Archive | September 2015

Weekly Photo Challenge: Change

I can’t conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida

because my motivation comes from the changing seasons.

That’s why I decided to live in New York.

Daniel Boulud

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Autumn leaves

You must take personal responsibility.

You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,

but you can change yourself.

That is something you have charge of.

Jim Rohn

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Golden trees

To be interested in the changing seasons

is a happier state of mind

than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

George Santayana

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Summer at the river

When the seasons shift,

even the subtle beginning,

the scent of a promised change,

feel something stir inside me.

Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness?

Whatever it is, it’s welcome.

Kristin Armstrong

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Filtered sunlight

For me it was sort of career suicide to work in color,

but I did it because I perceived myself

from an early stage

to be interested in seasonality –

the changing of the seasons –

that’s what I deeply loved.

Joel Sternfeld

Zulu Celebration

My husband recently attended a Zulu party in KwaZulu-Natal where we live. He took these photos which show the joy of the people as they celebrate a 21st birthday and engagement.  (Photos : BWP Pieterse)

Welcome to the celebration

Welcome to the celebration

Going to the birthday girl's home

Going to the birthday girl’s home

Gifts for the family

Gifts for the family

Unfortunate goat

Unfortunate goat

Zulu dancer

Zulu dancer

Held up by a friend

Held up by a friend

The ladies join in

The ladies join in

In the air

In the air

A young guest

A young guest

The birthday girl and her family

The birthday girl and her family

Sisters

Sisters

Sisters' dancing

Sisters’ dancing

Knees up

Knees up

Party's over, time to go home

Party’s over, time to go home

Colour Magic


Aaaah at last, I can colour in in public now that colouring in for adults is a trendy pastime. Previously I took opportunities when I could, usually hijacking a small child’s colouring in book on the pretence of “showing” them how to colour in.

I love the amazing designs that artists are currently drawing, the beautiful colouring in books which line the bookshops shelves, the feel of good pencil crayons and the smell of wax crayola.

Daisies

Daisies

While I’m colouring, I often reach a space called flow which is the period when my brain empties and all that matters is the picture I’m filling in with beautiful colours.

My Colouring In Books

My Colouring In Books

Humming Birds

Humming Birds

Suspension Bridge

It’s been over thirty years since I walked on a suspension bridge so this was the main attraction when I booked a weekend break at Lake Eland, in my home province of KwaZulu-Natal. Even though logic told me that heavier people I have crossed the bridge and that it has held for a long time, it was still a daunting experience.

But it was worth it for the views and to to be able to say “been there, done that”!

Oribi Gorge

Oribi Gorge

Suspension Bridge Photo : BWP Pieterse

Suspension Bridge
Photo : BWP Pieterse