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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.
Happy Browsing!
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)
Category Archives: News
The Pinelands Muse celebrates its first anniversary: Looking back over the last 12 months
Since October last year, a wonderful magazine has magically appeared in my postbox at home towards the end of each month. It’s like getting a surprise present every time! The Pinelands Muse is a colourful, A4-size magazine, full of interesting … Continue reading
Yaay – we won!!! But we’re still out of the World Cup…
Yesterday’s match between Bafana Bafana and France, held at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein was the most nailbiting of the entire World Cup so far – for me, anyway, but I think also for the entire nation. During the … Continue reading
Aaaargh! Noooo!!! We lose 0-3 to Uruguay
I am reeling from shock. What an awful ending to a match that started with such anticipation and patriotic fervour. With mounting excitement, we had been looking forward to tonight’s [last night's] 20h30 match between Bafana Bafana and Uruguay at … Continue reading
WordPress Rocks
Yesterday morning, I received a most surprising email from the WordPress Team, advising me that my post about the full moon picnic at the Taal Monument outside Paarl had been promoted to the homepage of WordPress.com. Initially, I thought this … Continue reading
SumbandilaSat has been launched!
Yay! This afternoon, at 17h40, I hopped on over to http://www.tv-tsenki.com/livechoose.php to watch the live video feed of the imminent launch of SumbandilaSat, South Africa’s second satellite. I quickly figured out that I could do screen captures by pressing ctrl-printscreen … Continue reading
Still no lift-off for satellite
As I wrote in my previous post, South Africa’s second micro-satellite, SumbandilaSat, was supposed to have been launched on Tuesday at 17h55 local SA time. The launch, on the back of a Russian Soyuz 2 rocket, was delayed by 24 … Continue reading
The imminent launch of SumbandilaSAT
A South African micro-satellite by the name of SumbandilaSat was supposed to have been launched yesterday (Tuesday): “At exactly 17:55 today [Tuesday], South Africa’s SumbandilaSat will launch into space atop a Russian Soyuz rocket in Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The 81 … Continue reading
’tis a strange world we live in
Did this chap really think he’d get away with it? Quite some time ago, in November 2007, a security guard by the name of Tsheko Maloma, employed by the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality in Groblersdal, stole a Vodacom 3G datacard … Continue reading
It’s sickening…
… what human beings are capable of doing to animals. I’ve just read a heart-breaking story on the BBC’s Northern Ireland website about a pair of mute swans on the Lagan Canal near Lisburn that were shot with crossbows. Apparently, … Continue reading
Noorjehan: The mystery continues
Last week Tuesday, I posted about the brutal murder of an ex-colleague of mine, Noorjehan. I’ve been keeping an eye on the newspapers, and regularly searching the internet in the vain hope that more information had surfaced in the meantime. … Continue reading
