Taken on the way home on Tuesday evening (I didn ' t have time to take photos today..... it ' s the third day I ' ve missed in one year!)... I thought I ' d do a follow up on my post from last week all about my trip to work ... Maybe the construction workers aren ' t required to spell?... … View Post »

Taken on the way home from work today... It ' s not the best photo I ' ve ever taken of the sunset, but I kinda ran out of time today again... I haven ' t done any in a while... … View Post »

I ' m deviating from my normal theme this week... Wide eyes Laughter in the ball pit Little fist Laughter Part 2: The rest of my Weekly Winners is dedicated to the people who have lost their lives, and the families that have been displaced in the Xenophobia attacks in my hometown this week... I say hometown, because Johannesburg is my home and I am a South African citizen, but actually, I ' m also an immigrant... They ' re spending their days trying to eek out a meagre wage selling things on the streets, and then spending their nights at the moment either scared in their homes or in tents at the police stations that are sheltering many of them at the moment... There were a lot less street sellers around yesterday than there normally are... I was chatting to my brother, who works as a paramedic on the East Rand, and he was saying that last weekend at the one police station there were 3000 people trying to find shelter... Sidewalk art Selling a t - shirt Doing braids under a tree Selling grass Waiting for passengers So, think of them tonight especially... … View Post »

I bought Connor his first set of crocs last weekend, and he looks so cute in them... So, this theme was perfect for me: ) to show off his crocs and show you just how busy he is!... " These shoes were made for..." A dirty croc on the jumping castle Playing on the jumping castle at Mugg and Bean in Broadacres this morning Vrooom And then at home.... Sweeping the paving Swinging In the tunnel Sliding Running in the garden" I picked you a flower" The flower Basically, it was a typical day in the life of a toddler!... … View Post »

Elaine is doing her honours this year, and is spending many hours at this desk... Note the" chair" - she ' s taken to using the exercise ball as a chair... … View Post »

I took this from the balcony outside the office this evening... Yes, it ' s an evening shot again... I ' ve been so busy at work lately, and haven ' t been at home during daylight this week really... Even though I like the colours in the sky at the moment, it ' s disturbing that the colours are mostly due to the smog in the city!... … View Post »

This is what Connor does when something has" gone"... Cutie: ) I just didn ' t have time to post yesterday, but I was doing a photo related thing.... And I think I ' m going to join it... I ' m sure I ' ll learn a lot... … View Post »

Sweets and Angel has posts last week showing photos of their trips to work, and I ' ve decided to do the same thing... Well, it ended up being more tricky than I thought to take relatively ok ' ish photos from the moving car!... JHB CBD on the horison and Northcliff Hill The FNB building in Fairlands.... The building has finally finished ( I posted about it before ), and there are a few thousand more people on the roads in the area as a result... Graffiti ' d stop sign Valley of pylons View in the side mirror Old Water Tower Swinging in the park... what a thankless job!... Street in Sandton CBD Informal garden... This garden is grown by one of the street sellers that I posted about before... So, as you can see, it ' s not riveting stuff, but LOL, that ' ll all I got for you today folks: ) I ' ll do my trip home next week... I don ' t go on the same roads on the way home, so the photos will be vastly different... … View Post »

I didn ' t take these today, because I was away ( see my previous post )... Connor ' s first taste of Easter Eggs in February this year... " Hmmm, yummy!"" I wonder if I can stuff the whole thing in my mouth?... … View Post »