Jo'burg city skyline at dusk

I've been trying to find a place to get a clear shot of the Joburg skyline for days. Silly me, all I had to do was look out of my bedroom window!
I could have zoomed closer, but I like the height of the neighbours palm in the photo too.

African Grey

I took this photo at the pet shop at the nursery in Fourways, where we all met for a playdate today. It looks like his beak is cracked!

Long eyelashes

Why is it, that boys always seem to have longer eyelashes than girls do? This is A, Madi's son. I took this today at a mom's meet/playdate.

Pointing with a "haaa haaa"

When Connor hears birds, he tries to find them in the sky. As soon as he find where they are, he points and says "haaa haaa".

And the arm that pointing in the shot... that's the same collarbone that broke. I took him for more x-rays today... it's healing, but it's very skew... the bones are fusing but there is a bit that's sticking out. I've got to take him back to the doctor in January and hopefully the bump would have flattened out.

Blue-eyed baby

Hee hee, he looks like an owl. He was crawling towards me and trying to grab the camera.
He's such a cutie!

Double flowered day lily

... just after the rain today.

My first award!

Thanks so much Sue from Sues Daily Photography, so giving me this award (my first one :)). I'm thrilled that you like my blog so much.

I'm passing the award on to the following photographic bloggers whose blogs I religiously follow.
And the award goes to:

Fiona's Photo a Day
Fee has taught me a lot about photography, and I love the pictures she takes. She always captures the mood just right.

Annelle's Photography Journey
Her portraits are just amazing!

Desi's blog
Because she's just wow! I love the photos she takes.

Boys and their toys

I went Christmas shopping at Sandton City today. This car was parked in the banking mall, and was swamped by guys. LOL! There was no way I was going to get a photo of the car on it's own.

I'm assuming it was Montoya's car at one stage, because his name is on the side of it... as well as a sticker advertising a ride in the car.

Now that would be a cool gift to give a racing nut!

36 years today

Happy anniversary Mom and Dad!

Another Year
Another year to create

precious memories together.

Another year to discover

new things to enjoy about each other.

Another year to build

a life rich in love and laughter.

Another year to strengthen

a marriage that defines "forever."
Happy Anniversary!

By Joanna Fuchs

The pirate ship in Fairlands

I managed to stop just at the right place in the traffic this afternoon to take this shot :).

I've heard this building being called a pirate ship, something from the Transformers, and a monstrosity, amongst other names... but it is in fact the new head office for FNB Home Loans and Wesbank which is being built in Fairlands.

I can't begin to describe how HUGE this building is. It sticks out like a sore thumb in the residential area it's built in, plus the colours are damn ugly to make it worse! You can see the stripey effect on the left of the photo... and to make it worse, on the other side of the building the multi-colour stripes are horizontal.

However, credit must be given to them for building what is said to be a very environmentally friendly building. It uses storm water and condensation from the air conditioners for irrigation. The power supply is automated and senses when people have left a room. And amongst other things, it is also partly solar powered and there are sun screens along the sides of the building (which you can just see in the photo - they look like gills) to minimise glare and heat gain in the building.

The proof is in the pudding however, and with the power shortages currently being experienced in the country, it will be interesting what kind of pull of power this building will have in the area once it's finally finished.