Category Archives: this is south africa

Late Night Lab Work

By 6000 | 6000 | March 21, 2012

It’s a public holiday in South Africa, but TB has no respect for days off, so I didn’t have a day off. In fact, it seems that having any time at all is a bit of a luxury at the moment. Anyone else ever have this feeling?

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Simplicity

By 6000 | 6000 | March 20, 2012

As someone once kindly said: Simplicity is more often than not, a thousand times MORE. And that’s probably why I love this picture taken at Strandveld Winery so very much. I spotted it in the Cape Agulhas 2012 Tourist Guide and it popped up on my timeline again today. It’s almost as though it’s hinting [...]

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City to frack CPD?

By 6000 | 6000 | March 14, 2012

Wow. This is huge. The contents of a previously confidential and completely fictitious City of Cape Town report which were revealed during routine business in the Western Cape High Court this morning look set to cause outrage across the city. The report, commissioned late last year, outlines details of plans to move the Cenotaph from its [...]

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March desktop

By 6000 | 6000 | March 12, 2012

Belatedly, I know. But I couldn’t find anything worth desktopping and I don’t want to give you rubbish, so I had to wait until I took this photo this weekend. Twilight on Suiderstrand beach on Saturday evening, with the waves gently rolling in onto the pebbles as the sun sank slowly, but surely, into the [...]

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5spesie

By 6000 | 6000 | March 9, 2012

We’re going to pop down to Agulhas again this weekend. Not for any reason other than getting some fresh air and some sunshine and avoiding some cyclists. Actually, I made up that last one, but it’s an excellent added benefit. But it looks like the Agulhas area will also be very busy, because it’s the [...]

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