Explorecapetown

I don’t know the name of this, but there’s a lot of it around near our new place. Sure looks good against the blue skies first thing in the morning.

Lovely light on the way up to coffee in Obz this morning. Winter in Cape Town is not the non-stop downpour many imagine.

Quick food run for Mr Crumb who is hangry AF and attacking my feet up and down the stairs. This is #capewinter for you.

Observatory. It’s the mixture of Victorian cake-like prettiness with a layer of middle-income country grime.

Devil’s Peak presiding over a beautiful city rife with blood and misery. Frankly the Devil has never been for blood and misery in this world. So it’s more an aspirational symbol for the city than anything else.

Painters in Obz on my lunch acquiring expedition.

Return Of The Fly. We got to warm up a really great crowd @mercurylivect last night for fantastic performances from @coriander_colin and headliners @emergermusic. This was the show to be at this weekend in Cape Town. And I don’t know what they’re putting in the water now but the members of those bands were wonderful, warm people as well as skilled, talented musicians. We’d play with them again any time.

Some great undulating topiary on my way back from voting in the 6th democratic elections in South Africa. Let us hope our path straightens out now.

My neighbours have been doing a top job mosaicing cinder blocks to decorate a little garden along the the fence of the railway line.

A South African delicacy that is refreshingly honest in a world of fake news.