Stuck on you

What is guaranteed to distract you? What is your “Ooh, shiny!”? asks a WordPress employee who proclaims: “I like to think of myself as a focused, disciplined person. I make lists, I schedule my day, I plan my work and work my plan.” I wished I could proclaim that I am an ode to discipline but […]

Elemental my dear WordPress

By this time the sleuths out there has intellectually reprimanded me for forcing the Elemental photo challenge onto the Sherlock Holmes domain as we all know he said: Elementary my dear Watson. After careful consideration of the matter I have deducted that he didn’t say either so he could just as well have said elemental. […]

Lothar se kristal – jy ken mos die verhaal van Daniël en Susanna?

For my English enabled friends, this is a post about a piece of art kwown as the Lothar or Susanna Crystal which diameter is only 11cm made on rock crystal. There are descriptions in English in the last photo and was a gift of King Lothar king of Lotharingia, to his wife using the story […]

A tale of 2 textures

At the time of taking this photo I was surprised by the result showcasing the texture of the elephant’s skin. While it has “major” wrinkles it also has minor wrinkles on the “islands” created by the major wrinkles. Both the major and minor wrinkles has been flattened out on the top of the tail, as […]

satisfaction is spelt MTB

The Weekly WordPress Satisfaction themed photo challenge made me ponder somewhat as in principle it gives me satisfaction to squeeze a button to produce images. Thus theoretically any photos squeezed out by me will do. But this time round I am focusing on the satisfaction itself and not the photos. As a matter of fact […]

an unusual occurrence in corporate governance

A riddle: what does a red arrow on a white background indicate? Now there are those of you who may be of the opinion that it is easy and indicates danger due to a sharp turn – well you are not quite right, as the correct answer is: DANGER – Senior Management working… Some may […]

Collating construction couture

No I am not referring to clothing worn in the construction industry being modeled on the runways of Milan and Paris. A bridge built long ago just was’t fashionable anymore. It stood in the way of the road being broadened, in the way of more runways for vehicles in there fashionable Pirellis. This collage certainly […]

Tweede Waterval – Stellenbosch – Second Waterfall

To my Engish enabled friends, this is a follow up from last week when we went to First Waterfall in Jonkershoek Nature Reserve. This week we hike further and higher to get to Second Waterfall, which is an amazing experience as you negotiate quite a few rock scrambles and experience beautiful vistas there and back. Please […]

INTAKA ISLAND: Bridging the divide between conservation and development

I am glad to see that we actually have a concrete topic – bridge – this week after the abstract and similar topics of the previous 2 weeks and that is why I am going to apply its abstract meaning… (I know it’s difficult to satisfy these bloggers!!) Intaka means bird in Xhosa. It is in the […]

Part 1: 1st and 2nd Waterfall – Eerste en Tweede Waterval – Kom verken saam met my

To my English enabled friends here is the “executive” summary: I am telling my blogging friends to metaphorically come and explore First and Second Waterfall with me. It is in an amazingly beautiful area namely Jonkershoek Nature reserve outside Stellenbosch, South Africa and I described some of it briefly in the WP Narrow photo challenge 2nd […]

Breath giving bread

This week, share a photograph that signifies transitions and change to you… while only showing us a small portion of any given moment. Is it only me or is there a similarity in this week and last week’s challenges: transient – transition – time – impermanence – change; never mind it is only me. As I […]

Care-free abundant impermanence

“Drifters, nomads, and even the state of impermanence: this week, share your photos of transient.” The abstract challenge this week made me wonder and ponder and wonder again. But my impermanent ideas were continuously overruled by other impermanent ideas… Eventually I decided to focus on a passage in my children lives namely the pre-teen years. […]

NOODLANDING: Bloemfontein

Dit is nag, ook idiomaties. In die konteks van ‘n noodlanding is die naderende aanloopbaan intimiderend en vreesaanjaend maar ook adrenalienwekkend. Binne ‘n paar 100m gaan ons land en die flitsende ligte van die groot hoeveelheid ambulanse, brandweerwaens, polisie en weermagvoertuie weerskante van die aanloopbaan, raak al hoe duideliker. Ek vermoed dit is die adrenalien wat die […]

Great photography is about depth of feeling

Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field. – Peter Adams “This week, show us your favorite in-focus and out-of-focus moments” While this quote is certainly true, a shallow depth of field certainly helps to isolate a subject and the isolation causes a portion or even the greater part of the photo […]

Nala & Miaau: friends – vriende

To my English enabled friends: Nala is the family’s dog and Miaau our cat (and also the only cat in the world which can say his own name). Alas they are not each other’s friends but they are our friends. We “inherited” both as adults. With the launch of the WPC Friend topic I thought […]