Move Your World

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Becky’s square today has a quote to go along with her photo, which spoke to me:

“The past is in your head. The future is in your hands.”

Even if the hands are small and grubby

they can make the future spin.

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Past Square #22

A Walk on the Wild Side

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One of our most memorable vacations was walking the Otter Trail on the Wild Coast of South Africa, in the Tsitsikamma National Park.

Hiking along the steep coastal ways, wading through river mouths (and on one memorable occasion swimming through one) and up the river course to collect sweet water, watching dolphins and spotting otters, all the while carrying all supplies on our back as there were no other people within at least two days’ walk. We woke every night to look for Halley’s Comet (that dates the vacation, doesn’t it?). Halley’s is definitely in our past and not our future.

The wildlife we saw in abundance were dassies (hyrax). I’m having difficulties in reproducing these old prints of photos but this one rather gained in the process. It does look like a painting, doesn’t it?

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Past Square #21

[Disclaimer: The photos have been photographed from prints.]

Another six week or so

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Hornbacher Steinhäusel

This melody, as well as the accompanying text, is known by most German children. It’s sung on the day of St Nicolas when children are waiting for dark to fall and St Nicolas coming by and putting little presents in the prepared boots. 

Let us all be cheery and bright 
and look forward to Nicolas' night.  
Merrily, merrily, ding ding dong! 
It's Nicolas' evening before too long.

It’s written on the picturesque house façade of this house in Hornbach:

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Melody

We Had a Farm in Africa

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NOT.

But we lived in Africa. And for the rest of the month I thought I share squares from this past.

We used to go hiking with an outfit called “Trailblazers” and we travelled many thousands of kilometer in this comfortable looking bus, a vehicle bought from the South African prison services (I guess it was cheap).

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Past Square #20

[Disclaimer: The photos have been photographed from prints.]