My first time in a W Cafe, thought I'd give it a try. A bit laanie, like the Pistachio Oats I ordered. People watching, reading a book

Bowie's not yet ready to face the day 🐻‍❄

Strong candidate for biological name of the year 'Here, we discovered that foreign chloroplasts are housed within novel, host-derived organelles we term “kleptosomes.” Kleptosomes use ATP-sensitive ion channels to maintain a luminal environment that supports chloroplast photosynthesis & longevity.'

Puffadder, captured near Paarl. Ginormous! seen elsewhere

"This girl captured the COOLEST video of the meteor that fell in Portugal." substack.com/@jameslucasi...

"We are so scared to live because, in doing so, we would have to step out of our comfort zone and discover who we are." - Alberto Garcia open.substack.com/pub/albertog...

"Most of the discussion on the move from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy is about tackling climate change... there is also a much more exciting change going on, one that can create opportunity and radically shift how we think about energy overall." www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/the-electr...

"the approaches employed in Western drug development & Chinese medicine were different, with Chinese medicine emphasising combination therapies and a “whole body” approach to symptoms of disease, while also recognising social and environmental factors." www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Dit is my storie: Bowie's in the city - week 3. A blommetjies trip to Darling and a wedding open.substack.com/pub/oppad/p/...

A nice place for walk: 16-mile beach in Yzerfontein

Grotto Bay, WesKus 🌻

Mimi is d'bomb 🐶

serene, peaceful 🐻‍❄🐶

Hello Darling! 🐻‍❄

The Renosterveld around Darling is a treat! Flowers below taken at Waylands Wildflower Reserve. Insect repellant advised -33.41312500 , 18.41684830

Bowie and I are off to see some blommetjies, today in the Darling region (renostervled) www.darlingwildflowers.co.za/local-wildfl...

Mimi's lying on my left arm , Bowie on my legs. No moving, asseblief 🐻‍❄🐶

“So here we are again, and how do we find hope in these existential/surreal times…To turn on the news, go on social, or where I live, leaving one’s home even feels like submitting to gaslighting. It is sometimes too much to hold.” koss-works.com/instead-of-w...

sausage roll 🐶

our Heritage Day treat: Kerri Afval and Bobotie 🇿🇦 ("our" means that Bowie & Mimi will getting some as well) Don't drink too much - enjoy! 🇿🇦

Orange Satyre (Satyrium coriifolium) is a species of orchid endemic to the Cape Provinces that I've found on the local park #HeritageDay www.inaturalist.org/taxa/559979-...

Karoo kuns www.instagram.com/p/DO8F73fCEB...

Bowie Blommetjie 🌻🐻‍❄

It's been a while! 🎨 Critique and guidance, asseblief

My assistant, tearing up blankets 🎨🐻‍❄

Mimi’s turn 🐶

sun's up good morning 🐻‍❄

My Storie: Bowie's in the city [week 2] open.substack.com/pub/oppad/p/...

Seen on Slangkop, Aug 2025: Orchid Ladieshand (Cyanella orchidiformis)

a second-hand bookshop 📚🫣

Bowie's checking out the birds 🐻‍❄

Piketberg Viooltjie (Lachenalia callista), seen on the Versfeldspas to Piket-Bo-Berg

oh dear! Mimi has stolen Bowie's bone, who had stolen it from Mimi. Saturday Night Live 🐻‍❄🐶

As Bowie may not take Mimi for a walk, he's now taking himself 🐻‍❄

Mimi, walkies! 🐶

Not wrong 🍋

A beautiful sunrise in the city good morning 🌻

Bowie Beertjie in Fish Hoek today🐻‍❄

Studio-line 🎨

lekker rustig 🐻‍❄

'n Blommetjie vir jou Cape Tulps (Subgenus Homeria), Piket-Bo-Berg, 15 Sept 2025 Good morning 🌻

A lekker catch-up today with @charlayn.bsky.social. A wonderful "plaas sop", lemon and ginger cake with a melktert custard, and stories and reminiscences. As I had been away most of the day, both Mimi and Bowie got a big beentjie 🐻‍❄🐶

Strange fruit hanging from trees in Mississippi again. youtu.be/Bn6DKuEleUg?...

so noisy, these city dogs!

Six weeks and nearly 4 months🐻‍❄️💚

Happy Pythagorean Triple Square Day! Today’s date is made of 3 perfect squares and they form a Pythagorean triple: 3² + 4² = 5² This only happens once a century. x.com/fermatslibra...

Bowie has decided that it's too early for a walk 🐻‍❄

A road less travelled, Piket-Bo-Berg

a short kuier in Piket-Bo-Berg. Genugtig, dit is mooi!