Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
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 →
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 →
Yesterday there was a very clear ice halo above Rhodes University. I was busy working in the Geography Department when just after 9.00 Ian Meiklejohn called me out of the office to come and look. After a quick glance I dashed back in for my trusty Samsung Duos phone to grab a few pictures of... Continue Reading →
At this time of year I make the 15 minute walk to my First Year classes at dawn and usually don't get back until just after sunset. So I get to see some lovely buildings and vegetation whilst the light is at its best. There's no time for my big camera but the lens on... Continue Reading →
There really is no need to travel. A 90 minute walk up Mountain Drive this evening showed that. It was cool (and got cooler once the sun was gone and the moon was up) clear and still. Just right for a few pictures of my favourite subjects.
Yesterday I drove down to Port Elizabeth to collect Kate at the airport with the thought of an afternoon game drive through Addo Elephant Park on the way home to Grahamstown. We have a SA National Parks Wild Card subscription which gives you free entry for a year and so it's a real incentive to get into... Continue Reading →
We went back to Featherstone Kloof yesterday to see the King Proteas and all the other winter flowers. We have had a warm sunny spell lately and so lots of flowers are blossoming in the grasslands and fynbos. It was a real mix. There's this year's Proteas with the most amazing coral pink shades, the... Continue Reading →
This is our favourite weekend walk. Direct from the front door is a 14 km hike that starts by crossing the Grahamstown bypass and then goes up over the grasslands of Mountain Drive before dropping down 'heartbreak hill' and into Featherstone Kloof . Then it's along the valley, across the stream, through some woodland and... Continue Reading →
I went out to take pictures of the large full moon rising tonight - no success with those - but there was a spectacular sunset to soak up. Grahamstown seems to specialise in midwinter sunsets but you have to be quick as the play of light alters very rapidly. These two pictures were taken only... Continue Reading →
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