Skywatch Friday :

With Wimbledon on the go at the moment and having watched some the history making mammoth game between 'David and Goliath' with a game went to an unbelievable 68-70 !!!! .. thought I'd post a 'London sky' from our trip to England and Ireland last year ...

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Skywatch Friday :

Not particularly a 'genuine' skywatch post, but there is a little bit of sky in each photo! - pale wintry ... very cold ... in fact freezing temperatures!!!)



Yesterday I went with Jeanette and the boys on our new express 'Gautrain', in Johannesburg, which was launched a few weeks ago ..

The initial stage is open .. from Sandton to OR Tambo International Airport and as it's school holidays at the moment and Jeanette had taken a few days off work, we decided to take the boys on their first train trip (they had never been on any sort of train before) ..

... they were in awe .. at the speed .. the view from the window ...

... the whole experience !!!!

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Skywatch Friday :

Sunrise - Ballito, Kwa Zulu Natal a few years ago ... my favourite sunrises

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Skywatch Friday :

Blue sky ... a fountain ... and a drake facing the morning sun ...



.. "excuse me ... this is my better side !"

Erinvale Country Estate and Spa, Somerset West, Western Cape

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Skywatch Friday :

Hubby and I returned yesterday from a couple of days in the Cape ... this was the evening sky last Saturday in Kalk Bay - a small town along the False Bay coastline, Cape Town - the sea was flat and calm with soft watercolour shades ...

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Skywatch Friday :

After my ordeal yesterday with the 'sky falling down on me' .. I spotted this silver lining in the late afternoon sky ....

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Skywatch Friday :

I love this photo which my hubby took at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland on our holiday last year. The sun was shining ... a wishy-washy sunshine ... and the sky and sea rippled in the same way ..

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Skywatch Friday :

Blue sky ... puff of cloud ... Pincushion proteas ... (one of the many proteas found here - protea being South Africa's national flower)

Somerset West, Western Cape (my brother's garden to be exact!)

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Skywatch Friday :

Boo !!

First impressions of the dark shadowy 'ghost' faded fast .. when I got out the camera to take his photo, his arm on the left of pic, was quickly disappearing ... I suppose that's what ghosts do .. they come and then 'poof' ... they go !!

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Weekly Winners :

Measuring .. sifting .. mixing ....

.. add some Smarties ..

... and some candles ...

... add a birthday boy ...

.. and a little mind that says .. when I can dig into this cake !! ...

... add a birthday prezzie ...

... a mommy who can guide and teach ...

... and a big brother to look over your shoulder ...

... makes one happy face !!! (Mommy got the best photo - from the front!)

Add some flowers ...

... indigenous Nerine's like pink spiders dancing in the breeze ...

.. and sparkling crystal ....


... of my exquisitely, beautiful bud vase from Waterford Crystal in Ireland ...

.. catching the sunlight .... ping !!!!

Add one of our resident froggies which hopped around last night under the watchful eye .. and nose .. of Jackie ...

Add a glorious sunset ....

... and you have my Weekly Winners for this week !!!

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Skywatch Friday :

Yesterday .... a hot, cloudless and hazy day in Cape Town .... from the top of Signal Hill ...

.... looking down across Table Bay to Robben Island ... seemed appropriate for yesterday as it was the 20th anniversary of the 'walk to freedom' of Nelson Mandela who had been imprisoned on Robben Island for many years ....

The foreground puts it into perspective with the new Greenpoint Soccer Stadium built for the 2010 world soccer which is taking place in all the major cities in South Africa ...

.... and looking back from where I was standing to take the photo above .... how could I not include Table Mountain embracing the part of the City of Cape Town ...

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Skywatch Friday : Cape Town

From the top of Table Mountain ... her 'table cloth' wafting over ...

... one can see, through wispy cloud, down to Lions Head, with the new Greenpoint Soccer Stadium at the base of Signal Hill and Robben Island in the distance ...

Hubby and I are winging our way down to Cape Town on Sunday, for a few days - be back on Thursday ...

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Skywatch Friday :

Early morning sunshine at Aughanure Castle, Co. Galway - October '09

Bear with me - have lots of beautiful Irish skies from our wonderful holiday in October to Ireland - such a beautiful country!!!

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Skywatch Friday :

On top of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

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Sunset over False Bay, Cape, South Africa

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Skywatch Friday :

Could this be Santa criss-crossing the sky ? !!!!!

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Skywatch Friday :

This is Uva Mira Wine Estate ..
.. the highest wine estate in the Stellenbosch region of the Cape in South Africa ..

.. which is well known for it's Chardonnay ..

.. and spectacular views (a little hazy on this day) of False Bay with the mountains in the background, one of which is the side view of Table Mountain and if you look to the extreme left along the horizon there is Cape Point ...

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Skywatch Friday :

Flying above the clouds .. with the moon and a new day dawning ...

Peek-a-boo sunshine !!

No Skywatch next week for me .. I am flying down to the Cape to spend time with my Mum and family ... but in the meantime ... there are more skies linked to Skywatch ..