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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour 17 Jul 2013 | 08:43 am
This week’s photo challenge is The Golden Hour, which Cheri Lucas Rowlands explains as follows: “In photography, the “golden hour” is the first and last hour of sunlight of the day. Photographers vent...
In the footsteps of the Incas - part 1 30 May 2013 | 11:40 am
Reblogged from justcallmegertie: There is one word that is universally understood and that expresses the same intensity of feeling in all languages. Wow! What started out as a tick on my bucket list, ...
Not your everyday occupational hazard! 27 May 2013 | 07:36 am
Hannah was first featured on this blog in a post called How Hannah got her Peanut “back”, about her role in raising a baby rhino. Now she’s back to tell another personal story about the occupational ...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up 26 Apr 2013 | 09:14 pm
Looking up at the crowns of some really huge (71.5m or 234.5 feet) Karri gum (Eucalyptus diversicolor) trees. To see more photos and information go to the post What do tree surgeons do on their day of...
The Antarctic – you absolutely have to go!!! 2 Apr 2013 | 02:03 pm
Once again I have been very lucky to have somebody volunteer a guest post for my blog. As this is somewhere I’d love to go, but probably never will, I was so happy when Christine from Christine Bernas...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Future Tense 23 Mar 2013 | 01:15 pm
This week’s photo challenge is “Future Tense“. The photos below are of big, colourful fishing lures. The significance of these for this challenge, are that Willie is looking forward to a major fishing...
The Rock Pool 20 Mar 2013 | 09:52 am
A perfect reflection in a rock pool . . . This is the sea. In these uneven walls A wave lies prisoned. Far and far away Outward to ocean, as the slow tide falls, Her sisters through the capes that hol...
Looking back – my favourite guest posts 19 Mar 2013 | 06:02 pm
I have been lucky to have several talented writers and photographers agree to write guest posts for Notes from Africa. As I had done a “looking back” post for my posts last year, I thought I’d do the ...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime 17 Mar 2013 | 08:48 pm
This week’s photo challenge is on the topic of lunch. Since my own lunches are rather boring, I thought I’d show you this photo instead. To join in the fun go to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime....
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the details 4 Mar 2013 | 06:34 pm
Can you guess who this eye belongs to? The distinct markings should give you a clue. Another clue: it’s not a zebra. The eye above belongs to this Gemsbok (Oryx grazella). It’s a very large buck whic...
