Photo taken from Rooi Else across False Bay.
It is call False Bay because it sometimes fooled sailors of old looking for Table Bay.
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False Bay Sunset
Category: Cape Town
On special occasions, the Council switches on huge spot lights and lights the front face of Table mountain. Tonight is one of those nights.
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Intaka Island
Intaka Island is a wetland and bird sanctuary resulting from a requirement to preserve an existing wetland and provide water purification.
You can see the website here:
We recently visited the sanctuary and enjoyed the peace and serenity offered by the place despite being in the middle of a built up area of Cape Town.
Floating water weed covers part of the main pool.
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Reflections
On a walk around Cape Town I took a picture of a church door. Only when I got home did I see that Table Mountain was reflected in the window panes above the door.
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Clouds over Signal Hill
Lockdown and I spent some time trying to capture the beauty of the clouds over Signal Hill.
Time lapse taken over a 10 minute period.
The Western Cape was hit by a crippling drought. The level of the main storage dam, Theewaterskloof dropped to 25% and vast tracts of it were just dust and loose sand instead of water. I had this poem rattling around in my head and it just demanded to be written.
Dust bowl dam. Sun light glitters, stark on pale
Bone white surfaces, black stark tree skeletons,
Dry shod, heat struck, sand blasted we cross
The sparkling dam that once was and is no more
Oven heat scrapes roughly across our exposed skin
Slitted eyes blink against the wind hurled dust
No breath to spare for the pointless vital question
What have we done? What have we left our children.
Theewaterskloof
Living in Gardens Cape Town is a privilege. The views are extraordinary. Here are some night time photos. Venus and the moon in close conjunction.
We went on a cruise with 2000 other birders looking for pelagic birds.
We got some really great shots and had a really good time. We left Cape Town in the late afternoon
Lions head and Table Mountain
The sunset was marvelous
Then next day, the birds
And then back again.
There is a video here
Amanda and I ended up going to the SANG today and found the most amazing military vehicle. A Casspir, completely covered in bead work with a Bible quotation to justify the work. Absolutely beautiful, and in another sense horrible.
You decide.
Photo credits to Amanda and I as I am not sure who shot which image.
But first a description of the art work by the gallery
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Another Cape Town
Cape town is known for its mountains, seascapes, vineyards and general lazy attitude to life. We all recognise the iconic Table Mountain.
But there are other Cape Towns, one of which I found when walking to work. Join me on a walk from Belleville Station up to Voortrekker St.
Cape Town has a large Muslim community.
Shops have mannequins on the pavement outside the tiny shops.
A shopkeeper chains his mannequin to the shop.
Many of the stores carry a mix of products for sale.
And supply hawkers with bulk supplies.
This place is no exception to the multiple income stream business
A herbalist alongside and arcade.
