Wowwy! Isn’t this something to look at? I took it early one morning just because the sky was looking so darn extra pretty! I took this one with blind hope. Literally! Because I couldn’t look into the sun without magnificently frying my eyeballs! And no, it’s not been enhanced, played with or given a new name and secret identity! This is straight from the cellphone to you! Isn’t it well, Wowwy?!
The dog here on the plot finally had puppies and did she do herself proud! 8 of the little hooligans! You can understand why she looks so frazzled! They’re not my dogs, but I have had a grand time playing with them. (And getting various items of clothing stretched and torn by puppy enthusiasm). One died, one was kept and the rest sold, and suddenly the area seems almost too quiet.
Okay I did wonder if I should put this pic up but then decided, eh why not? (27 September 2010), I had the most awesome nose bleed! Now I’m no stranger to gushers but this one was just showing off! Even leaning over the sink, pinching nostrils wasn’t enough to stop it, it got everywhere and you must admit, it does look pretty dramatic! As it keeps going you seriously begin to wonder if you can die from blood loss in such a lame way! “Here lies Jovvi, her life flows straight out her nose!” >_<
I got this little fellow at a sexpo a few years ago! See? Birds do it, bee’s do it, even leather clad teddies do it!
We love this small, out of the way pet shop we visit sometimes, because of the sweet critters there! (As a pet shop itself it rather sucks ). There’s a standoffish squirrel you just want to sneak into your backpack, and two very bouncy, friendly little meerkats who love a good back rub through their bars! Just look at that earnest little face? Doesn’t it make kidnapping seem worthwhile?
Being on the plot we get some SUPER WOW sunsets! Isn’t this one gorgeous? Models, actresses and all their skeleton crew posse, wish they could look this good without enhancing ‘touch ups’! Natural beauty rules!!
This is Professor Ham, or Proff H to his friends. He’s our little dwarf hamster, (cause seriously a home isn’t a home without a hamster, you know!). He’s a lively, curious little chap who tends to sleep throughout the day, waking only, and conveniently, when I’m in the kitchen making snacks. The cat finds him terribly interesting though they have yet to be formally introduced. (Owing to the fact that siblings eating each other is somewhat frowned upon here).
I suppose I don’t really have to comment on this one. But still! They couldn’t have put the handle a little higher up? I can just imagine the drawer getting stuck and having to yell, “Don’t worry, it will work if you give a good yank on the Teddie's knob!
I’ve been passing this bridge for years and wondering about it. Last Tuesday (20 July 2010) I decided eh, bugger it, let’s go see what it’s about. It’s a bit rickety and not exactly confidence building, (I walked across with my hands at the ready to grasp at the rails should the floor fall out at any give second!). The water below is not exactly deep, but it’s filthy and full of broken glass and just not an ideal spot for a sudden unexpected dip. I think I’ll carry on walking around this from now on…
This is me showing the cat, The Finger of Justice! I do this when she’s being particularly wild and annoying. She understands it enough to know that it means trouble if she continues what she’s doing. Sometimes, when she’s very naughty, she will do a slow backwards somersault never removing her eyes from the finger. Yip, she’s an odd critter!
This is the hotel room Ursh stayed in when she went to Durban all by herself! The thing that gets me is that window showing you the “stunning view” of the bathroom! I mean, do they feel couples need to watch each other on the bog and what, shout encouragement? “You go honey, push! Push! I think it’s going to be a big one!!”
Diablo 2 is my favorite, and indeed only really, computer game I love to play! This pic is of my Amazon’s arrow annihilating a walking skeleton. The green thing is a chipped Emerald he will drop for me to add to my weapons paraphernalia! This game is very addictive; it changes each time you play it! (Basic missions are the same but the monsters and things you find along the way are as different as chalk and cheese! (And a bit more disturbing)). I can play for hours! Anyone want to join me?
The tales I could tell of the dogs I meet along my walk! Today let’s talk quantity!
Tell me, when you see a wreck as bad as this one, don’t you think, What on earth did they do?! I love planning stories around car wrecks! The priest who drove off a cliff because of that choir boy thing, an angry wife road into her cheating husband, there was a spider on the dash board, who knows?
There are some stables close to where we live. They keep tons of horses there, crammed in like hay-smelling sardines. So it’s not unutterably unusual to see one of the guys out on a run with a horse following close behind. I always wonder what would happen if he tripped and fell before the horse could slow its momentum? Run Sipho, run!!
For me, cloudy weather always makes the sky seem so much more awesomely huge and magnificent then just plain, clear blue, skies, don't you think? Look at the teeny tiny houses and trees! Mind boggling! O_O
Always good to know where you stand right? This was a novelty sign at a café we went to. At least we hope it was a novelty sign… Hey Ursh, why does your burger have a bushy tail?
Now here is a guy with a story! Those pants, that tiny bike, that beanie, that gas can! Whatever was he up to? 
When you walk 5 hours a day, day in and day out you’re mad. But besides that, you tend to start playing games on your walk just for fun. One of my favorite is trying to find my footprints from the previous day. This is very tough as rain, other pedestrians and cars tend to obliterate them at will. It is always rather thrilling to find one!
Well it might not snow in South Africa but when it gets cold it gets COLD! 
My newest walk hat! (June 2010) And just look at the cheeky red devil! Happily showing its support for teams in the world cup soccer! Go SA, Go Japan!! Don’t you think it looks a bit like a wide-eyed, winking, red frog?
Ursh and I play a game modified from the kids game of Punch Buggy. Basically when you see a buggy you cry, “Punch Buggy [whatever colour]” and it gets added to your score. At the end of the day whomever had the most won! (No prize but the grand feeling of being one up on the LOSER! :P)
Here’s a funny dog! It has little black marks above each eye that look like eyebrows and spazzy ears that don’t stand up straight but that flop inwards! It’s an awfully cute looking dog in general but it does seem to get rather mean and vicious when people stop to take a pic of it! (When it was younger there was chicken wire up and it used to pull on it with its bare teeth to try and get at you, hence me saying it’s cute LOOKING!)
Doesn’t this look like something out of a Sci-Fi movie? There should be aliens, or humans, walking around eating each other in this barren wasteland! But no, this is the open field next to us. All the grass got burnt so that it doesn’t cause a veldt fire in the winter. Here you can see all the frost from the morning caking it. To get an idea of how cold it was while I took this pic, try slipping an ice cube down the back of your shirt while you read this! Brrrr!!!
Aaah my old walk hat! Recently it got a tear in it and I sadly had to retire it from active service! I’ve had it over a year and it’s a wonderful happy little hat. I hope it’s replacement will carry on the proud tradition!! Here’s to goofy hats and the people who go, WTF, to them!
A. Ninja Jo! A force to be reckoned with! Doesn’t my fierce-some-ness just make you quiver in your boots? (Sandals or whatever footwear you currently possess?)
. A. This is our pre-teen kitten, Kitty. (Her name was originally Pandora but, like all our cats, she soon became accustomed to being called Kitty). She’s a pretty thing who knows it!
I pass this car all the time and in the funniest places! I often hear it coming a while before I see it. This is due to the fact that the bloke who drives it has 3 massive German Shepherds in the car with him. (One in front, two in the backseat), and they are forever barking! The upside is that no one is going to come within a few meters of this car. (I was so brave getting this photo!), minus side is I don’t want to know what it looks or smells like in there! 
