I used to be very, very predictable in my Sunday morning habits, all dressed up with a hat, a bag, loose bills in my wallet, setting off to Milnerton Market! I haven’t visiting for a while, but was back there this week, finding treasures amongst the junk, as well as lots of photo opportunities. For a …
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A visit to Milnerton Market
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Succulents galore!
I’ve just got back from a belated 10 day Christmas break on a farm outside Robertson. Mostly we laughed, swam, sat on the stoep, watched birds (and watched out for cobras), and had the most superbly relaxing time. What bliss! Of course, I have squillions of pics from our holiday, but having just dived back into …
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A seaside garland
We went for a walk on Noordhoek Beach on Boxing Day, when the spring tides were up and the entire wide, wide beach was covered in water, moving from the breakers to the lagoon. Lots of sea vegetables had washed up, including this long piece of seaweed with a knot in it. I thought it …
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Jaipur screens
More pics from Jaipur today: this time, some of the screens, lattices and brise soleil structures I spotted while on my trip. I have many, many regrets in this category, as so many astonishing examples flashed by while I was being driven around, and stopping in that KRAZEE traffic was not an option. I’ll simply …
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Jaipur colour
Hope you enjoyed that colour explosion! All photos taken while I was in Jaipur with Ace Camps, teaching on the 2014 Jaipur Block Printing tour. See all my Jaipur posts here.
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Back from Jaipur
Where to begin with my travelogue? I spent almost three weeks in Jaipur, and it felt like entering another lifetime, with Cape Town a distant planet, many galaxies away. This was a full immersion experience and quite frankly, I could die quite happy right now. But before I go, I’ll do my best to try …
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Springtime light and shadows
Spring is on its way in Cape Town and the new light and the shadows it makes is catching my eye.
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OHA16: Rex Trueform
The Open House Architecture tour I went on last weekend – OHA16 in the series – is one I’d been looking forward to for some time, as I’d always wanted to see inside the Rex Trueform buildings, which have been out of use as clothing factories since the mid 1990s. The Rex Trueform factory buildings stand opposite …
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Pineapples
There’s been a pineapple in the studio this week, so this happened, of course: Clockwise, L-R: Pebble, in pollen; Fronds, in raffia; Abacus, in sunshine; Palmetto, in pine nut.
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