Over the weekend of 16/17 June our beloved Great Dane, Anna, fell ill and died on Monday, the 18th. After Anna’s death, Kerneels, her canine mate, refused to lift his leg in our own garden, so I had to take him out on walks three, four times per day. And he’s a fast walker that one! So, each day now I have to fit in a few kilometres of “walking the dog” and decided to take my camera with on our walks and capture some of the scenes and people of our beautiful village. And just so you know… Kerneels, normally a handsome dog, with ears alert and tail curled and bushy, hates having his photo taken! Then he gets this dejected, feeling sorry for himself, look!
19 July 2018: Today, Kerneels and I, again took a different route for our daily walk. Down the dirt road at the end of our street and up the hill to the village and down Caledon Street to the river and then with Vlei Street back up the hill to our street and back home. Caledon Street was once called Piet Street, because of all the people called Piet living there… there were Piet Maree the policeman, Piet Barends, Pietie Skoenmakertjie (the shoemaker), Pietie Appel, Piet Dempers, Piet Sheriff, Piet du Toit, Piet Bek, Piet Titus and his son Piet…
Although a grey cloudy kind of day, all along the streets there are definite signs and smells of spring advancing rapidly now – jasmine, arum lilies, moon flowers, blue felicia’s… Birds are changing into their breeding feathers and colours… the pin-tailed whydah’s tail feathers are growing and he’s already fighting his own reflection in the side mirrors of cars!
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Villagers are out walking their dogs and children on skateboards are doing amazing stunts in the streets.
It was a long walk… and we were both quite exhausted when we finally arrived home.
Blue gum trees lining the dirt road.
Bontebok in a field next to the new cemetery
My eldest son, Thys Basson and their Bella.
I love blue gum trees… their coloured bark and the sound of the wind through their leaves.
Aloes are flowering all over Stanford.
The first blossoms appearing… spring is near!
Canine friends along the way…
Fiscal flycatcher
Fresh flowers on the grave of a young woman who had been brutally murdered a few years ago in Hermanus.
At last a decent photo of Kerneels!
Kerneels “kissing” young Burton Dreyer
Young Burton Dreyer
Meisie, Elzane and Shwaan were playing amongst the trees while a family member’s grave has been dug.
Shelton and George busy digging the late Susan Present’s grave
Linda and the young ones… Meisie, Elzane and Burton
Sharon
Morning glory bud
A patch of arum lilies along the wandelpad
The dirt road at the end of our street…
Caledon Street… or what once was called Piet Street.
Felicias
Wagtail on a roof
Wagtail and jasmine…
A rose in a friend’s front garden
A rose in a friend’s front garden
Pointsettia… Karlienblom flowering in Caledon Street
Aloe flower
More aloes
Young girls enjoying a walk down to the river…
The Kleinrivier
Kerneels’s first time at the river… somehow we never got to do the river walk before with both him and Anna
Reflections
Reflections
Reflections
Reflections
Moonflowers
Moonflowers
Moonflowers
Moonflowers
Geranium buds
Aloe flower
Aloe flower
Beautiful bluegum tree
Dr John Fürsman
Dr John Fürsman also out on a walk with his two doggies
A beautiful willow tree at the entrance to Vlei street
Coming out on our side of the village across the bridge in Queen Vic street we met Elsa Gebhardt and Allan Youens and their dexter. Allan kindly offered to hold Kerneels while I was trying to take photos of the skateboarder.
Dexter
This young man was so fast that I could not even properly take aim… he just zipped past in a flash… and a car came speeding past also… so I just shot and thought to myself, whatever comes out, will sure be a fun photo! And it is!
Looks like an alien ship doing some very low flying…
At last I got a decent picture of the young man!
Swings in the kiddies play park…
Pin-tailed Whydah high up in willow tree… see the little tail feathers are starting to grow!!
Hibiscus bud
Bluegum trees lining the new cemetery
Dust from passing cars…