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Quota sunset No.38

By 6000 | 6000 | January 8, 2011

Mowing lawns, laying pavers, feeding worms, watching disappointing FA Cup football, ironing, braaiing and swimming. Tomorrow is going to bring a whole new world of pain. And thus, you’re getting this quota photo, taken at Llandudno last month. As the post title suggests, this isn’t the first time I’ve done this. It’s not bad though, is [...]

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False Bay view

By 6000 | 6000 | January 3, 2011

Some weeks there are too many pictures on this blog. But this hasn’t been one of those weeks and there are words everywhere. It’s time to remedy that situation. I grabbed this image from the upper slopes of the Groot Constantia Wine Estate on the evening that my boy was meeting Father Christmas and as [...]

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Beached

By 6000 | 6000 | December 18, 2010

Apologies for the lack of updates recently.I haven’t really been around anywhere on the internet, having switched off my television set and gone out and found something less boring to do instead, as the old programme tagline went. (Anyone able to name that programme, btw?) Today’s alternative to twitter, facebook, blogging and getting through a [...]

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Sad.

By 6000 | 6000 | December 4, 2010

All the way from Cape Town to London. But no further. It’s sad that after all the anticipation, all the planning, all the trials and tribulations, that the final photo I managed to get on my trip up North was this one: But it does speak volumes about my last few days in the UK. [...]

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The dream is dying

By 6000 | 6000 | December 1, 2010

Things are looking bad. Very bad. The beauty and rediscovered novelty of the snow has given way to the practicalities of travel and the implications of not being able to get to where I need to be. As I write, there are blizzard conditions outside, adding to the (at least) 16″ of snow on the [...]

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