Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
It's been really hot this summer. Today it was 37 degrees. Our swimming pool has been getting lower with all the evaporation and swimming so after lunch I decided to fill it with some of the rain water from our new tanks …. there was also the thought that if I did use up our... Continue Reading →
Now's a good time to cast a quick look back over the past twelve months as I've used the blog to teach my First Year courses in Sweden (2012 and 2013) and South Africa (2013). You can see from the statistics that there have been lots of visits (I'm sure some of them are return visits)... Continue Reading →
There is something a little wrong on the splash page of the NUFFIC website …. Need a little more help?
Last weekend we escaped to Hogsback. The temperatures had built up all week long to 39 degrees so we were happy to go and stay at Helen's place high in the mountains. On Saturday night we came back from a cooling swim in the dam in time for a braai. I have been trying to get... Continue Reading →
Christmas is upon us - time for some summer fun! Our new pool area is getting lots of use at the moment: the weather's been lovely and we have a great forecast for the Christmas braai - 28 degrees. Here's some pictures from the last few days of holiday time …. Jeannie, Steve and Luke... Continue Reading →
I am often asked: just what is this SANORD organisation, who is in it?Well the answer to the first question can be found in the new (and much improved) SANORD website.We currently have over 40 member Universities from the Nordic and SADC (Southern African Development Community) regions and to answer the second question I have... Continue Reading →
I spent all of last week in Malawi attending the 2013 SANORD Symposium. The Southern African-Nordic Centre's 4th Biennial was excellently hosted by the University of Malawi at the newly built Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe. Here's a slideshow. The pictures are taken in Lilongwe around the conference venue and on our lovely day... Continue Reading →
Last week we were staying in Nieu Bethesda and I realised that one of the important things about the Karoo is the shape and texture of the small things we experience. I've already posted pictures of big skies and clouds or rain storms and sunsets in the Karoo. Yet the Karoo is also in the shape... Continue Reading →
Almost a year ago I posted some pictures of Jeannie and Luke looking rather similar. You wouldn't think that I would manage to get a pair where Helen and Luke look distinctly alike but here they are. Though maybe it''s just the setting, or the cheeky smiles or the stripy clothes …..
Once I got back home to South Africa there were still a few puzzles about Dad's time in Iceland that were left to be solved. They have nagged at me for quite a while and it's only now I've resolved them that I have been able to put these posts together. The first one: where... Continue Reading →
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