I spent most of my Saturday in the garden and feeling a little in need of gardening inspiration we headed to Floradale Nursery on Circular Drive. Now I know even less what I want to plant. Wow, the options are endless and so many plants are flowering. Going to have to plan the garden better for next spring.
It's dry in the Karoo. The word Karoo doesn't mean "Place of Thirst" for nothing. But the smallest amount of rain in the last winter of early spring means that there will be flowers. And flowers there were when I drove through the Karoo Heartland late in September. On the road north of Steynsburg I had to double take when I suddenly saw fields of yellow flowers and just could not help but to pull over and take out my…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IadgC9ls0k&w=500&h=400]Probably one of the biggest pieces of sport news of the year broke about two or three weeks ago when Port Elizabeth and Nelson Mandela Bay was announced at hosts for the Ironman 70.3 (also known as Half Ironman) World Champs in 2018. The event is even bigger than the annual Ironman African Championship that takes place in the city and attracts over 3 000 competitors from around 70 countries along with all their families, supporters as well as international…
This afternoon Drama Princess played cricket at Handhaaf Primary School in Uitenhage. The view from up at the clubhouse is actually quite nice with the mountains in the distance. Much better than the view from most other schools.
Two weeks ago we had a whistle stop visit to Cape Town to attend the Geocaching MEGA that takes place somewhere in South Africa only every two years. We literally drove the 800 km down to Cape Town on the Friday afternoon, attended the MEGA on the Saturday and returned on the Sunday. One of the events during the day took place on Signal Hill and I just could not pass the opportunity to snap a pic of Drama Princess…
I don't have big flowerbeds in my garden. For that I just don't have enough time and green enough fingers. I do have a few different plants and lots of succulents though and one of those I probably get most excited about when they flower is my air plants. Air plants (Tillandsia) is a member of the Bromeliad family and is actually very easy to grow. They don't need soil and you only need to water them slightly (like…
When there's more white than blue and green along the coast you know the wind was blowing again
I'm sure everybody in PE would agree with me that we are slightly tired of wind. It's been blowing just about nonstop for close to a month now so it was great to walk outside just now and realising that there is absolutely now wind blowing. So not to jinx it I just want to say. I woke up in Johannesburg this morning after last night's Lilizela Tourism Awards and looking out from my hotel rook the sky was hazy…
The Lilizela Tourism Awards organised by South African Tourism and hosted by the Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom, took place in the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg tonight (16 October 2016). This year I was invited to be one of the judges for the third year in a row and it really is a great privilege to be asked to be part of the adjudication process. The Lilizela Awards are South Africa's premier tourism awards and those products who walk…
Port Elizabeth geeks, fanboys (and girls), cosplayers and comic book lovers rejoiced today with the opening of Geek World SA at 189 Main Road Walmer. Geek World SA stocks cosplay outfits, comic books, figurines, unique clothing, board games, fandom jewelry and lots more. Looking at some people as they walked in to day was like watching kids enter a candy store. The shop was packed all day long so I couldn't get any good pictures other than a quick cell phone…