Category Archives: flickr

Beetlebum

By 6000 | 6000 | September 11, 2011

Back from a weekend of crashing surf and blustery beach walks on the Cape coast, which was I believe, what I was aiming for before my op, it seems that my recovery is almost complete. We spotted this chap in the dunes behind the beach. There are a few more photos here.

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Earth from the ISS

By 6000 | 6000 | September 10, 2011

Or rather, in this case, the ISS from Atlantis, via TriggerPit. Earth from the ISS: Like a scene from Star Wars – an X-wing approaches  Kepler on the horizon. Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, European Space Agency’s (ESA) “Johannes Kepler” Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) begins its relative separation from the International [...]

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I can dream

By 6000 | 6000 | August 26, 2011

Stuck as I am in a hospital bed (or, if things have gone horribly awry, a mortuary fridge) in the land-locked southern suburbs, I am probably unable to enjoy a nice sea view out of the window (there are no windows in a fridge). So, I’ll probably be mostly dreaming of getting out and about again [...]

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Old pics of Cape Town

By 6000 | 6000 | August 23, 2011

Look what  found on flickr: the Bygone Cape Town Set by user Etiennedup, who says: A while ago I looked for some sixties and seventies photos of Cape Town on the Net. To my amazement I could not readily find any. Having spent some of my most memorable times in the Mother city, I undertook [...]

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One year ago

By 6000 | 6000 | August 22, 2011

In grey and miserable conditions much like yesterday and today, this happened:   You may recall that then mayor, Dan Plato, pressed the button a little early and most people missed the big event. One year on, nothing has been done to the Athlone Power Station site, but it’s amazing to see how normal the [...]

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