Heritage Day

Tomorrow (or today, depending on when you read this), 24 September, is Heritage Day here in South Africa. Heritage Day is a Public Holiday on which South Africans across the spectrum are encouraged to celebrate their cultural heritage and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people. Here in Port Elizabeth there will be several Heritage Day celebrations with onr of the main ones being a "Save our…

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Ginger biscuits

I have been so busy over the last four days accompanying a film crew shooting the city profiles for the FIFA 2010 World Cup that I haven't had much time to do the blogging thing. Thank goodness for forward posting. I wanted to get back into it tonight, but only got home at nearly 10h30 pm, so I'm just grabbing a "in case I don't have time for a proper post" picture. In this case a couple of bags of…

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Love This Place

The big "LOVE THIS PLACE" banner went up on the side of Brister House in the city centre a little while ago and I think it's awesome. Brister House is one of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's main office buildings and is one of the highest buildings in town. I love Port Elizabeth with a passion and when I pass the building on the freeway and see it, its like a reminder (not that I need reminding) how much I…

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Forest lily

The forest lily grows up to half a meter high with leaves up to 45 x 7 centimetres. It flowers in July to September before turning into inflated capsules containing the fruit. They are normally found in coastal bush in the south east of South Africa and grow in light shade. This one lives in a pot next to my pool.

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Nr 7 Castle Hill well

Nr 7 Castle Hill is one of the oldest residential houses in Port Elizabeth and was built in 1827. Today the building is a historic museum and is kitted out with furniture and accessories mostly out of the Victorian era. In the back courtyard is the original well which was used my inhabitants of the house which has been restored and is in working order.

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Web funnel

While taking some flower pictures the other day I kept a lookout for insects of any sort for some macro shots. Nothing was forthcoming, but I did find this little hole (no more than 1 centimetre wide) with a web funnel in it. No spider wanted to peek out of it though.

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Singa Lodge

Singa Lodge is a 5 star boutique guest house in Summerstrand. Name for the mystical dragon-lion of Indonesian mythology the look and feel of the establishment is very different from most other guest houses around town. The pic is of the fish pond and fountain in the garden.

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Pantomimes at the Boardwalk

During the school holidays The Boardwalk normally hosts a kiddies pantomime at the Vodacom Amphitheatre. We try to take the Rugrats whenever we can as they love the shows.

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