Happy Christmas
The table has been set, the food is cooking, and the family will be arriving in just a couple of hours for a Christmas-Eve dinner. I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas filled with friendship, love and happiness. When you pull your Christmas crackers, I hope they bring wonderful memories for the future.
Thank to for reading my blog, and a special thank you for the many comments, it is always nice to know that you are enjoying my views of Cape Town.
Happy Christmas!
Self-portrait
Self-taken shot of me playing my bass guitar. Her name is (and has been for many years) “Galadriel”, and she is a six-string solid through neck bass with active pre-amp. By the way if you are interested, you can listen to some of the stuff that Lois and I have done over the years here.
(I had to find something to test my new studio lights with :-)
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3 CommentsBody boarding at Melkbos
I spent that afternoon on Sunday at a Braai with friends in Melkbos, and while I was there I managed to sneak away to the beach for a few minutes. The weather was perfect for body-boarding, and the waves were full of people enjoying the sun and thrill of the sport.
It is a long time since I was last on a body-board, but looking at these folks enjoying the water make me very tempted to find a board and join them.
Posted in Cape Town, Daily Photo, Scenery, Sport, Water | beaches, body-boarding, Cape Town, melkbos | 4 CommentsPanamanian shipwreck in Blouberg
I can’t give too much information about this ship, but from what I can gather, it is a Panamanian coal ship, originally with 30000 tons of coal onboard which ran around in October 2009, and is still there.
It is literally a stones throw from the beach, and you can see the many kite-surfers in front of and around it.
Does anybody have any more information?
Posted in Cape Town, Current Affairs, Daily Photo, Scenery, Water | beaches, Cape Town, kite surfing, panama, ships, shipwreck | 2 CommentsI’d like to be under the sea…
…in an Octopus’ garden in the shade. Or at St James Station. This eccentric little restaurant has been running since 2005. They have a small and simple menu, but the food is always good and always freshly made!
The restaurant is in part of the old station building. Although it is not a Beatles Tribute restaurant, or anything so cheesy, they unashamedly take a lot of their inspiration from the Beatles, with pictures of the Beatles making appearances all over the place, including on the wall and in the menu.
Pop in if you are in the area; you will have a wonderful experience. By the way if you are feeling poetically inspired while eating, just ask for a black marker and find a space of wall. The walls are covered with quotes and comments from the various patrons over the years.
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