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A short ramble around Newlands Forest
At the start of May, longing to get away from computers, technology and deadlines by spending some time among shady trees and burbling streams instead, we went for a short ramble around Newlands...
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A circular walk along the Hillcrest Path above the Silvermine reservoir
During winter in Cape Town, the famous blue skies of Africa are often hidden behind water-logged dark-grey clouds that trail curtains of rain across the peninsula, causing erosion on exposed hillsides...
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A wonderful lunchtime hike from Constantia Nek to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
“How ’bout we meet at Constantia Nek on the weekend and walk to Kirstenbosch Gardens for lunch?” asked our friend L, one fine week in June. “We did that hike last weekend, and it was quite wonderful.”...
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A Sunflower from Eseltjiesrus is surviving winter in Cape Town
When we visited Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary during a whirlwind week in February this year, to introduce our respective moms to our adopted Donkey, we saw that all the sunflowers outside the cute...
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Mountain streams, forest boardwalks and log steps: A Sunday hike from...
Having walked from Constantia Nek to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens with our friends L and V, who was carrying little N in a soft carry-pouch (see route here), we were keen to try the approach from the...
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Chocolate cake, a water wheel and swirling seagulls: A birthday celebration...
The day of the local municipal elections – Wednesday, 18 May 2011 – was declared a public holiday. Having done our civic duty even before breakfast by having our thumbnails marked with ultraviolet ink...
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Venturing further afield: The two waterfall route at Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
A couple of weekends ago, we joined our friends L and V and Little N for a hike at Jonkershoek Nature Reserve outside Stellenbosch. Not having been there before, we were curious to see whether our...
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Weekend in Stanford – Part 3: An enchanting little fynbos garden
Our friend has the most enchanting little fynbos garden we had ever seen. When we arrived in Stanford on Friday around midday, it was unseasonably warm. It’s supposed to be winter, but the Western Cape...
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Spider webs and wasps nests: Unexpected hazards near the washing line
Do you remember the posts I wrote about the two nocturnal spiders who make their nest every evening between our carport roof and the washing line, or thereabouts? December 2009 – Two hyperactive...
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Admiring the early morning flowers
Click on any of the photographs below in order to access the image caroussel complete with captions.Filed under: Flowers, Home and Garden, Tuffy, our Cat Tagged: Flowers, Garden, Photos, Tuffy-Cat
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