Pick of the 'Slightly Erratic, Sort-of-Weeky e-Prezzie'

These are some of my own favourites, both pics and words, that have inspired delight in me and given me moments of deliciously welcome breathspace.

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Madiba Day

July 18, 2016

Heartfelt words from a man who continues to inspire... “As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” “There is no passion to be found in playing... ›

Madiba Day

Soft sunrise sunlight on the sea shore

July 08, 2016

Soft sunrise sunlight on the sea shore

Atmostpheric Optics

July 01, 2016

I love this time of year in the Cape, with its winter storms, for the varied and delightful atmospheric optical phenomenon it presents. My mom and I enjoyed this view before sunset the other... ›

Atmostpheric Optics

Pic of the Week's 10th Anniversary!

June 23, 2016

...and 100 of my favourite photos. If you would like to purchase prints, I'm offering 20% off until the end of July 2016, so just use the coupon code "10YEARS!" when ordering. If you're one of... ›

Pic of the Week's 10th Anniversary!

Needle Ice (and Worthwhile)

June 18, 2016

Last weekend, walking up to the hut at Matroosberg, I laughed as I said "spot the South Africans!": there we all were, squatting with our photograph creation devices at the first frozen puddle of... ›

Needle Ice (and Worthwhile)

Sunrise wave bubbles

June 09, 2016

Smokey haze and an inversion layer generated a beautiful soft and warm sunrise yesterday. Today, I'm hoping for rain. With all the craziness that's going on in our world (and our personal worlds),... ›

Sunrise wave bubbles

Wall

June 01, 2016

This creeper grows on a high wall on Upper Quarterdeck Road in Kalk Bay. I've passed it many times over the years, but it was only one day earlier this year that I really noticed it, and it's... ›

Wall

Sometimes (part II)

May 27, 2016

I was wary of sharing this image and it's story; it's revealing, although, for me, telling the motivation behind the creation and sharing of the image is far more revealing, and I've always been... ›

Sometimes (part II)

Sometimes (part I)

May 18, 2016

There is an undeniable magic therapy for me in the mountains that seems to give me an inner glow, that lightens and energises me, even though my body may be a bit weary from the walk. I probably... ›

Sometimes (part I)

Presentism

May 12, 2016

On the sunset side of the mountain, for a change... "We never see the world exactly as it is because we are how the world is. I think it was William James who said, 'My experience is what I agree... ›

Presentism

"To fuck up is to find adventure"

May 05, 2016

I wasn't sure what to write about this week*, and then I was reminded of this quote I read the other day by Joseph Chilton Pearce: 'To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.'... ›

"To fuck up is to find adventure"

Reflections: Down here or up there... or simply in our hearts?

April 29, 2016

For my friends who have lost dear ones in the last few days and weeks, and for all those who feel with them their keen sorrow—that unfathomable, irreversible, sense of unending absence—I wish a... ›

Reflections: Down here or up there... or simply in our hearts?

Calm thick mist

April 21, 2016

It looks like all the weather forcasters are in agreement about a hefty chunk of winter weather set to hit the Cape tomorrow, so if you're in town, better batten down the hatches: gale force winds... ›

Calm thick mist

Time. Technology. Email. Fast. Thought. Really fast. Considered thought. Not so fast. Human. Being. Time.

April 01, 2016

...just feeling, with a fair degree of humour, the occasional overwhelm and irony of our various hyper-speed communicative/exhibitionist/voyeuristic technologies, and how they save us some of our... ›

Time. Technology. Email. Fast. Thought. Really fast. Considered thought. Not so fast. Human. Being. Time.

Day & Night

February 23, 2016

Last Cape Town pic before I head upcountry... Lion's Head splits day from night, two nights before full moon, sunset/moonrise. I only had my Camsung so I created a panoramic image with the phone's... ›

Day & Night

Restio

February 16, 2016

Valentine's Day has passed, once again. I have nothing against the day itself, nor the sentiment, but I do have an objection to the contrived, commercial, often desperate aspects of the day, and... ›

Restio

Gecko

February 11, 2016

I bumped into this piece by Jamie Varon the other day, and it resonated with something I think I'm finally managing to allow myself: acceptance of the ebb part of life's flows, and feelizing the... ›

Gecko

Up The Creek 2016

February 01, 2016

The Black Cat Bones playing live at Up The Creek 2016 River, sun, music, friends, camping. A whole crowd of colourful people floating on a whole clomp of colourful plastic... fun! ›

Up The Creek 2016

Treasures we can't take home

January 11, 2016

Well, five days off over Christmas after a more-than-usually busy December turned into three weeks of the most enjoyable relaxation I've managed to acheive in years! (And yes, those who know me, I... ›

Treasures we can't take home

2016 Pic of the Week calendar

November 11, 2015

The 2016 Pic of the Week calendar is a limited edition calendar showcasing the beautiful Deep South (and a little further afield too!) It is printed on lekker local high-quality smooth matte... ›

2016 Pic of the Week calendar

2016 SAFCEI Calendar

November 11, 2015

The limited edition 2016 SAFCEI calendar celebrates 'life after fire'. Proceeds from the sale of this calendar will go towards increasing awareness, understanding and appropriate action on eco... ›

2016 SAFCEI Calendar

How to convey emotion in a bush and a bridge!

November 06, 2015

My photography is pretty much intuitive and instinctual, but sometimes I become aware of my process and subconscious thinking around ending up with an image. I've been photographing a few music... ›

How to convey emotion in a bush and a bridge!

Tenuous Tenacity

November 04, 2015

Tenuous Tenacity

Muizies Festival 2016

October 05, 2015

Last year's festival was a blast, so for those of you near enough to come an visit, I can highly recommend the 2016 Muizenberg Festival. Organised by the locals, it's a week long celebration of the... ›

Muizies Festival 2016

Renewal

October 02, 2015

Feeling tired at the end of the day, wanting nothing more than to be hugged by my enticingly comfy couch, but knowing that would only make me feel sluggish, I decided to go for a short stroll on... ›

Renewal

Wordless Wednesday

July 24, 2015

Ok, I know, it's Friday. But Monday evening felt like Friday and now I'm surprised to find myself in Friday, the days are flowing so fast! No new photos, but in going through my archives for... ›

Wordless Wednesday

This and That

June 17, 2015

I have mentioned the utterly stimulating Brain Pickings before (a one-woman labor of love, sharing a subjective lens on what matters in the world and why). Created by Maria Popova, reader, writer,... ›

This and That

re-m-ember 6900 hectares

May 27, 2015

A fine drizzle... I hope you enjoyed it (if you're in the Cape); a lovely, gentle, soaking wetness, at last.The first photo was taken next to Ou Kaapse Weg about three weeks after the fires, and... ›

re-m-ember 6900 hectares

Autumn spring green

May 11, 2015

This is what I've been looking for: the spring green of new growth out of the charred black stems of proteas and other fynbos bushes. Driving over Ou Kaapse Weg one can see a fine green velvet... ›

Autumn spring green

Reflections

May 06, 2015

What is it about reflections that capture our attention and appeals so much to us? So often I find myself more attracted to a scene's reflection than to the scene itself. Perhaps it's the framing,... ›

Reflections

Ashes and mist

March 31, 2015

And the regrowth continues; apart from the most obvious watsonias and other bulbs coming up everywhere, fire lilies are carpeting the slopes above the Silvermine Dam and bushes are budding at their... ›

Ashes and mist

After the flames

March 16, 2015

"Like walking through a sepia photograph" as my sister Vanesa described it, there is so much beauty in the wake of the fire. Although our beloved mountain is looking, and feeling, extremely stark... ›

After the flames

Still Burning

March 03, 2015

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these prints will be donated to the SPCA. (Please click on the link below your selected image to view size and price options.) After burning all the way... ›

Still Burning

What's left is more than what was

February 26, 2015

I am forever drawn to things that are past their conventional prime. The other morning I needed to go to town so I decided to beat the traffic and walk up Lion's Head just after sunrise for... ›

What's left is more than what was

Tokai Forest

October 24, 2014

I had a choice between sitting in traffic to get home for half an hour before needing to leave again, or detouring via Tokai Forest yesterday arvi... guess which I decided to do! Tokai Forest has... ›

Tokai Forest

Klein Karoo

August 05, 2014

Klein Karoo

Dreams to Reality Exhibition

July 03, 2014

I am very excited to be taking part in a group exhibition of fine art photography, titled 'Dreams to Reality' at the ErdmannContemporary Gallery in Cape Town! The exhibition opening is next... ›

Dreams to Reality Exhibition

Somewhere Else

June 19, 2014

I felt like featuring something other than the ocean this week, but as I've only really been photographing the ocean lately, I decided to delve into my archive and came across these two out-takes... ›

Somewhere Else

Happy World Environment Day!

June 05, 2014

I'm sitting at my desk watching a beautiful rainbow against a dark purple sky, and realising that although climate change is inevitable, there is plenty we can do to slow the catastrophic effects... ›

Happy World Environment Day!

Little distractions

May 15, 2014

I was sidetracked on my walk to the beach yesterday morning. The sunrise light was lovely, so I started looking for something to show off the light, and found a delightful little world of fauna and... ›

Little distractions

Dusk before the storm

May 06, 2014

Pic of the Week: Muizenberg's swell, flat as can be, in a calm pre-frontal sunset, two evenings before the storm. ›

Dusk before the storm

Sanddrif, Cederberg, Easter 2014

April 19, 2014

Good people, good place, good times! Awesome to catch up with old mates, meet new ones, and experience childhood from the vantage point of (almost) being a grown-up! Click on any image to view a... ›

Sanddrif, Cederberg, Easter 2014

Cederberg Fynbos

April 18, 2014

I have a theory that my macro lens not only magnifies whatever it is that I'm photographing, but it also maginifies time while I'm looking through the lens. The result is that while I've only spent... ›

Cederberg Fynbos

A Maitjiesfontein marriage

April 17, 2014

In the middle of the Karoo, somewhere between there and nowhere, is a teeny tiny town called Maitjiesfontein. It has a transport museum. And a hotel (just one). And a red London bus. And is an... ›

A Maitjiesfontein marriage

Before Sunrise

April 07, 2014

Wow! What a day for sky today in this corner of the world! For those who, for whatever reason, missed the dawn, here's how the East looked from Muizenberg Beach (Meanwhile, in the West, was the... ›

Before Sunrise

Bead Lightning and Baobabs

December 19, 2007

En route to Mapungubwe National Park near the Zimbabwe/Botswana/South Africa, I spied these two baobab trees in that yummy light that only occurs when dark skies are behind a sunlit subject. My ... ›

Bead Lightning and Baobabs

Another climbing pic this week

October 22, 2006

I spent a very restful weekend camping with a few friends at a remote farm in the Klein Karoo called Gecko Rock. We were rather sceptical about the rock climbing possibilities on our approach as... ›

Another climbing pic this week

Bobbington

October 18, 2006

It's been a full couple weeks again, and since I skipped last week's pic, here's an extra one to make up for it: Chris Bonington and Bob Barton were in Cape Town this week for an Outward Bound... ›

Bobbington

Brockenspectre

September 11, 2006

While walking on Table Mountain this weekend we were treated to a lovely brocken spectre. The name originates from the Brocken in the Harz mountains, the highest peak in northern Germany. Some... ›

Brockenspectre

Lichen Graffiti

September 02, 2006

I managed to grab a lot of time last week to spend on some vertical rock faces; one of the reasons I enjoy climbing so much are the many delightful surprises lying in wait en route, such as this... ›

Lichen Graffiti

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