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Happy mmmmmovember

Well, hello Movember, you month of manliness you! Hmm hmm hmm! I remember a time not too long ago when girls would ‘gril’ at the mere thought of their men sprouting whiskers for a whole 30 days,...

Nov 1, 2012 Like

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Vividly Vietnam

“It is impossible to come back from one’s journey; there’s always someone else coming back“. I don’t know who said this, but I know it’s true. Especially if your travels take you somewhere so...

Sep 23, 2012 Like

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Safari-inspired fashion

So, my new-found obsession with Out of Africa has inevitably spilled over into fashion and decor. Since watching the movie and marvelling at the way Meryl-Streep-as-Karen-Blixen managed to look so...

Aug 23, 2012 Like

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Latest obsession: Out of Africa

If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me?Will the...

Aug 22, 2012 Like

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Stuff no-one told me

Just some good advice and sweet illustrations from the awesome Stuff No-One Told Me blog.Happy Wednesday, friends (Actually I was lucky enough to have parents and other wise people telling me all...

Aug 15, 2012 Like

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Pretty pictures from Pinterest

I’ve been a little low on words lately, but luckily we all like pictures.Here are a few favourites from my recent pinning sprees.Source: onethousandsingledays.com via Nadia on PinterestSource:...

Aug 13, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Cool internet finds

Friends, today I experienced one of the most ass-kicking internet days of my entire life. It’s true.There was just so much goodness finding its way onto my screen, as though I had been manifesting...

Aug 1, 2012 Like

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Quirky quote: A suitcase heart

Photo from: HiFi WeddingsThey should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.- Gabrielle Zevin

Jul 24, 2012 Like

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Wise words: You is loved & admired

From: chasingchi.blogspot.comThere’s a powerful scene in The Help where Aibileen repeats an upbuilding mantra to little Mae. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important,” she says.While I haven’t...

Jul 19, 2012 Like

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The Fox, the Crow and the cookie

I discovered a mewithoutYou song this morning and it made me smile. As with most of their songs, I’m not entirely sure what exactly it means, but it’s based on one of Aesop’s Fables that warns...

Jul 5, 2012 Like

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Snaps: Swellendam & surrounds

It was the coldest weekend of the year so far during which I happened to explore the Bontebok National Park, Swellendam and some of its surrounds (Suurbraak, Tradouw Pass and bits of Barrydale)....

Jun 22, 2012 Like

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Help me remember

Last night I was trying to remember something. I was scrabbling around in, what sometimes feels like, my 1920s hatbox filled with fogged-over pictures from the past few years, trying to capture...

Jun 22, 2012 Like

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Travel Tuesday: Henry Rollins says it best

These are most certainly some of the most inspiring words I’ve read in a while. They actually gave me goosebumps. May your future travels be life-changing, thought-provoking and...

Jun 12, 2012 Like

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I’ve always had a thing for the moon. Especially the full moon, hanging out there in the ether like a large paper lantern that rose and rose and rose… and then decided to get stuck just there where...

Jun 5, 2012 Like

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Trophy wife – what’s your price?

As if the whole “Spear saga” in all its circus-like complexity, the dramatic end of ET’s murder trial and the birth of a Quran-bearing Nigerian baby in a church was not enough to leave news-reading...

May 24, 2012 Like

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Snippets: Sunset cycles in Sea Point

They always say that at the close of a day, it fades. But in Sea Point, just the opposite seems to happen. Instead of gently waning, the day seems to reach a surreal crescendo of saturated blues,...

May 22, 2012 Like

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Quirky quotes: The earth

From: http://bentkneesgappyteeth.tumblr.com “We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.” - Native American Proverb (apparently)

May 18, 2012 Like

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Karoo poison

Is it weird that I find this skull garden at Sanbona Game Reserve nearby Montagu so aesthetically pleasing? The mounted animal skulls, the flat Karoo earth and the crisp sky… they all just seem to...

May 16, 2012 Like

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Menagerie: Snow Monkeys

I know Menagerie is supposed to happen strictly on Mondays, but I came across an animal so crazy and cute that I couldn’t resist doing a post today. Sure it will serve as a good mid-week boost, no?...

May 9, 2012 Like

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Dubai: the real New New York

So, I was a very lucky girl and got the opportunity to check out Dubai last week on a media familiarization trip. Firstly, don’t you just love the term ‘media familiarization trip’ (aka...

May 3, 2012 Like

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Quirky quotes: Good experiences make for poor stories

From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22472188@N04/3676655096/ Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen...

Apr 12, 2012 Like

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Bookworm: Babylon’s Ark by Lawrence Anthony

What I said in the “What I’m reading right now” section Babylon’s Ark is a spellbinding account of the super human effort to rescue desperate animals from disaster amid wide-spread chaos of a very...

Apr 11, 2012 Like

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Karoo through the window

I say Karoo, you think what? Probably long straight roads, hot days, sun beating down on the cracked, barren earth, thirsty sheep and little round shrubberies. Well, after almost being washed right...

Apr 10, 2012 Like

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Writing advice from Mr. Lewis

I’m a huge fan of Letters of Note, a blog that attempts to “gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos.” I often pore over it when I’m bored or in need of...

Apr 3, 2012 Like

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My new flat – a glimpse so long

There has been a great build-up to this moment. In fact, I don’t think a single one of my blog posts this year has not made reference to the fact that I will be moving into my own flat – alone –...

Apr 2, 2012 Like

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Burrowing Owls

Yes, yes, another post about owls, but jeepers these little fellows are so cute it would be wrong not to have them in the Monday Menagerie. From: sciencephoto.com Burrowing Owls are tiny,...

Mar 26, 2012 Like

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Thought: Deliberate imperfections

navajorugsblankets.com In a Navajo rug there is always one clear imperfection woven into the pattern. And interestingly enough, this is precisely where the Spirit moves in and out of the rug! –...

Mar 22, 2012 Like

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Just some words

By now you probably know that I am quite a sucker for quirky (some would call them corny) quotes and words of wisdom. Writing miscellaneous phrases down has probably been a hobby of mine since the...

Mar 20, 2012 Like

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Blowing in the wind

There is something arrestingly beautiful about the oh-so-domestic scene of clothes hung out to dry. Whether fluttering ever so slightly in the breeze or whipping about madly in the wind, the...

Mar 17, 2012 Like

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Happy weekend: Dance

It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back, so shake him off. - Florence and the Machine, Shake it Out Wishing you all a flowy-skirted, wild-haired, barefooted, happy weekend! xx Photo from:...

Mar 16, 2012 Like

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Happy mmmmmovember

Vividly Vietnam

Safari-inspired fashion

Latest obsession: Out of Africa

Stuff no-one told me

Pretty pictures from Pinterest

Cool internet finds

Quirky quote: A suitcase heart

Wise words: You is loved & admired

The Fox, the Crow and the cookie

Snaps: Swellendam & surrounds

Help me remember

Travel Tuesday: Henry Rollins says it best

Full moon cycling

Trophy wife – what’s your price?

Snippets: Sunset cycles in Sea Point

Quirky quotes: The earth

Karoo poison

Menagerie: Snow Monkeys

Dubai: the real New New York

Quirky quotes: Good experiences make for poor stories

Bookworm: Babylon’s Ark by Lawrence Anthony

Karoo through the window

Writing advice from Mr. Lewis

My new flat – a glimpse so long

Burrowing Owls

Thought: Deliberate imperfections

Just some words

Blowing in the wind

Happy weekend: Dance

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