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Once upon a time…..
…. in a time when there were less speed-maniacs from Cape Town and Gauteng on the rural roads of South Africa, Frikkie and his wife Riana, so goes the story and South Africans are good story-tellers,...
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Pictures from the square yard 1: Store Cafe; The Gate
The Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt made a living by observing from his ‘own’ chair and table on a terrace in Amsterdam. He wrote about objects he saw, about people and interaction between them, the sky,...
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A Fairy-tale from Stanford
A friend of us in the village used to make ‘faeries’. He made a good living out of it and even employed people from (hate that expression:) ‘previously disadvantaged communities‘ (which are BTW still...
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Pictures from the square yard 6: Store Cafe; The Leak
The Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt made a living by observing from his ‘own’ chair and table on a terrace in Amsterdam. He wrote about objects he saw, about people and interaction between them, the sky,...
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Pictures from the square yard 8: Store Cafe; In a hurry
The Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt made a living by observing from his ‘own’ chair and table on a terrace in Amsterdam. He wrote about objects he saw, about people and interaction between them, the sky,...
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Pictures from the square yard 15: Thandi; cutting the grass
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The fragrance of POTpourri …
And the smell goes on….. Flower tasting is like wine tasting. A bottle can have an attractive label and the wine-maker an appealing story. Etc., etc. That does not mean that the wine is good although...
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Pictures from the square yard 17: Thandi; Flower
The Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt made a living by observing from his ‘own’ chair and table on a terrace in Amsterdam. He wrote about objects he saw, about people and interaction between them, the sky,...
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Twist and Shout
This morning’s ‘Twist and Shout’ reminded me to a Beatles song of the sixties… (3 pics). But maybe you have another association or story.. (?)…
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The story of Dassie and the elephant
One day, a long, long time ago (long before the first European settlers set foot on Table Mountain), Dassie and the elephant were crossing a wooden bridge somewhere in the Overberg region in the...
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The inside story of a Freesia in Black and White
Could not resist. Wrote yesterday that I’ll be back on this blog next Friday. Well … love this photo soooooo much …. etc., etc., And now I’m out!!! Filed under: art, flowers, fotografia, fotografie,...
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Initiation without the butcher
This post is a bit out of the context of this blog but I have to get rid of it. Just read it as some kind as ‘Thought on a Sunday Morning‘ If you look into all kinds of remarks on social media it’s...
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The Banana House
A bit further on in our street is a little house which is known as the ‘Banana House’ but there is nobody in the village who knows where this name comes from. Has it been a shed for the storage of...
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The South African whose funeral attracted more Afro-Africans than that of...
From history people can learn that history is always repeating itself. Unfortunately history is not high on the list of subjects in education so people forget or are unaware of the existence of certain...
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The story of the wheelbarrow and the water tap
Filed under: fotografia, fotografie, Herman van Bon Photography, imaginary, photography Tagged: story, tap, water, wheelbarrow
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A rest after the delivery
In my youth in The Netherlands parents told their children story that babies are delivered by storks. In South Africa I haven’t seen storks so it must be a relative; the heron. Filed under: Africa,...
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Puzzle Picture 10; The absurd surrealistic story of …
…. the Nguni cattle, the Zulu, the snail and the spirits that bee … Filed under: art, fotografia, fotografie, Herman van Bon Photography, imaginary, landscape, photography Tagged: Nguni cattle, puzzle...
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Photo Art or Photo-Software Skills?
Some people think it’s #ART: a flower against a black background. For me it’s just skills but I know that if I add a nice story to it this image will increase in value. Just a thought on a Sunday...
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The two sides of a beautiful story
Filed under: fotografia, fotografie, Herman van Bon Photography, photography, portrait Tagged: story
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Grootbek (Big Mouth) -2 pictures-
Every morning when I wake up and go outside Grootbek has to tell me a story. Filed under: animals, fotografia, fotografie, Herman van Bon Photography, landscape, nature, photography Tagged: Big mouth,...
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