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Which way is up? The view from one of the bird hides at Rondevlei Nature Reserve.

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The view from one of the parking lots at work. I heart Cape Town. :)

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This is what happens when you ignore your mom's orders to go and have a nap after lunch.

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The little monkey snuggling up to the monkey he got for his birthday.

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heh.

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Freshly baked chocolate muffin and custard for pudding. Yummy!

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Walk from the Tokai Arboretum to Elephant's Eye. Ok, actually, I didn't get to the top, but I got reeeeeeally close....

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A trip to see Australopithecus Sediba at the South African Museum.

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Kick-off at a match between Nigeria and South Africa's under 20 teams, at the new Cape Town stadium. An incredibly photogenic stadium and a stunning outing for the kids.

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A picnic at Silvermine on Easter Monday. And yes, no editing: the water really was that colour.

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This is Hannah moments before the children were set loose on an Easter egg hunt this morning. Anticipation? Just a little...

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The kids stayed at my sister's for the duration of my trip. This was taken after the drive home. Clearly, being with your aunt and cousin for a few days is an exhausting experience.

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How can you go to Kimberley and not go to see Die Groot Gat, right? I didn't expect to be, but I was impressed!

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The library in which I'm presenting my workshop is said to be haunted. The story goes that a former librarian committed suicide by drinking arsenic. There are several ghosts here, but the one that interested me was that of the wife of the librarian, who found his body 3 days after he died. According to the current librarian, those who see her always see her in the same place, wearing a black cloak and looking out of the window. I took this photo hoping to capture her, but no luck. :)

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I'm in Kimberley for 2 nights, running a workshop on digitisation. Plenty of photo opportunities here.

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Today's pic not taken by me. A day spent in Hout Bay, finishing at the Riding Centre, where Hannah attended a birthday party. Jonah was desperate to touch and ride the horses. Next time...

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Proof that your camera should be with you at all times. I was just arriving home when I saw the most spectacular pink in the sunset. Ran inside to grab my camera, but by the time I got back outside, the pink was all but gone.

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View from where we camped over the weekend. Oh, how we suffered. :)

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Probably one of the last swims of the summer.

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I couldn't capture this properly, but as I was walking from my car to work, I saw these rays of sunshine through the clouds - breathtaking.

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Building Lego after splashing in the pool. What a life.

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Fruit tree #Fail

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The backdrop to a play my children put on for me. The ironing lady is apparently me.

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Random building on UKZN campus which I found myself on last week. I spent two days in Durban, attending a workshop and giving a presentation.

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What I want to know is, why is the air duct in my new office a crime scene?

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At the beginning of the busiest and most insane work week, my laptop decided to explode. Here it is in pieces.

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P16 - where the rest park. A 10 minute walk from here down to your office. Sigh.

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Do you think I should be worried?

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I love Jonah's hair. It has attitude.

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Just call me Shorn.

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Working on a Saturday. Not so cool.

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Healthy eating while the kids are with their father.

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I loathe coming home after a full day's work to this. Sigh.

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My boy went on an SOS camp this week and came back today. First time he's been away from home on a camp. I feel all grown up.

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And there she goes.

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Last night for my nbf before she goes back to her island. Wish she wasn't going.

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According to the fruitbat, our water is rilly cold. :)

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Here's where we went to send the fruitbat home. She missed her flight and now she's here for a little while longer. Hurrah!

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Last gasp party for the fruitbat friend before she goes back to her little island in the Mediterranean.

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Yay for lovely friends.

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I walk past this mural almost daily and I have no idea who painted it or what it's about. Time to do some research...

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For some reason, rainy weather puts me in a real funk. Today, it rained most of the day. This is a pic of the road I walk between my building and the main one in which most of the rest of the staff work. It looks particularly depressing when it's raining.

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I arrived this afternoon to a clean, neat house. Within 10 minutes of being home, my entire lounge was transformed into a battlefield of tiny plastic soldiers. Happily, I didn't get too much complaint about tidying up, because I gave James, the eldest, a broom to sweep it up. He thought that was cool.

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A stunning day spent with friends, braaiing in Tokai forest. This pic taken after lunch, lying on a picnic blanket and admiring the trees.

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Relaxed kitteh.

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First week of work, first week of school. I so needed a bubble bath tonight.

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Apparently some people are reeeeeeeeeally relaxed when they sleep...

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Walking off the pie at lunchtime.

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I go on leave for a month and this thing appears in one of the buildings where I work. I have no idea what it is. Does it have a purpose? Should it?

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Tea break during my first day back at work this year. I so enjoyed my holiday. Sigh.