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The Mother City

No matter how many times I visit, or where else I go, this city always takes my breathe away

The last time I drove through the Cape on my own was more than twenty years ago. I did it often; always however, with an agenda, a business meeting at a winery, or a dairy, at a set time. Which meant, of course, there was little time to dawdle, to savour the views, to sit and ponder the beauty.

This Time, I had Time: as much as I liked, so I pottered.

Meandering back from visiting friends in Veldrif aiming for Cape Town and taking whichever road tickled my fancy:

14915279_1356265257725909_5171705077634678976_n — St Helena Bay: The Colours

14606432_1356265341059234_430477749548299791_n — The last of the flowers ..

14915285_1356265301059238_6822746997992771435_n — ..in patches everywhere, still

14906857_1356265541059214_4174809967334789713_n — Ready for winter

14906857_1356265424392559_3555781366574547052_n — St Helena Bay – and still this doesn’t do it justice

14907077_1355947407757694_1384657042028447510_n — Paternoster. Carmen my hostess and chef at Ouma’s Kitchen

14915144_1355947541091014_5511137640033138528_n — lekker vis

14900349_1355948197757615_2011025230122542302_n — And my view – iPhone doesn’t do it justice

14632954_1355960801089688_7086670443443431023_n — and no complaints about the bill either 🙂

14925788_1356265684392533_5036993099423257092_n — Paternoster: Too much sun, not enough water

14600919_1356265544392547_2766570888497504441_n — Paternoster – watching me watching them

14639749_1356265691059199_8038664844428365674_n — Saldana – seems somehow to fit into the landscape

14639770_1356062667746168_8197354384548314621_n — Langebaan –

14601053_1356064007746034_3750556411323599398_n — my turn next visit

https://youtu.be/RO2AN0RbdXw&rel=0

14581367_1356064021079366_1356393935410134670_n

14666234_1356064104412691_8299845811771489175_n — always 🙂 🙂 🙂

14915587_1356265727725862_1514279025368375141_n — Always ahead of me

14581462_1356265747725860_987196325853947264_n — driving back on R27 : The mountain, a magnet for the eye

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Time with friends

Such a special time with friends from so long ago. Time marches forward to a rhythm that isn’t always of our choosing, so when the opportunity arises to suspend ‘life’ and savour the memories and the present, why wouldn’t I?

This was such an occasion.