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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
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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.Getaway to the Cedarberg Mountains
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
Around the World
The Defence Reserves
Category Archives: Tuffy, our Cat
Hitting the Pause Button for a brief Kitty Interlude
After last week’s whirlwind program of activities and outings with mom-in-law, it was back to work for me today. Some editing and proofreading work had been pushed aside for a week, and now it was clamouring for attention. As you … Continue reading
Posted in Home and Garden, Life in South Africa, Tuffy, our Cat
Tagged Nature, Photos, Tuffy-Cat
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Tuffy-cat and the open window
When my blogfriend Helen over at Walk the Cape left such a sweet comment requesting more posts about Tuffy, I proudly informed our kitty-cat that she had at least one other fan in the world (other than hubby and me, … Continue reading
Posted in Home and Garden, Life in South Africa, Tuffy, our Cat
Tagged Photos, Tuffy-Cat
18 Comments
Tuffy-Cat and the Butterfly
Thud. Mreow! Thumpity-thumpity-hoppity-thunk. Mreow! Thuddity-thud. Mreeerreeow!! It took a while for these odd sounds from the lounge to be recognised by my brain. I’d been completely focused on finishing an editing job for a client, and had as usual lost … Continue reading
Posted in Home and Garden, Life in South Africa, Tuffy, our Cat
Tagged Butterfly, Tuffy-Cat
14 Comments
Awful news
We met our nextdoor neighbours at the local shops this evening, and they shared some awful news with us: Their new cat Tugger, the gorgeous, playful, adventure-seeking ginger cat that visited us last Sunday (see here), was knocked down by … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Neighbourhood, Home and Garden, Life in South Africa, Tuffy, our Cat
Tagged Tuffy-Cat, Tugger
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Tuffy meets Tugger
Our neighbours (Tuffy’s previous parents) have just adopted another cat from the local SPCA. It’s a young ginger cat, a neutered male with the cute name of Rum Tum Tugger, after the musical Cats. As there are two other cats … Continue reading
Our tree has been pruned again
We have a large and well-established Rhus tree in our back garden. Since we moved in a couple of years ago, we’ve had it pruned twice already. Each time, we feared that the pruning had been so severe that our … Continue reading
Brrr… my arm has turned to ice!
Tuffy-Cat and I have been hibernating in the office all morning, the two oil heaters working hard to transform it from a chilly damp space into a toasty warm one. While I am beavering away at the computer, multi-tasking as … Continue reading
Posted in Home and Garden, Life in South Africa, Tuffy, our Cat
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Goodbye, my dearest childhood playmates
My heart is rather heavy today. You may remember that, back in April, I did some serious clutter-clearing and autumn-cleaning, giving away clothes I wasn’t wearing any longer, books I had read in the past and didn’t want to read … Continue reading
Posted in Home and Garden, Life in South Africa, Tuffy, our Cat
Tagged childhood, Playmobil
10 Comments
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
Posted in Home and Garden, Life in South Africa, Tuffy, our Cat
Tagged Cats, Life in South Africa, Photos, Tuffy-Cat
8 Comments
Sun-bathing kitty
My sun-worshipping snuggle-bunny always finds the perfect spot. She shifts, inch by inch, from shadow to light, as the sun arcs slowly across the sky. Her soft and silky belly fur absorbs the sun’s warmth, as her paws, retracting claws, … Continue reading
Posted in Home and Garden, Tuffy, our Cat
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