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Welcome to my World!
This blog grew out of a desire to share with others my enthusiasm for getting to know my neighbourhood and my city - and hopefully more parts of South Africa and beyond!
The Cape Peninsula is an extraordinarily beautiful place: we have an iconic world-famous mountain right in the heart of Cape Town, wonderful and easily accessible hiking trails all over the mountain, and a fascinating history, culture and society just waiting to be explored.
Hover your mouse over each of the menus (Exploring the Cape, Getaways, Hikes and Rambles, Travel, Home and Garden, Entertainment and Defence Reserves) to access archived posts in those categories.
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Exploring the Cape
I Love Cape Town (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to the Garden Route
Walking with the elephants (click on the image to read more)
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Copyright Notice
© Regine Lord and http://namibsands.wordpress.com, 2012. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of the material, text and photographs on this blog, without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to me and my blog with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.Getaway to the Cedarberg Mountains
Flower season in Clanwilliam (click on the image to read more)
Featured Posts
1. Erindi Private Game Reserve in Namibia: A Bushveld Paradise
2. Getaway to Riversdale (August 2011)
3. A Theme Change: MistyLook to Comet
4. Photographing Military Events
5. Tuffy-Cat and the Open Window
6. Wild Flowers at Postberg Nature Reserve
7. Bodhi Khaya Retreat Centre
8. Our little American roadtrip of 2012Getaway to the Olifants River Mountains
Dawn at Pampoen Fontein farm in the Olifants river mountains (click on the image to read more)
Freshly Pressed and Popular Posts
1. Where Cats Can Sleep
2. Clanwilliam in Flower Season
3. The Littlewort Trail in Newlands Forest
4. Do You Remember Playmobil?
5. Helderberg Nature Reserve - Yellow Trail
6. Helderberg Nature Reserve - Blue Trail
7. Full Moon Picnic at Taal Monument
8. Miss Milly May's Young'Uns
9. Visit to the KAT-7 SiteGetaway to Swellendam
Happy horses at the farm in Swellendam (click on the image to read more)
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Recent Posts
- Venturing into the underground labyrinth of Mammoth Cave to see the Frozen Niagara waterfall
- Welcoming two new blogs into the big friendly blogosphere
- Finding peace and tranquility in idyllic Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
- Bittersweet goodbyes among the tree-lined boulevards and magnificent Victorian mansions of Old Louisville
- An all-too-brief Visit to the Kentucky Horse Park amidst Tornado Watches and Warnings
- We are off to Shoot some Elk … And are Chased Away by some Cows
- We Blast Off Into Space: From Mission Control to the Space Station at the Challenger Learning Centre
- Some Things we learned on our little American Roadtrip of 2012
- A Memorable Meeting with my Penpal of 25 Years
- Introducing Our Little American Roadtrip of 2012
Getaway to McGregor
The Kliphuisie at Onverwacht Flora (click on the image to read more)
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Recent Comments
Getaway to Stanford
Picturesque Stanford (click on the image to read more)
Favourite South African blogs
- Alison: Despatches from Timbuktu
- Anna: Animal Spirit
- Barry: Creative Marketing
- Cara Faye: Creativity
- Clarence: R50,000 in 50 Days
- Colette: Cakes and desserts
- Gavin: Snippets from the Far Corner
- Ghalib: Aikido
- Glynnis: Glynnphotographics
- Heinrich: The Leather & Denim Vintager
- Helen: Daily Photo Blog
- Helen: Walking the Cape
- Joe Barber
- Jon Ward: The Expedition
- Katja: Bontebok Ridge Reserve
- Katja: Journalism
- Laurika: Cool Classic Kidz
- Lisa: Notes from Africa
- Lisa: Pilates Studio
- May: Doorway to Self-Esteem
- Monica: Moniature
- Natalia: Meditation
- Patrick: Fish, Ink
- Riekie: Clouded Marbles
- Vaughan: 3D animation
Hikes and Rambles
View from the Silvermine Crags (click on the image to read more)
Favourite overseas blogs
- Al: Thoughts of Houdini
- Amy-Lynn: Drawing Conclusions
- Amy-Lynn: Flandrum Hill, Nova Scotia
- Birgitte: Denmark Blog
- Birgitte: My Daily Denmark
- Bucket List Publications
- Kathy: Lake Superior Spirit
- Kathy: Opening the door, walking outside
- Kathy: Simply Here
- Laura: Unlikely Explanations
- Malou: Going Dutch – and loving it
- Otto: Münchow's Creative Photo Blog
- Paprika: Good humoured
- Rebecca: Photography Blog
- Richard: Life on the Road
- Rose: Wondering Rose
- Sally: North Coast Muse
- Scott: Photography blog
- Scott: Slam Dunks
- Sher: Mule Springs
- Stefan: Feng Shui
- Truels: Denmark Blog
Getaway to Riversdale
Oakdale Cottages in Riversdale (click on the image to read more)
South African blogs and websites
- Animal Anti-Cruelty League
- Ariston Organic Gardening
- Book Southern Africa
- Cape Field Artillery Pipes and Drums (Facebook page)
- Clare: Appetite Catering
- Coast to Coast
- Cob House Blog
- Helen Zille’s Blog
- Hiking Guide
- Irish South African Association
- Irish South African Association Blog
- Jan: Sketch Blog
- Jeremy Crutchley
- Jeremy Crutchley – Facebook Fan Page
- Lead SA
- Living fynbos
- My Cape Garden
- New Contrast
- Oude Molen Eco Village (Facebook page)
- Penelope: Suburban Safari
- Pia: Mother City Living
- Plantweb
- Robertson House
- Robyn's Cape Bird Chat Photo Blog
- SA Army Band Cape Town
- SA Army Band Cape Town (Facebook page)
- SA Navy Band
- SA Navy Band (Facebook)
- SA Navy Website
- South Africa’s Good News
- SPCA – Cape Town
- Springbok Radio
- That's Cape Town Blog
- The Wilkinson's World of Adventure
- Urban Sprout
Home and Garden
A Sunflower in Winter (click on the image to read more)
Around the World
The Defence Reserves
Castle of Good Hope during the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2010 (click on the image to read more)
Monthly Archives: April 2010
In adoration of Tuffy
Ever since engaging in some intensive decluttering and autumn-cleaning of our cupboards and shelves (as I wrote about here), I’ve been inundated with work. It’s really quite strange. Perhaps there is really some truth behind the theory that, if you … Continue reading
Autumn sky
I was hanging up the washing this morning, and struggling with the heavy water-logged towels, when I happened to look up. That’s when I noticed the sky. A brilliant . deep . breathtaking . blue. Look: These awe-inspiring, gasp-inducing autumn … Continue reading
Frisky foals at Oude Molen
These two youngsters were clearly feeling a bit frisky today, because they suddenly started to have a little play fight. It looked like little brother was giving big brother a hard time, nipping at him, and even landing a kick … Continue reading
The horses of Oude Molen
A brisk cold wind is gusting across the Flats today, swirling the clouds over the mountains and shaking the autumn-coloured leaves loose from their branches. Even though the sun is shining, it feels cold and chilly – winter is definitely … Continue reading
Our favourite meals at the Millstone Farm Stall
In her comment on a recent post of mine about the chickens of Oude Molen, my blogfriend Kathy got very hungry when I told her about the amazing quiches served at the Millstone Farm Stall. So I promised her that … Continue reading
A very exciting book delivery!
About a month ago, I placed an order with Loot, an online retailer that sells books, DVDs, games and music at remarkably discounted prices (A Tip for South Africans: they are definitely cheaper than Exclusive Books, where I used to … Continue reading
The strelitzias are flowering!
A couple of years ago, a friend gave us a Strelitzia reginae to celebrate our move from an apartment to a quaint little cottage with garden. I also thought it quite cute and clever that this particular species carries my … Continue reading
We’re done! The list of books is completed
As I explained in a recent post, as part of the process of de-cluttering and autumn-cleaning our house, I am looking for new homes for MANY (close to 200) of my books. Well, my assistants and I have been hard … Continue reading
More books for sale shortly!
My assistants and I are busy compiling another list of books I would like to sell, in addition to the ones listed here. Earlier today, I collected about 7 boxes full of my books from Mom, who’d been storing them … Continue reading
