Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Anything that Flies from birds to airplanes

The Silver Falcons Aerobatic Team is the official display team of the South African Air Force. Their aim is  to inspire the youth, promote aviation and showcase the skill of SAAF pilots to the general  public. The team flies the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II ‘Astra’ in a 5-ship formation aerobatic display.
Based at Air Force Base Langebaanweg on the South African West Coast, the Silver Falcons are all full-time ab-initio flying instructors at the Central Flying School.

To date, 100 pilots have been selected to fly in 76 different teams for the Silver Falcons.  Each pilot is assigned a unique, sequential number. Whenever one or more team members  change, a new team number is also allocated.

Floral Friday: ‘Serenity Pink Magic’

 

 Osteospermum ecklonis ‘Serenity Pink Magic’ 

This vigorous, cheerful African daisy is graced with a yellow to purple eye surrounded by white petals with blush pink tips; it’s a compact “filler” annual that works well in hanging baskets or containers.

They prefer cooler temperatures of the spring and fall seasons, and will bloom throughout summer if they receive morning sun and afternoon shade. No deadheading is necessary, new flowers will cover the old.

 

 

One Word Photo Challenge : Aperture

Aperture is one of the three pillars of photography, the other two being ISO and Shutter Speed. Without a doubt, it is the most talked about subject, because aperture either adds a dimension to a photograph by blurring the background, or magically brings everything in focus.

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Wordless Wednesday: Art At Delaire Graff Estate

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On Wednesdays all over the internet, bloggers post a photo with no words to explain it.

              

Flowers over flowers 18

It is Nalinki’s from angleandviews  idea  to bring some more colorful pics of nature into our blogosphere.

Tulips

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Cee’s fun foto challenge: The colors orange and green

This week’s topic is the Colors of Orange and Green.

 

Floral Friday: Nemesia ‘Aromatica scarlet’

Nemesia is a genus of annuals, perennials and sub-shrubs which are native to sandy coasts or disturbed ground in South Africa. Numerous hybrids have been selected, and the annual cultivars are popular with gardeners as bedding plants. In temperate regions the annual cultivars are usually treated as half-hardy bedding plants, sown from seed in heat and planted out after all danger of frost has passed.

The flowers are two-lipped, with the upper lip consisting of four lobes and the lower lip two lobes. Wikipedia

Free-flowering, well-branched plants produce an abundance of scarlet red flowers in spring and fall. Cool temperatures and high light levels will greatly benefit these plants. Excellent for use in mixed combinations, containers, and hanging baskets.

Travel theme: Faces

Ailsa’s Travel Theme

Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 6 -Unused

This week’s photo challenge is centred around anything that is unused.

An unused garden bench!

An old unused wind pump near Paternoster, on the West coast of South Africa

 

hugh’s photo challenge week 6 unused

Wordless Wednesday: Simplicity

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