Sowing the seeds of love
I found a really old-looking, yet interesting, website that has some good information and photos about various seeds and the ways in which they travel. If you follow the link then you’ll see what I mean by “old-looking”. But, do excuse that, the first article on Waynes Word appears to be from 1994!
Please leave a comment if you know the name of this plant. At the time I asked, so I know her name is Nicole, but the name of her species, that’s still unknown to me. 
Cows come to look
Anyway, breeds aside, don’t you love how, when you approach a herd, they gather closer to see what’s happenin’ and then when you raise your camera and walk closer they scurry away to the far corner of the field? Strange animals.
The Cape Quarter cyclist
I saw the cyclist approaching, and tried to quickly take the shot before he obscured my view. I at first thought “Darn, I wasn’t quick enough.”, but on reviewing the photo later I discovered that I really liked the fact that I caught him cycling into the frame. It’s funny how sometimes things that you expect would ruin something actually make them better.
Tugboat that tugged the trawler
Unless you’re South African, you may not appreciate the tugboat’s name. The first part of the name is a common South African surname (similar to Smith), and the second part (Amandla) is a Xhosa and Zulu word meaning Power. So together, they mean Smit Power. Awesome name for a tugboat hey?!
What’s especially memorable about the word amandla is that it’s part of a war cry (of sorts) adopted by members of the ANC during the apartheid times. Back then, and now sometimes also, the leader of a group of people would shout out “Amandla!” and the crowd would respond with “Awethu!”, which together mean “Power to the people!”.
No need for shutters
I remember thinking earlier this year how great it would be to have shutters on our windows. No matter how thick our curtains are, or what kind of reflective blinds we have, the heat still penetrates the glass making our home rather uncomfortable in summer. Shutters effectively prevent the sun’s rays from reaching the glass, helping to keep our rooms cool.
Today I’m sitting in our lounge working on a website for Kerry-Anne – and it’s absolutely freezing cold. Well, not exactly freezing (as in 0°C) – the latest reading at 17h34 shows that it’s 14°C, which is really really cold for us here in Africa.
