Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Here's the latest video from the Story of Stuff project 'Tis the season to get trampled'. It asks us to buy nothing and do something on Black Friday (which I gather is an American consumer occasion and media event ....). It is only a minute long. I watched, bemused, but not surprised. This is what the mainstream... Continue Reading →
Today was the day scheduled for my hike over into Featherstone Kloof. The weather forecast on Saturday said that Sunday would be 30-35 Centigrade so I got up early at 5.40 and was off by 7.00. Unfortunately the forecast was wrong and as I trod slowly home at 12.00 it was 39! Far too hot.... Continue Reading →
I am sure every doting grandfather says to his daughter 'he looks just like ...... at ..... when .....' but here's something from the photo archive. Two photo pairs of Jeannie and Luke at just about the same age.
Being home alone looking after Luke when Jeannie and Steve are both busy brings back many happy memories. Katy used to take field trips up-country when we lived in Kenya and that was my chance for quality time with Helen and Jeannie. I only get Luke for a few hours or a day though, which... Continue Reading →
This is one for all of my Swedish friends, especially the cyclists. I am often asked about South Africa and its future and I always say that the popular view is a misrepresentation: reality is very different. Here's a great example of just that: the South African invention which has just won an international award... Continue Reading →
This seems an appropriate haiku for November 5th ... from Wordphilia ~ a girl's love of words. Fireworks.
Uddevalla is where I live when I stay in Sweden, a former industrial town set in lovely natural surroundings. That is the mix I am trying to show in these two pictures. The mid-October sunset is taken from above Skalbanksmuseet - the Shell Bed Museum - on the eastern side of town looking west over... Continue Reading →
I suspect this is going to be be the first of a number of posts on this theme .... these four pictures really are My Sweden: The Falun red paint at sunset on the barn at Äsperöd; The 3 am dawn light over the fjord; The Swedish flags snapping in the cold autumn winds; And,... Continue Reading →
This last two weeks have been extremely wet in Grahamstown which has led to the main road from Port Elizabeth collapsing completely. There are some great pictures here in Grocott's Mail. On Thursday, after 10 days of rain, we got a day of warmth and sunshine which led to the most spectacular and menacing storm... Continue Reading →
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