As I mentioned in a previous post, I happened upon some photos from last year that brought back fond memories of some 2011 highlights. This is the second and last part of the photo publishing so here goes:
First up there was my trip to Bulungula on the Wildcoast with Aly. I planned this trip as a celebration of the completion of my thesis and it did not disappoint. Check out the link to this beautiful spot
here. I am not going to delve into all the reasons why I love this place, because you should go yourself. Have a look at the photos below, check out the website and book a holiday! It was just the tonic for me and lovely to share it with Aly too.
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| Aly and I on a rowing expedition on the Xhorra River - Bulungula |
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| Check out this incredible stretch of coastline - Bulungula |
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| Sunrise at Bulungula |
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| Another view of the coastline and villages - Bulungula |
Then it was off to my cousin Erica's wedding at Verlorenkloof in Mpumalanga. I love family gatherings so. They always tend to showcase the best and worst in some kind of plastered-on-smile manic quasi celebration with the volume turned up. The wedding was all it should be I suppose, although I prefer to keep the broader mother-load of my - apparently radical - opinions off-line. Those who know me well will be familiar with my sentiments regarding the wedding industry generally. That said, there were plenty laughs and some Johnson-sibling-dance-floor-jigga to boot. Good times. Just have a look at that ridiculous brother of mine.
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| Phillip and Charlotte at the Verlorenkloof wedding |
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| Phil, Aly and I at the wedding. I don't look great but the beer foam on the tip of Phil's nose is pretty special |
Below is a photo of Winston the cat taken when I was in DC during March-April 2011. I facilitated the acquisition of a kitten for Aly when she was still living in SA circa 2004-2005 and Winston soon became quite famous in our circles. That is mostly because he possesses a ripper of a personality, loves attention and frequently responds like a dog, has major aggression issues with other cats and vets, and is remarkably good looking too (this is what I am told), according to US vets especially. Apparently they fawn over this "African" cat something fierce when he goes in for check-ups. His relocation - some would say displacement - to the US was also quite the story but he made it safe and sound in the end and has now been reformed into an apartment cat. He has a funny habit of getting into bags, boxes and all manner of empty receptacles whenever he can. I am not sure what he is looking for in there, or if he is somehow harking back to the 20 odd hours he spent caged-up in the cargo hold of an SAA Boeing 737 bound for Dulles Airport in DC. Bless him.
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| Winston the African cat, simulating his trip over from SA - Washington DC |
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| A little bit of playground goof-around - Cape Town work trip |
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| Charlotte taking photos at the Sea Point Promenade |
Lastly, the end of last year saw a proliferation of
Safehouse gatherings. Many of them ended in the wee hours, often with table dancing and other more unspeakable things. Lots of booze was consumed, lots of good times had, drunken sing-alongs, braais, deep conversations, etc. Weirdly (not) I found only one photo of a gathering from last year - Jan, Busi, Kim and the (in) famous Rashie in attendance. It all looks fairly tame too, but don't be fooled. Observe the classy crate garden furniture. Fond memories, although I'm sure there would be more if it didn't end up getting so inevitably blurry.
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| Kim, Busi, Rashi and Jan at the Safehouse - latter half of 2011 |
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