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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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Featured Posts
1. Erindi Private Game Reserve in Namibia: A Bushveld Paradise (2011)
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 in 2011
7. Bodhi Khaya Retreat Centre in 2011
8. Our little American roadtrip of 2012
9. 2012 - An exciting year of being published
10. Springtime wild flowers at Seeberg in the West Coast National Park 2012Flat Kathy’s Blog
See below for links to Flat Kathy's Blog
The Fantastical Voyages of Flat Kathy
1. My Special Flat Kathy Postcards
2. The 10th CANSA Shavathon
3. Who has nipped Miss Tuffy-Cat's catnip?!
4. The Du Toit's Kloof Pass
5. A special Sunflower
6. The Grim Reaper on the Black River
7. Lions at Rhodes Memorial
8. Sunset on the Beach
9. Happy Birthday to Cousin Buller
10. The Tale of Miss Tuffy-Cat-
Recent Posts
- Do you want to receive one of Flat Kathy’s Very Special Postcards?
- Flat Kathy surprises us at the 10th annual CANSA Shavathon
- Admiring the early morning flowers
- Charon the Ferryman – and his spooky friend – are floating on the Black River
- Walking around with Flat Kathy: An introduction to a magical world?
- Ka-BOOM!! So a car battery really CAN explode?!
- Flat Kathy’s new blog is flourishing
- Meet Flat Kathy: Our Visitor from Overseas
- Defeated by the sun-baked mountain slopes of the Swartboskloof and revived by lunch at Hillcrest Berry Farm
- Transforming the Greenest Pool in our Neighbourhood: From luminous green sludge to sparkling clear water
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© 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.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)
Getaway to the Cedarberg Mountains
Flower season in Clanwilliam (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to the Olifants River Mountains
Dawn at Pampoen Fontein farm in the Olifants river mountains (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to Swellendam
Happy horses at the farm in Swellendam (click on the image to read more)
Getaway to McGregor
The Kliphuisie at Onverwacht Flora (click on the image to read more)
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
Getaway to Riversdale
Oakdale Cottages in Riversdale (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
- Dan: Looking thru my eyes
- 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
- The Fantastical Voyages of Flat Kathy
- Truels: Denmark Blog
Hikes and Rambles
View from the Silvermine Crags (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
Monthly Archives: June 2012
“Another day at the office”: The CHPA mobile clinic at Boland scrap yard – and tracking down a fleeing horse in Khayelitsha
Three mornings a week, the Cart Horse Protection Association of Cape Town opens the doors of their Epping premises to offer veterinary and farrier services to the cart horse community of the Cape Flats (see previous post). As this is … Continue reading
Newsflash: My latest article is published in the Pinelands Muse!
My doorbell just rang – to reveal a most welcome visitor: Glynnis, here to hand me my very own copies of the latest Pinelands Muse Community Magazine, freshly printed and still in their protective plastic wrappings! Thank you for the … Continue reading
Welcome to the Blogosphere: How has blogging changed my life?
A couple of months ago, I had been asked by my friend Alison (of Despatches from Timbuktu) to give a presentation on the marvelous World of Blogging to the writers’ club to which she belongs: the West Coast Writers’ Circle. … Continue reading
A little glitch: Fixing some broken links
When I published the last couple of posts, WordPress decided to change the date-and-time settings on them, which confused the sequencing, so I had to re-post them to correct it. As a result, it is possible that the links may … Continue reading
Half-price Horseshoes for Cape Town’s Cart Horses: Farrier Day at the CHPA Epping Clinic
When I arrive at the clinic of the Cart Horse Protection Association in Epping 2 on Monday morning, 18 June 2012, organised chaos reigns. There are horses and carts and people milling around everywhere. Today is an important occasion: It … Continue reading
Healing the Body and Spirit of Cape Town’s Cart Horses: The CHPA’s Recovery and Rehabilitation Centre in Gordon’s Bay
On Sunday morning, 17 June 2012, Richard and I drive out to Somerset West/Gordon’s Bay. As part of my research for the Feature Writing Course I am currently enrolled in (see my previous post), I have arranged to meet Louis … Continue reading
My first visit to the Cart Horse Protection Association – and the rescue of Molly
Wednesday morning, 13 June 2012, finds me driving through to the clinic of the Cart Horse Protection Association in the light industrial area of Epping 2 on the Cape Flats. I am off to do my first formal interview(s) for … Continue reading
An Update on the Feature Writing Course: A topic has been chosen
As I told you all in my previous post, I’ve registered for a Feature Writing Course with an online learning institution based in Cape Town, known as GetSmarter. I’ll be honest with you: I hadn’t anticipated that it would be … Continue reading
