed!” or “We can trace our family all the way back to Copernicus” or similar. You’d swear that the poor and [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #193

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  Surf’s up – Noordhoek, Cape Town – Feb 2011

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Saturday Snapshots #191

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   Zulu wedding beads, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town – April 2012

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Saturday Snapshots #189

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 Llandudno sunset – February 2011

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Saturday Snapshots #143

May 21, 2011

  Kelp gull – Plettenberg Bay, December 2010 Kelp gulls live along the coastlines of South America, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand.  They are impressively large birds with an alert and slightly sinister gaze that always makes me think of a Gary Larson cartoon, as if they are secretly plotting something against us humans.  This [...]

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I still do – renewing our marriage vows at the Cape St Francis resort

May 10, 2011

  Some people have addictive personalities.  They take one tentative drag on a cigarette and within a week or two they have a 40-a-day habit.  Or they take up jogging to lose a little weight and a year later they are doing the Comrades Marathon.  Or they routinely spend their kids' lunch money on their [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #136

April 2, 2011

  Robberg Beach, Plettenberg Bay – March 2011   My family has spent countless happy hours on this magnificent beach, so it was only fitting that this week we scattered my dad's ashes there.  Every time I find a pansyshell from now on, I will picture him and my mom gently pushing it onto the beach for me [...]

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