@withoutaleaf has some time off after her last job. So we went down to the gloomy West Coast National Park. Despite the weather, time well spent. Fascinating scenes on the mudflats.

Alarming how denial of Stalinist, Maoist, Cambodian etc.

I’ve always wanted one of these pancake 40mm lenses to turn my trusty little camera of 25 years into a proper compact when the mood strikes me. And this one looks and feels almost unused.

Rush hour at the bird hide in the South African Astronomical Observatory.

One more from the hockey. Just because I like the mist.

At the hockey stadium. Not many walk-ins at this early, misty time. But the players, coaches, and parents were already fully getting into it. It’s an international tournament, apparently.

Misty morning in Observatory - looking down from our balcony onto the neighbourhood cult compound. Took the opportunity to take my #pentaxmx out in the mist, down to the international hockey tournament happening just a hundred meters away.

Japanese lunch at Obi followed by Japanese desert at some other place on Long Street. So great to hang out with @goflow42 and my dear friend Jason and their wonderful kids - even if T was feeling that adult time was getting very old.

It’s turning out a classic Cape June. And that means very chilly mornings - for which Mr Crumb has found ways of compensating.

Morning Trinket.