hang loose

Another beautiful autumnal weekend spent at the Cabernet cottage in Stellenbosch.
I'll let the pics speak for themselves. : )

Alabama Shakes- 'Hang Loose' - Boys and Girls-2012

afro blue

Paradise can be found just twenty minutes away from my house. How lucky am I?
My mom and I escaped to the country and spent a few days in majestic Jonkershoek valley. Not quite the Canadian Rockies but pretty darn close. Ok, no elk, bears or glacier fed lakes but the gorgeous mountains eased our pain a bit and reminded us that one needn't go off on excruciatingly long flights to experience a bit of awe and wonder.

Abbey Lincoln - Afro Blue
Abdullah Ibrahim - African Sun

cabernet cottage

How do you celebrate a 70th birthday?

You spend a weekend with family in Devon Valley, Stellenbosch.

You eat lunch at a beautiful wine estate.

You immerse yourself in Stellies culture, food and music.

Then you head for a  self-catering cottage to beat all self-catering cottages in the estate of JC Le Roux, no less.

You spend the rest of the day playing with your new iPad, drinking wine from said estate and eating gourmet boerewors.With truffles nogals.

Not a bad way to say hello to a new decade methinks. ;-P Happy Birthday Ma!

More pics to follow in Flickr. 

PS- The polaroidy pics were taken with the Vignette app on Steve's Android phone. Damn. I want me one of those!

Feist & Little Wings- Look at What the Light did Now

The Decemberists- June Hymn

uncapped and doodling

A week into the holidays and I'm finally starting to relax.
It always surprises me at how busy I can be. I'm much less slothful than I like to think.
I'll not bore everyone with a list of things (very boring, grownup things) I did this past week but let's just say I'm feeling sanctimonious.
To reward myself for conquering (well, sort of - still haven't got the plumbers in to fix the leaking loo, nor is my hair cut) my procrastinating ways- I've also been sitting in the mild autumn sunshine, listening to audio books, reading on the Kindle or doodling in my art journal.

My camera has been a bit neglected and, therefore, so has the blog. I'm sorry about that but I don't feel comfy blogging without at least one photo... 
Shall I blog about flipping the bird to a child in my class?(so vehemently I almost took out his eye, I might add)... If only I were brave enough.
Shall I blog about the Canada trip my mom and I are going to be taking in two months time!? Yes, abso-damned-lutely! Stay tuned.
Shall I blog about the foray into art journals (otherwise known as pretentious doodling)? Hmmmaybe.

On a side note, let me just add my shouts of joy and jubilation at finally having an uncapped ADSL line. About bloody time, is all I'm saying. My dream has finally been realised- I can now hook up the netbook onto my DVD home theater system and stream my beloved online radio throughout the whole flat. Yeehaaa.

I took a little drive to Sweetwell Butchery to buy something to roast on Sunday and this is what I saw on the way....

 Ladies picking green beans.

Yay for Autumn colours! 

This is my favourite time of the year in the Cape.

Tim Farrell - 'Little Martha'

shooting the breeze with debs & charleen

I tried to show two Nikonites how to free themselves from the chains of Auto yesterday.

I think it went well.

They were pretty compliant and didn't complain (not within my hearing anyway!) and seemed to get into the swing of things.

See?

Totally into it.

 

 

Thanks for a great weekend girls!  ;-P

The Fruit Bats sing 'Ruminant Band' live on KEXP