Oh YAY! My Pineapple Lily (Eucomis) finally flowered. This one seems to be called the Eucomis - "Meguru". Last year I received three plants in a pot from my mom. They never flowered so I moved the bulbs into a flower bed next to the front door in late winter. So this year one flowered. And that not too long after moving them into the garden. I'm impressed. I can't wait till next year in anticipation that more of them…
Here is just a fun post for you. The common name for this undersea plant (or seaweed) is Dead Man's Tongue. It grows on the ocean floor (standing on its foot with the tongue bit pointing up) and gets detached in rough seas and washed onto the shore. As it grows quite deep it doesn't really get much sunlight and doesn't get a green, orange or red colour like most other sea weeds. When they wash up they have this…
For the last two weeks several fires has been burning in and around the city due to the very dry and hot conditions we are experiencing. There is an big undeveloped area close to us called Fairview and late last week quite a big fire broke out there. This pic was taken from the corner of Circular Drive and Willow Road..GPS: 33°58'5.38"S, 25°31'37.07"E
Kenton-on-Sea has the most awesome rock formations along the beach between the Bushmans River Mouth and Middle Beach. When we were the the tide was unfortunately a too high to get nice pics of the rock pools, but here are some formations. Carriage Rock I'm not sure of this ones name. I think it was somewhere around Corner Rocks Ok, so this one isn't Kenton, but at Kwaaihoek close by.GPS: 33°41'37.96"S, 26°40'12.08"E
Situated just 15km outside town on Marine Drive along Port Elizabeth's Wildside is The Willows Resort. The Willows is an institution in PE with people who have gone there with their families as kids now camping there with their kids. The resort has all the amenities you need at a holiday resort with both camping as well as self catering accommodation, entertainment room, tidal pool and super tube. Up to a couple of years ago the resort had seen a…
Yesterday afternoon the city was hit by a terrific thunderstorm that rained buckets in some areas. When it all came down I was in our local supermarket and it stopped just before I came outside. As I got to my car the sun broke through and this magnificent rainbow streaked across the sky.
The holiday town of Kenon-on-Sea is situated about halfway between Port Elizabeth and East London in the heart of the sunshine coast. It lies between the two tidal rivers of Bushmans River and Kariega River. The picture above is the Bushmans River. The houses on the left hand side of the rive is Bushmans River Mouth while those on the right hand side is Kenton-on-Sea. Kenton is primarily a beach and outdoor destination with the population exploding during the summer…
Magennis Park in Uitenhage is an open space just off Graaff Reinet Road in the middle of town. It can be compared with a park like Victoria Park here in Port Elizabeth. Usually its a nice green and shady park where one can go and relax on a warm day during lunch time, but currently its a bit on the dry side due to the drought the area is experiencing.
While the rest of the country has had wide spread flooding over the last month or so, the parts of the Eastern Cape and Southern Cape, including Port Elizabeth and environs, are in the mids of the worst drought in 150 years. In some areas the situation has entered crisis proportions. Some towns has just about run out of water. Farmers are really struggling and the summer fruit in the Langkloof will be way under par this year. Here in…