Ouch!

Luckily a reverse tangle with a tree and not another vehicle. 

Lorenzo

Using his father's Swiss French charm, Antoine entertained us with a comedy about melancholia.

Facebook unplugged.

This little piggy went to Cambodia...

Volunteers collect for Oxfam at the Garden of Unearthly Delights

Streuth Ruth!

Blazing glory for the Reds

Reds have a convincing win over Central Coast Mariners with the jubilant fans flaring up.

Fun at the fringe

Wild weather continues

43 degrees one day flooded the next.

 Not sure how the fringe organisers will be feeling about the opening of the fringe tomorrow with Rymill Park under water. (facebook photo)

The new pool

When it's 40, throwing yourself in the pool is just the ticket.

The latest use for the hills hoist...a shady pergola

Lucky ostriches!

Shanty towns under the shadow of Table Mountain.

Brave parking.

Not fearful of a tow this guy parks right next to the warning sign at Table Mountain, Cape Town.

U.S. Spying.....(?!)

Happy Australia Day 2014

Women's work...Botswana

A mere 20kg each...on their heads!!!

Table mountain table cloth

Our last view of Table mountain with its customary cloth of cloud draped over it. 

 

Nelson Mandela's tooth

The Shenton tradition with fallen teeth is not to call on the tooth fairy but to offer the tooth to whatever exotic location is on offer. This time India thought her tooth would be a fitting tribute to Nelson Mandela so we placed it surreptitiously in his exercise yard at Robben Island where he had hidden his manuscript for "The Long Walk to Freedom"

Dalai Lama meets Neldon Mandela

As I prepared to meet Nelson  Mandela I considered that his reputation was in fact larger than anyone else's. But only in this case was the individual much larger than his reputation. ~ his holiness the Dalai Lama.