Arty Fartying Around

I was busy uploading recent pix in my last post, but my computer and I both ran out of steam, so the post ended somewhat abruptly! And I never got to the really cool bit of recent family history,...

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I am sitting here in the middle of the night, unable to sleep because of a million loose ends jangling in my mind... and decided to visit my blog. How weird is that... as I typed it I realise t...

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And here is a recipe for using up all that leftover turkey! remove skin and break cold turkey meat into small pieces. Sauce: 12.5 ml oil 1 small onion, chopped 12.5 ml curry powder 125 ml chick...

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We took Ethan on a visit to the VW Auto Pavilion today. It is a really amazing place to go if you are into cars, and even more so if you grew up a few decades ago and have fond memories of the be...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/09/heres-one-for-all-you-autophiles-if.html

As I look back over this blog, one thing that recurs over and over is the "circle of life." We have suffered many losses over the last few years, including my dad, Max's mom and dad, our cat Josh...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/08/circle-of-life.html

I have posted another photo album from our recent trip to Turkey and Bulgaria, on my facebook page. This features the fascinating village of Pamukkale in central Turkey. It is home to an ancient ...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/07/still-armchair-travelling.html

Hi, I'm afraid I've been neglecting this blog for a while. I have been uploading lots of holiday photos but it is just so much easier on Facebook. So if you want to see more of our trip to Turkey...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-travels.html

The madness of the last few weeks has been dramatically exchanged for pure bliss. Max-e and I are in Istanbul, en route to see our kids and granddaughter in Bugaria next month. No matter how ma...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/06/istanbul-oh-wow.html

Sorry about the previous rant... i considered deleting it, because it is uncharacteristic of me to let things get me down that much... and I essentially am a "glass half full with lots of potenti...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/06/equilibrium-returns-whew.html

Sheesh, being a bleeding heart idealist who takes on Quixotic challenges is SUCH hard work! I poured heart and soul into COPE for three months leading up to the elections. I won't go into it all...

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Sunrise is getting later and later, as we head rapidly towards mid winter, so we get to see it nearly every morning now. How can a day not be great when it starts like this? Thanks for the vi...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/05/there-was-hole-in-sky-that-sun-poured.html

After a particularly gruelling renovation involving an obscene quantity of old carpet glue and copious amounts of sandpaper and noisy cumbersome machinery, not to mention getting through the proc...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/05/rush-of-blood-to-head-well-at-least-it.html

...... So with that breathtaking realisation... I have stopped waiting, and accepted that life is a series of unplanned (and often planned, but bigger than intended) events and tasks, and so it i...

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Oh dear, time seems to have been flying by, I hardly know where to start! The last month has been a roller coaster ride of travels, elections, exhibitions, hardcore political discussions on faceb...

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To finish up the Capetown trip, I will share a few pictures of the third day. After another wonderful sunrise from the roof deck, and breakfast on the pretty little front patio, we trundled off ...

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Continuing our trip to the Mother City, we went to bed after a hectic day and woke up the next morning to ash in the doorway. Going up onto the rooftop deck, with its wonderful 360 degree views, ...

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I just got back from 3 days R&R in Capetown. Believe it or not, this was my first trip alone with a friend (Apart from day trips of course!) Max and I are so in tune when travelling, so I was not...

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Not really! Life is cool, just like the sound of that, it is the title of a nice music album I once owned, and seemed to suit these reflections, taken recently at Port St Francis. It is the ki...

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On the home front, the hope of a chance to make things better politically has been keeping many of us busy. Up until now, I have felt "fenced in" by the fact that the ruling party is getting more...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/02/dont-fence-me-in.html

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass ..... It's about learning to dance in the rain." or in this case, being willing to run around taking photos in the rain.... and capturing a beaut...

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I just seem to be so absorbed in art, politics, fighting crime, etc. lately, that when I do have spare time, I am too tired to put my thoughts down in any coherent way, to either post or visit an...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/01/photo-journal-last-couple-of-months.html

The reason I have been so scarce..... a new political party has emerged onto the scene in South Africa. I have checked it out on the facebook groups and discussion boards, and it looks very prom...

http://arty-fartying-around.blogspot.com/2009/01/cope-ing-with-political-change.html

the sign says it all..... Wishing all my friends in blogland the very best of everything in 2009. Thanks for the visit. Please note that all photos are clickable if you want to see them ful...

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Here's something you don't see every day! The small helicopter landed in a swamp, and started sinking. In order not to lose it, the large one was called in for an emergency recovery, to pull it...

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Ok, so it is a sort of unwritten, accepted fact that, when you live in Africa, life is seldom logical and predictable. In fact it is one of the attractions of living in this crazy-colourful-chari...

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