Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Last weekend's trip to Hogsback was a good time for photography: the light was excellent, landscape compositions were everywhere and, of course, there's my daughters and grandchildren. I've already posted my antique picture panorama but here's a selection of the other pictures I took. This composition was right outside Helen's house: the building poles were stacked above... Continue Reading →
Last weekend was spent at my daughter Helen's place high in the Hogback mountains. On Saturday evening we took the three dogs and Jeannie with the two little grandchildren up the hill for a sunset walk. It was quite a dark scene with soft light playing on the clouds above the mountains. The light and... Continue Reading →
A couple of days ago we visited Kate's sister at Harbottle. It's an enchanting village, quite remote at the upper end of Coquetdale, where spring flowers are still to be found in full bloom at the end of May. I've never seen clematis look so enchanting. The air was full of their delicate blossom and... Continue Reading →
When we were in Iceland in 2013 we couldn't find any mention of the cargo vessel Sonja Maersk running aground in Reykjavik Bay. I had a picture of it which my father had taken but there was no indication on the harbour display. You can see the pictures in Alfred Fox, Iceland 1940-42, first connections. It's a... Continue Reading →
Fieldwork with Kate in the Karoo usually involves lots of walking in hot dusty and scratchy places. Last week's trip to Ganora was no exception. On the way to collect data from various instruments and gadgets you find yourself dodging spiders webs and finding the most exquisitely coloured insects. They are the inhabitants of the sand... Continue Reading →
It's a holiday weekend and our long summer continues with some very hot weather. Kate and I invited Luke to Shelley Beach at Kenton on Sea to escape to some cooler conditions. After the long trudge up over the dunes (carrying Luke …) we saw there was hardly anyone there - as usual. We had... Continue Reading →
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 →
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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