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The Genealogical Society of South Africa

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Grave stone and flowers
I thought I'd post another photo of this gravestone, belonging to Henry and Ivy Hodgson - not because I know them, but rather because while I was looking at this photo, noticing the light reflecting off the lens, I realised I could make out the name on the headstone.

I wondered who Mr and Mrs Hodgson were and thought I'd use Google to see if I could find out. When searching for their names, the first hit on Google was to the Genealogical Society's website, and a photo of this exact headstone. Isn't it nice that people actually take the time to walk around graveyards, taking photos of the headstones, and then spend the hours afterwards uploading and tagging the photos?

However permanent we think headstones are, they're not necessarily as permanent as we may hope, and it's really nice that sites like this archive the memories, making them both more permanent and easily accessible.

A confusion of flora

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A confusion of flora
Once picked, we can refer to these as a bunch of flowers; but like this - I suggest we refer to this collective as a confusion of flowers. It seems like a fairly apt name, IMO.

After a blistering hot Friday, we had a strangely-cool Saturday, with plenty of cloud-cover, especially congregating around Table Mountain like a huge ball of grey cotton wool. Kerry-Anne and I headed out to the Alphen Hotel in Constantia to meet up with friends for lunch at La Belle, a lovely restaurant on the hotel's estate.

La Belle is pretty awesome - the service is great, and the food is superb. The pork neck I ordered was spectacular, the cheese cake was heavenly, but the coffee was unfortunately only average. I'd definitely recommend you visit La Belle though - you're sure to enjoy it.

White roses, blue skies, pretty photos

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White roses, blue skies, pretty photos
I don't really enjoy talking landscape photos - I really like taking photos of people and of flowers. Not groups of people, or fields of flowers - rather more interesting and intimate shots; like the one above, and this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.

In a lot of ways I find taking photos of flowers is similar to taking photos of people, woman in particular I guess.

A million tiny flowers

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A million tiny flowers
I don't know what we call this - but it is kinda pretty, don't you think? Imagine if the little flowers bloomed in different colours making this head look like a tiny bunch of mixed flowers? Someone, somewhere in China, is probably to be working on this right now. ;)

Flowers and stadia

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Flowers and stadia
As you can see, I took this photo in the Green Point Urban Park that's part of (or at least, borders on) the Cape Town Stadium complex.

If you haven't already, pick a clear sunny windless day and take some time to visit the park in the early morning (when it opens, at 7am) or in the late afternoon (say, at about 18h00). It's a lovely place to walk around and absorb the tranquility of nature and aroma of our indigenous flora.

Red Poppy or Single Ranunculus?

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Poppy or Single Ranunculus?
I'm not sure if you can tell from this angle, but what kind of flower do you think this is?

I at first thought it was a poppy, but then Kerry-Anne suggested that it could also be a single ranunculus. Any thoughts?

Open gardens: Pink sunshine

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Open gardens: Pink sunshine
While they're ok, I'm not a huge fan of the traditional rosebush. Climbing roses however - they're pretty awesome.

See this post for more about this photo and Rustenberg Wine's open gardens.

Flowers at The Piano Bar

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Flowers at The Piano Bar
I found this pot of flowers outside The Piano Bar in De Waterkant. I'd actually never heard of The Piano Bar, so I poked my head inside. They weren't open yet (they open at about 4pm only) but it looked like it would be a cosy winter hangout. I think we shall pay them a visit.

A teacup flower arrangement

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A teacup flower arrangement
I recently visited the Pepper Tree restaurant in Philadelphia with a group of photo-friends - this was one of the pieces of decor on the eclectic set of tables that we sat at.

In terms of a review - I enjoyed the visit to the Pepper Tree. My bacon and eggs was good, the coffee was great, and the service friendly. The only disappointment was that the bacon served wasn't "crispy" as advertised, though not bad by any means.

The only reason why I pick on the bacon at all is because once you've had Bacon Method bacon, there's no going back to the soft 'n bendy kind. ;)