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“Hello Darkness My Old Friend”

I suppose you can all recognise these opening words from the song by Simon and Garfunkel called The Sounds Of Silence. The context in which I am using them is a...

Sea Rescue - Father Christmas On the Canals

Every year on Boxing Day (24th December) in St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape, the local Station 21 of the National Sea Rescue Institute hosts Father Christmas. He a...

Muizenberg Beach - Photograph

Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula, is where I grew up during the 60's. Beautiful wide beach with white sand, colourfully painted bathing boxes...

Boats And Anything That Floats!

By now all you readers must have realised that I love boats, boats and anything that floats! My love of boats started at a young age when my Dad bought a small ...

Entry for Artstorm Contest #52 - 'Scarves, Hats and Mittens'.

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmamrCchArc3D8qdBd72e3h3a4GeGS1RssYYKsZz9xQgfR/winter%20woolies%20thumb%20st.jpg Warm clothing for a winter's day, with snow fall...

I Am Skipper Of A Canal Boat

Skipper Peter For the past year and a half I have been the skipper of a canal boat operating from a restaurant on Marina Glades in the resort town of St Francis...

Fire On The Mountain

On a beautiful warm autumn Saturday morning we decided to take everyone on a picnic at nearby Helderberg Nature Reserve in Somerset West. The reserve stretches ...

Board Skimming

What is a skim board, you might ask? It is a thin plywood board usually oval shaped with a slightly upturned pointed nose and a flat tail. The top has non-slip ...

Can You Body Surf?

When you talk about surfing you think of surfing the waves with a board. I was never any good at board surfing the waves but I was very good at body surfing. Fo...

Mountain Monday ~ All Roads Lead to Pyramid Mountain

Welcome to mountainmonday, hosted by me, @keithboone! This is your invitation to share anything you like about mountains - Tag your post mountainmonday and drop...

Mountain Monday - Hottentots Holland Mountains

The Hottentots Holland Mountains form the backdrop to the basin in which the town of Somerset West lies in the Western Cape, South Africa. This is area has many...

ARTZONE PHOTO - Monochrome - "Catch Of The Day"

Trek-net fishermen with the day's catch on the beach at Beau Vallon, Mahe in Seychelles. Thanks to judges and curators for this contest. Credit: My own blog and...

📷Artzone Photography Contest - 50 STEEM prize pool!!!💝

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/05/12/21/24/dslr-2308202960720.jpg Artzone is proud to announce its first photography contest for the steemit community, with...

St Maarten - Two Countries, One Island

St Maarten lies in the chain of islands in the Caribbean known as the Windward Islands. Our cruise ship, the Westerdam, docked at Philipsburg, the capital of th...

#colorchallenge-fri-blue / "Vivid Blue Abstract Art"/ Challenge hosted @kalemandra / Two images

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeybvzC9bwLyZnJFuMtD6kdSkRCpDtbvArKHrau1eipuM/modern%20blue%20abstract%20art%20st.jpg This "Vivid Blue Abstract Art" has a lumin...

Petra - Ancient City In Jordan

Petra - Ancient City In Jordan On a cruise from Venice to Durban our ship stopped at Aqaba and we did the bus trip to see the ancient city of Petra. I put toget...

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Navigating Before The Advent Of GPS

Today it is easy for a vessel to find its way across the oceans and arrive safely at its destination by means of navigation assisted by the use of GPS (Global P...

Travel / Bright Blue Dhow At Inhaca Island

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRK2pCXCo8ME1vXo7Pxy2csiexFKhxvmAtDBTePXJtGPz/Fishing%20boat%20A%20thumb.png This dhow brings provisions to and from the island....

Bikers Sunday Outing

While on holiday at Oyster Bay Resort in Sebastian, Florida, we happened to see a group pf bikers stop for lunch at a restaurant on the waterfront. They rode in...