Tag: #PastSquares

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.]

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.]

Tree Square

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This tree stands inside the castle ruin of Lindenfels. It is already old but the tree doctors are doing everything to keep it alive and have put in splints so that it doesn’t topple over. Burg Lindenfels was first mentioned in 1123 and thus has a really long past to look back to.

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Past Square #13

Top Square

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This wayside shrine is standing on top of hill and it had snow on top. Nowadays no new shrines are erected in Germany but they are a reminder of a more outwardly religious past.

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Past Square #12