I'd like to be buried here

Tennis Court Art and the road to get there

The backwaters of Namibia... funny place. What intriged me most is that there are NO trees in this part of the world so I wonder where they got these massive tree roots from?

Wide open spaces - Sossusvlei area (April 2008)

After the rain

Etosha and the great Zebra migration (April 2008)

Well its self explanatory really...there were a large amount of Zebra

Windhoek - a soft spot

Windhoek is a rather un-inspiring place... I was charmed though by the 'highway cafe' and the 70's throwback government high rise building - I am a sucker for Orange.

School House - somewhere behind Calitzdorp

On the back road from Calitzdorp to the foot of the Swartberg Pass. I drove past Groenfontein Retreat (I must go stay there) - this road is like stepping back in time. It wanders between the hills and through little valleys.

Sprite scones - The easiest Scone recipe in the world

1 can sprite
1 250ml of cream
1 500g thing of self raising flower
Mix them all together
Plop into a muffine tray
Bake at 180 degrees for 15 to 20 mins
Makes 12

YUM

Spier Art Biennale - Feb 08

I had forgotten this... looking back I am so impressed by our South African Artists. Some great work and some totally unoriginal stuff. Noted the Porcelian urns - exactly the same as the Turner prize winner for 2006 - I think?! No pictures becuase how rude... Clever use of containers to create the space

Doreen Southwoods dancers cast from Bronze - how light they look while they weigh so much

Beach plants - green, sand and blue sky

Why I hate plastic

Bakoven - away from the maddening camps bay crowds

Bakoven is one of those little beaches I can't believe more people don't go too (secretly). Maybe its becuase its so low key? You can swim out between boulders and perch on a rock looking down into the Kelp forests or come in winter and sit for a think with the waves bashing on the rocks below you.

Favourite things from the sea & a flower of the most lovely purple

Waves Edge to Kalk Bay

I escape to this side of the Peninsula when Cape Town gets a little much... Waves edge is right next to boulders and acts like a private beach... but its not. And you have the penguins for company without the japanese tour bus. Kalk Bay is really busy and fun part of the peninsula - good restuarants, cute boutiques and over priced antique stores... but it hasn't lost its charm. Olympic for lunch is still my favourite and the 'braai' spot next door where all you can get is fish or prawns - its an upliftment project and run by the homeless shelter. Or you can just buy a fish 'n chips takeaway and eat it on the Harbour wall

A dramatic giant bug

The Cape's West coast

We drove up the coast to Langebaan's rather famous 'Strandkombuis' for lunch... translated this means beach kitchen. The food was plentiful but it was just a little to rustic and crowded for my liking... nice to do once but probablynever again. On a good day the west coast is probably one of the loveliest places in the Cape - the sea is an aquamarine blue, the sand is blinding white and all the colours stand out.