High on the hog

This house has two big dogs… and one big chubby pig! Do you know how hard it was to get this shot? First off the pig seldom lies in the driveway! Also the Bouvier dog, behind the pig, is usually up and snarling and attacking! I’ve been past this house a million times and still it barks at me, aggro hound….
The sign on the gate says, “Trespassers will be eaten!”
I’m not sure if that’s by the dogs, the pig or the owners themselves….

Keep on truckin'!

These trucks often come down our roads, carry huge bits of gosh knows what, heading for gosh knows where. When they’re this big the traffic on both sides of the road has to pull right off onto the pavement to let them go by. They often have a police escort who seem to take great pleasure in chasing the cars off the road! Like hyperactive sheep dogs before the farmer shoots them!

This is not so fun for pedestrians though, as cars pulling off the road seem to forget that we were there first! If I was a driver I’d watch out for pedestrians and never ride over them!! Can you imagine the pain it would be to have to clear bits of ped. out of your fender if you did?

Those ghastly dead eyes!

The monkey and the coat hangers! Sounds like the title of a very cheesy detective series doesn’t it? Or perhaps a pervy erotica story? These metallic creatures are sold by the robots all about Joburg. They’re basically rust held together by varnish and hope and bring much joy and tetanus to the folks who buy them.

The seller of these branched out recently and has started selling coloured coat hangers as well. I must say they look very pretty strung up together. At one point he used to put the coat hangers right in the middle of the pathway, but I used to just mow them down walking. The traffic there is just too thick to step into so as not to disturb the delicate balance of brightly coloured plastic wear!

p.s. Don’t you find the monkey creepy looking? Those empty eyes!! If I woke up and found one on top of me trying to suck my soul out I really wouldn’t be that surprised!!

Flagged down

It’s almost world cup time and the hawkers have put away their tennis balls, car shades and cheap watches and have flooded the sidewalks with flags for sale. Sometimes it can look rather pretty with all of them fluttering about merrily. Sadly the cars that get them placed in windows and antenna just tend to look tacky. But each to his own… bad taste.

The Sea's bounty?

Okay I’ll admit there are a lot of interesting things that wash up on the beach but some just make you go EUW!!! I left those on the beach for some other “lucky” person to find and, oh lordy, use!

All a flutter?

Ursh takes to the skies! I got her the experience as a Christmas gift and she took to it like a duck does to bread crumbs! Would you go up in one of those?

Just plain daft, I presume?

The many faces of Jo! Or hairstyles should I say! Yes, yes I’ve experimented waaaay too much but it was an interesting (occasionally horrifying) experience!

A. See? I’d make a terrible Dolly Parton! Blonde, even in wig form, does not suit me!

B. This is me natural hair colour but shaved to the bone. Sigh, it looks bad but it’s so easy to keep up! The eternal struggle between looks and comfort, will I ever decide? *epic music plays in background*

C. When I dye my hair red it tends to be REALLY red! I’ve had clowns cross the street in embarrassment when they see my flowing neon locks! (Well neon tuft really…)

D. Red head and shaved. I look like someone who should have the title, Dr. Mouse, I presume?

E. My natural hair colour! A sort of browny-blondey buggery knows whaty!

F. Pink hair! Mind the pic isn’t too good but you get the general idea! And my, so many tattoos! ^_^ (25 to be exact and Ta for asking!)

G. Me copper blonde. This is my intermediate phase between E and C or F!

H. The longest I’ve ever had my hair in ages! What a mess! It never plays fair! When I went walking with my glasses on people were always, “Hey you look like Harry Potter!!” Needless to say I haven’t dyed my hair black in a while…