Capewinter

Great times at the surprise party for my dear old mate @johnthevudio at Punjab restaurant. An eccentric fella with a heart of gold.

Trying out new jpeg settings on my little Fujifilm XE1. Never used a digital camera I liked this much. Straight out of camera jpegs can be tweaked to look so great.

It’s the end of the line for these magnificent sea bugs.

A lobster boat cruises to a halt in Kalk Bay Harbour yesterday.

Yesterday was a good winter day to dry off and catch some sun.

But the sun did come through over the mudflats and marshlands of West Coast National Park. And then the grey grasses and plants came with the showiness of Avataar. It’s a beautiful and complex landscape brimming with life - at least until capitalism washes it all away.

Another day, another bird hide. Loads of flamingos, avocets, three-banded plovers, Kilitz’s plovers, whimbrels, greenshanks, African oystercatchers, even in the Southern winter.

@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.

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