shameless bragging

A few weeks ago, one of the peeps at the Cape Town Tourism blog emailed to ask if they could use this pic...

I said yes. : )
Not that thrilled with how the photograph was reduced (it looks horribly pixely in places) but still, it's an honour.

old friends

Ant turned 40 last week.

 

 We go way back. 

 

Ant at 3. 

I'm the blonde on the right.

Yep, it was straight and blonde before the hormones kicked in.
I wonder what those rather big pink cookie-type things are?

Anthony lived opposite us in a huge Frank Lloyd Wright-style house right on the water's edge. It was his house we'd go to to catch fish, launch our boats and stand on the balcony to watch the pelicans out on the vlei. From fishing and sailing and building tree houses in the middle of the bush to playing and listening to music when we grew older. A wonderful childhood it was.   

Ant at 40.
I'm really thrilled with the way these pics of Ant's 40th came out. No flash, no tripod (like I'm ever going to be using one in a pub!) -just the highest ISO I could get and a bit of fiddling with the shutter speed.

 

                                                               

 

 More pics in Flickr

'One'  - For old times sake ; )

ETA- Just realised there's a shocking lack of photographs of Zeekoevlei. What a shame. And hilarious that people are still spelling it incorrectly!

clear eyes, full hearts

Hi y'all.
Another sprinkler shot. 

And the neighbour's bloody hosepipe trailed across my lawn ...as usual. Just to mess with the aesthetics.

 

 Look people, he might be slightly fucked up eccentric but he's beautiful, isn't he?

Looking less like Yoda every day. Purrty

Stretchy bootlegs. Who knew they could be so enticing on me?

And when the jeans get boring, YES! a box! A Western Cape Education Department box, no less.

And this is probably the most fun anyone or anything could have with it.

Believe me. I tried.

 

Friday Night Lights how I do love thee. 

And we're getting two more seasons.. *squeee*!!!

Cute little end-of-season 3 vid (and song).

I hope the wait for S4 isn't too long.

'Where do we go from here?' Joss Whedon (Buffy)

chasing tail

Ok, so seemingly laid back Max has a few issues...

He's either got some deep, dark neurosis (mommy issues), is an obsessive-compulsive or he's developed a few little fetishes. Either way he's not normal. I'm like the mother of a teenage son who dresses like Marilyn Manson and has piercings in unmentionable places. 

He has a thing for tail. Minnie's tail.

 

And she likes it most of the time 'cause I've caught her purring.

But we both hope he grows out of it.

The vet mentioned cat Prozac if it got really bad. How bad is bad? When Minnie loses the long suffering look and starts growling? When her tail starts looking like an abused school paintbrush?

 

Nah. I'll hold up on the medication. Mins and I will try and sort out the little eccentricities ( including weeing in the basin and bath-ack!) ourselves. 

Shopping list : 1 water pistol and a bottle of citronella oil. 

Happy days.

 

All pics were taken yesterday evening...the most beautiful end to a gorgeous day.

Break up day!

YouTube Prozac