“The next time you see a spider web, please, pause and look a little closer. You’ll be seeing one of the most high-performance materials known to man” – Cheryl Hayashi Project 365: #174 We have literally jumped from summer at 28 degrees C to 10 overnight with cold windy conditions as a result of the…
Day 173: Senior Day at field hockey
“We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals” – Randa Abdel-Fattah Project 365: #173 Today we were part of a special tradition at school of honoring the seniors at field hockey. The match began with all seniors, and afterwards they were…
Day 172: Watch this space
“Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt”- William Allingham Project 365: #172 Watch this space through the kitchen window…the leaves are changing. The tree at the bottom of the garden has a definite red hue – can’t wait for two weeks. Every day they…
Day 171: Budd Lake, NJ
“The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world” – Georges Simenon Project 365: #171 We ventured on a little trip in the area before heading back to the airport today. Sadly, all good things must come to an end…back to reality. This is Budd Lake, not far from home. We are…
Day 170: Central Park, NYC
“Joy comes from places you least expect it. It’s usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming” – Dave Gahan Project 365: #170 Today was an enormous adventure. Being the country bumpkin that I am, growing up in the backwaters of SA, a…