Cape Town

Sunset over Table Bay, 17 May
Milnerton Beach, 16 June
Muizenberg beach, 29 June (notice the kite surfers in the background - that should tell you something about the wind!)

These are in complete contrast to the weather of the past week. Today it rained CONSTANTLY. I kid you not. Dark grey imposing clouds. It was raining so hard at several points that as I drove to Ceres to see the snow, I could barely see 100m in front of the car. Not ideal driving conditions by any stretch of the imagination. I have a lovely photo of how dark it was, but Blogger is loading it sideways, which kind of spoils the whole thing, so you'll just have to take my word for it!

Langebaan

Along the West Coast of South Africa, spring is always marked by the most incredible display of wildflowers. The veld is transformed from its usual drab khaki/ grey-brown to glorious technicolour. Whenever we can, we try to go and see it. This year we went to Langebaan (easiest to stay with family in a proper house than travel the 2 hours each way with a toddler!). Langebaan also has a lovely lagoon. I spent many a happy hour as a child on the beach there while on holiday with my family. Going back brought back lots of memories for me. I only hope that we can help to create as many wonderful memories for Nellie...

Photos galore!

At long last I have had the time to upload the photos of the past two months. Enjoy!

Cape Town has several rivers that run across it. Most have been turned into canals, which has cmopletely destroyed the rivers, but is necessary to protect the houses along the river from flooding. Even then, that sometimes doesn't help - here the river has completely burst its concrete banks and is already flooding the surrounding parking lots and blocks of flats.

Boulders Beach was a great haunt when I was a kid. I used to go swimming there regularly, because it was easy to get into deep water without having to first swim through the waves. A few years back it was discovered by the penguins, and now it's a protected reserve as a result. You can still go swimming from there, but you have to pay to gain entrance. Because of Nellie's recent obsession with all things penguin, we thought an afternoon at Boulders would be fun. We arrive fairly late (after 3pm), but were greeted by penguins and this amazing sky. Definitely worth it!

A fun day at work - staff got to dress up as a literary/ film character in aid of English Focus Week. So of course, Pippie Langkous and Princess Fiona had to make an appearance.