I am busy working through my different holiday photo’s and came across these few photo’s of a Kwikstertjie and a moth or butterfly, not quite sure what it is, but I think it’s a moth. Anyway my parents, the boys, their nephew and I went to Sandbaai for the September/October 2012 school holiday. My Father got the flu and my mom was also not feeling well so most of the times the 3 boys and I went for outings.
The boys and I went to Hermanus on the 30th of September 2012 to go and see if we could spot some whale’s. The Whale festival is always a huge thing in Hermanus and thousands of people come to this little coastal village to spot whales and our photographers of course can’t wait to capture that WOW shot of a breaching whale. This particular morning something totally different from a whale caught my eye. I spotted this Kwikstertjie with a Moth. First the Kwikstertjie just hopped around it’s pray and then it took it in it’s beak and moved around on the rock with it. I waited to capture it while eating it but did not have that luck.I took quite allot of photo’s of this but only going to share a few. After nearly half an hour of capturing the little Kwikstertjie and the Moth a young boy came running towards it and scared it and it flew away and I was not very happy. Why can’t the children’s parent’s teach their children not to scare animals and birds…
“Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile, some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.”
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“When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.”
“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.” Benjamin Disraeli
Elephant, Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa,2010
” An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.” Albert Schweitzer
Hermanus, South Coast, Western Cape,South Africa, 2012
“It is health which is real wealth, not pieces of silver and gold.” Gandhi
On Route to Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa,2012
” All you have is now. The measure of our peace of mind and the measure of our personal effectiveness are determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment.” Andrew Matthews
Warthog,Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2010
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.” Helen Keller
Kraaifontein, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“Life flows on within you and without you.” George Harrison
Potsberg, West Coast National Park, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” Mahatma Gandhi
Today we went to Hermanus again but this time we were lucky. I think the lack of boats and jet-ski’s in the water made the difference. Tomorrow I want to go and walk Cliff path. Hope to capture some more Breaching whales.
Today the boys and I went to Hermanus to see if we could spot any whales. No luck for us. There were to many boats and jet-ski’s in the water. All the whales were way back. Hopefully tomorrow at De Kelders we will have some more luck.
I did however capture this Kwikstertjie on a rock with a dead Butterfly in it’s beak…
Alpine Heath, Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
“Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loayalty to the achievement of your values.” Ayn Rand
Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.” Gandhi
On Route to Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
“Don’t settle for second best, ever. A life lived at less than its full potential is a life half wasted.” Tony Clark
Sandbaai, Hermanus, East Coast, Western Cape, South Africa
“Those who achieve happiness understand the basic fact that regardless of how much fun you’re having or how many things you accomplish, life through the lens of history is incredibly short.” Ian K Smith
Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.” Alan Watts
Country View, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” Vincent Van Gogh
Lake Arthur, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
On Route to Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“Life, as we live it, is not a setup of prescheduled events that have no relationship to one another. Life is an unfolding in which we can participate.” Ann Wilson Schaef
Sandbaai, East Coast, Western Cape, South Africa
“Never mistake activity for achievement.” John Wooden
On Route to Richmond, Karoo, South Africa
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect it’s successful outcome.” William James
Avocca River Cabins, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa
” I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye. But somehow, as day always follows the night, most of our troubles work out all right.” Edgar Guest
Kleinmond, East Coast, Western Cape, South Africa
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” Abraham Lincoln
Avocca River Cabins, Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.” President Obama
uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
“Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.” Leo Buscaglia
“A good friend is someone we can count on, as well as being so much more.
A friend is someone with whom we can relax and just hang out, have fun and
share our innermost thoughts–deep dark secrets, lofty and noble goals, or
our hopes, joys, and fears. A good friend allows you a safe space to share
your deepest thoughts and needs–without worry of being judged, criticized
or made to feel silly for feeling the way you do. Friends cheer each other on,
laugh and cry together, and just plain commiserate and listen to each other.
That’s why friends are friends….”
Bettie and Jennifer Leigh Youngs.
Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.” Napoleon Hill
Lake Arthur, Eastern Cape, South Aftica
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Henry Ford
Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” Abraham Lincoln
Valley of a thousand hills, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
“To have a good friend is one of the highest delights of life.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
“The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.” Deepak Chopra
Cato Ridge, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
“Where flowers bloom so does hope.” Lady Bird Johnson
“Never leave that till tomorrow, which you can do today.” Benjamin Franklin
Sandbaai, East Coast, Western Cape
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” Brian Tracy
Taal Monument, Paarl, Western Cape
“All our talents increase in the using, and the every faculty, both good and bad, strengthen by exercise.” Anne Bronte
Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Addo National Elephant Park, Eastern Cape
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” Maya Angelou
Cradock, Eastern Cape
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Nelson Mandela
Cradock, Eastern Cape
“The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.” Norman Vincent Peale
The reception is not very good here so I am not going to write long stories, my laptop is so slow I will go mad anyway.
After arriving here in Sandbaai and I gave the boys something to eat I went outside to go and look for something that catches my eye. These Pink flowers caught my eye and I decided to make this my photo of the day. When I am home I will look up the name in my garden book. I can not remember what it is called.
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