Christmas At The Esplanade

This year East London's Beachfront is going to sparkle under the new red, green, golden, blue and silver light of hundred's of Baobab wire Christmas trees, that the municipality has set up on the boardwalk.

The beachfront looks absolutely amazing at night.

New Christmas Decoration Baobab Wire Trees

The Godfather Of All Garden Gnome's

I just wanted to say this is a mighty big garden gnome.

A Special Prayer

A special prayer at a special place

While walking through the dunes, I came across a special prayer somebody had made before me.

Driftwood cross at Bonza Bay Beach

I Have Found My Place

The colors have not been changed or altered in this picture. The dried out shell of the crayfish had become what I call a mystical purple.

Death Is A Silent Hunter

Death is a silent hunter

with no shame at all

and who was to witness him when he came in the brightest of light
just the oldest one of trees 

And where there was great beauty once

there is now absolutely none !

And all their mighty 

strong and sharp claws

could not help them at all

escape their grim fate

when this creature's father came along.

The Glory Of The Turban

The turban, the head-wrap, the head-scarf, whatever it is called has added glamor and shine to women's appearance all over the world through the centuries and across the colors and nations. From Marlene Dietrich to Miriam Makeba. 

But nobody can wrap it like the African gals. 

And since the turban has conquered the fashion scene once more with all its might we have developed a range of cotton head-wraps produced and made locally in South-Africa.

So wrap it , wear it and do not be shy at all like we do it here in Africa.

LOOKING AT YOU

And finally she is looking at you 

Dreaming of the Motherland

Cheetahs on a game farm in a very big enclosure

but still too small for their mind

Dreaming of the Motherland

THE PALE DEAD CRAB

A very beautiful specimen. I have created a black, night sky background for this image.
It seems as if he is floating through the universe like a giant space shuttle.

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THE HUNG UP CRAB

He was still complete, no arms and legs or other body parts missing.!

CRAB MEAT

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The Alien Crab

Today everything is about crabs. There are days when the sea spits them out in great number and varieties and you can find them just like that on the beach

A SEAGULL'S GRACE

A GREY SEAGULL'S FLIGHT ACROSS THE SEA

A BROWN SEAGULL'S FLIGHT ACROSS THE DUNES

Reclaimed Childhood

A Poem Of The Sea, The Vast Blue Sky And The Connection Of Two Souls

The beach has stayed the same in the years while my hair grew grey

I know what you are looking at and I have seen it too
and sometimes I still do!

and I can feel your thoughts

Through the thunder of the waves I hear you call

Help me please, is what you say

Time has begun to stretch

and I realize

I have been waiting such a long time for this moment.