Tag: South Africa

CBWC: Your pick

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Cee’s Black and White Challenge

Time stands still on a walk along Bokkomlaan, the heritage heart of Velddrif. 

Velddrif is the heart of the fishing industry on the West Coast. Many visitors go there and miss this undiscovered gem. Until now. Cross the Carinus Bridge and take a right along Voortrekker Road. At the Heritage Site sign (on your left) turn right. This takes you to the gravel road of Bokkomlaan.

Shop in Velddrift’s Bokkomlaan
Local Artist's shop
Fishery in Velddrift’s Bokkomlaan
Bokkoms drying in the sun
Grey Heron
On the Berg river

Last Photo on the card for August 2022

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Brian from Bushboy’s World is asking us to share the very last photo on our SD cards for August 2022 .

The rules are simple:
1. Post the last photo on your SD card or last photo on your phone for the 31st January.
2. No editing – who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like or the subject matter didn’t cooperate.
3. You don’t have to have any explanations, just the photo will do
4. Create a Pingback to Brian’s post here
5. Tag “The Last Photo”

From my Cell phone

From my Camera

A new plant in my garden

Thursday’s Special: Pick A Word – August 2022

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It is time for another Pick a Word themed challenge. As usual you get five words to choose from:

INFINITE

adjective
  1. 1.
    limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure or calculate.
    “the infinite mercy of God”
noun
  1. a space or quantity that is infinite.
    “beyond the infinite, the space traveller is transformed”

    Night sky –
    Photo by Tinus

LAGOON

noun
  1. a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.

    Water
    Langebaan Lagoon

MANE

noun
  1. a growth of long hair on the neck of a horse, lion, or other mammal.
    “the horse was rushing about in the field, tossing its mane”

    Horse’s mane

SHOREWARD

adjective
  1. directed or moving towards the shore of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.
    “the shoreward migration of fish”
adverb
  1. towards the shore of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.
    “the boats turned shoreward”

    Port Nolloth – Shoreward

SMOKING

noun
  1. the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco by sucking on the end of a lit cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
    “the effect of smoking on health”
adjective
emitting smoke or visible vapour.
“they huddled round his smoking fire in the winter damp”

Smoking –  fires                                  photo taken from Plattekloof towards Table Mountain

Thursday’s Special: Pick A Word – July 2022

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It is time for another Pick a Word themed challenge. As usual you get five words to choose from:

COVE

A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. Coves usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are often considered coves

Plankiesbaai is located in the Postberg Flower Reserve section of the West Coast National Park. This is a wonderful picnic spot with a great view of the sea.

DEBONAIR

confident, stylish, and charming (typically used of a man).

Statue

GIGANTIC

Red Lego-like man build out of coke crates at the Waterfront in Cape Town

TEXTURE

Textured Rocks next to the road Kagga Kamma

WINDOWS

Strange looking Windows at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, Singapore