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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Spot the bus car train and boat


Yes, there is a boat there - click to enlarge this photo taken at the Buffalo River in East London.  Clue:  the boat is not on the river (that's a jetty just on the other side of the man fishing).  The other three modes of transport are all clear to see, one above the other, like in a triple story house.  Hm, pity there wasn't a helicopter or something in the air too.

Yacht mooring ropes and metal bollard


Into boating?  Pop down to the East London harbour on the Buffalo River (a river port) to check out ropes, bollards, boats, a yacht or three or four, ships, or just relax nearby and have a snack or drink, while enjoying the salty air and smells, and maybe catch a glimpse of fishermen coming back from a day's fishing, who, if you're lucky might be holding their catches up and you can go home and say "It was thiiiiiiis big..."

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Shell and rocks looks like a chameleon's head and eye


And here below is a close up of the "eye" of the chameleon - the interesting swirling pattern in the middle of this shell reminds me of a little water nymph, or something.  Something magical anyway.  This section of rocks and the pretty little shell was found along the Gonubie coastline, East London.



The sun rises and slips behind clouds




These two photos were taken in the East Coast Resorts area of East London early one morning.  As the sun rose, it slipped behind some clouds, but the edges of the clouds were still lit up.  I love the cooler colours of the sky and clouds in the top of the photos, then the warm glow near the bottom, coming all the way down to the bottom, now, to the dark foreground of silhouetted thorn trees to offset it all.  This  is a sunrise that is typical in the countryside of South Africa - but this one was in East London, my lovely little hometown, and so it's extra special.