Sublime Sunset

One of the best things about living in Hout Bay is the sublime sunsets we get on most evenings.

Tonight's sunset looked as though it was a photograph of purplish pink cotton balls falling through the air, with a faded blue/light yellow swathe below them. Electric pink ripped through the hazy blue and yellow. Whenever I see a beautiful sunset, I try to memorise it, but the picture fades very soon. While looking at this sunset, I realised that this picture would soon be lost too.

An amphibian visitor

A few weeks ago, there was an endangered Leopard Toad outside the back door at home. My mother provided a welcome distraction from studying (it was after eight o'clock) when she called me to come and see our little green visitor.

More information on Leopard Toads here: www.leopardtoad.co.za/