https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/oldfriends/ Recent content in Oldfriends on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:56:26 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-10-01-pity-about-the-shadows-but/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:56:26 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-10-01-pity-about-the-shadows-but/ <p>Pity about the shadows. But a very rare picture of these two eccentric gents in the wild: Gareth and Marcus (with beard!). I&rsquo;ve quoted Hunter Thompson with regard to Gareth before, but it goes for both of them: &ldquo;Too strange to live. Too rare to die.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-07-25-saw-my-dear-friend-marcus/ Sun, 25 Jul 2021 17:46:46 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-07-25-saw-my-dear-friend-marcus/ <div class="swiper carousel-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17965715032436398.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17910405259945019.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next"></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div> <div class="swiper-pagination"></div> </div> <p>Saw my dear friend Marcus with my own eyes for the first time in nearly a year and a half. Got filled in on his major plans and events - the way this COVID time seems to have swept everyone’s personal history along like it’s swept global history along.</p> <p>I rode out to meet him in Keurboom Park and then we hung out on our old high school fields. When we were kids, the only thing we liked about that shitty old fashioned school were the vast, luxurious grounds.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2020-01-05-very-much-a-latergram-from/ Sun, 05 Jan 2020 11:03:17 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2020-01-05-very-much-a-latergram-from/ <p>Very much a latergram from before our trip. Got to have coffee one morning in Cape Town with two special visitors, Pierre and Raphael. I do love these two brilliant chaps. Probs why neither is on Insta. Well aware that all that Facebook touches does not turn to gold.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-12-08-the-braaimaster-of-the-day/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:34:02 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-12-08-the-braaimaster-of-the-day/ <p>The braaimaster of the day. Tanya decided she was going to leave the souties to handle the braaiing. Astonishingly we actually had edible food without burning the place to the ground. But it&rsquo;s still usually better to leave the fire to Afrikaaners who know what they&rsquo;re doing.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-12-08-just-because-hes-a-madman/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:31:04 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-12-08-just-because-hes-a-madman/ <p>Just because he&rsquo;s a madman doesn&rsquo;t mean you don&rsquo;t want to know him. Wild Frank will always be wild.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-12-08-a-very-dear-friend-who/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:29:23 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-12-08-a-very-dear-friend-who/ <p>A very dear friend who I don&rsquo;t think has ever appeared on my insta before. A man with a giant heart. One of our greying gang of school friends.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-08-01-great-times-at-the-surprise/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:31:04 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-08-01-great-times-at-the-surprise/ <p>Great times at the surprise party for my dear old mate <a href="https://instagram.com/johnthevudio">@johnthevudio</a> at Punjab restaurant. An eccentric fella with a heart of gold.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-04-01-beloved-old-friends-come-to/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 12:05:05 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-04-01-beloved-old-friends-come-to/ <p>Beloved old friends come to visit.</p>