Sunkissed

Early morning sunshine on the distant hill top - bringing the promise of a clear and sunny day! Yay. This is the Jacques Kallis cricket oval at Wynberg Boys High School.

Grubbing

The Wynberg Boys High resident African Harrier-hawk (that used to be known as a Gymnogene). This gangly bird uses its long double-jointed legs to reach into cavities and nests (especially weaver's nests) in trees. While we watched it dug out some delicious looking grubs from this old oak tree.

Silverhurst

Surveying his domain is Monty, the resident dog at Silverhurst, a stately old Victorian house on the grounds of Wynberg Boys High School that is now the residence of the headmaster and his family. The book Wynberg: A Special Place by Helen Robinson, says that Silverhurst, situated on the crest of Wynberg Hill, used to belong to a wealthy merchant, Isadore Hanau but is now part of the school which must have some of the most beautiful grounds of any school in the world. The Eric Tasker Museum - filled with memorabilia relating to the school's long and illustrous history, has recently been relocated to Silverhurst and is well worth a visit. Contact the Wynberg Old Boys Union for information.

Dark days

Dark days for Western Province rugby. Cape Town's rugby-mad population are feeling a bit bleak after our drubbing by the Natal Sharks. Haai Noon indeed! This is Wynberg Boys High School's "Cabbage Patch" playing field with the boys' newly planted vineyard beyond the posts and a misty Table Mountain in the background.

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Grey skies

Grey birds and grey skies this morning. Hadedas in the dead branches at the very top of this ancient old pine tree on the edge of the rugby fields at Wynberg Boys High School.

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Just walking to work

On Tuesday I meet my sister and her dogs for a walk in the grounds of Wynberg Boys High School - a privilege for which we pay the school R365 per year. This morning we passed these three elegant ladies on their way to work and it struck me how fortunate they are to have such a pleasant walk to work.
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Moon over Trovato Estate

Walking the dogs in the Wynberg High School fields this morning, this was the view that confronted us. A beautiful, almost full moon was still hanging around, and Tovato House (that gives its name to the area - Trovato Estate) was lit up by the rising sun. Table Mountain in the background.
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O is for Oceans Day

Today was too wet and windy to go to the beach to celebrate Oceans Day, but we all are wearing blue jeans and will endeavour to "wear blue and tell two". Our two interesting facts are:

1. The Cape Clawless Otter, whose statue is seen at Kirstenbosch near the Dell, lives and hunts in both freshwater and seawater on the Cape Peninsula. They spend their days in holts (dens) in dry, sandy places under overhanging rocks or in thickets in coastal vegetaion. These holts have a very strong, characteristic musky smell so look out for one when you walk along a less crowded beach one day.

2. Some scientists think that all the water in the oceans came from comets that struck the newly forming Earth and melted into water.

A geyser in Wynberg?

What is this water gushing out of the ground? Volcanic activity or a burst water pipe?

Wooah! Let me see.

Today in history. The original inhabitants of the Cape, the Khoikhoi, feel the pressure of colonization in 1659.

Cricket for the birds

A wintry morning sky over the Jacques Kallis Oval at Wynberg Boy's High School. Although Kallis has been doing quite well in the 2020 World Cup in the West Indies, his innings yesterday was rather plodding, and Saeed Ajmal dismissed him for 22 runs, leaving the Proteas 56 for 3 after 10.5 overs. Pakistan went on to win by 11 runs, knocking us out of the tournament.
Perhaps cricket is better left to the hadedas after all.