Phuthu Stay Phut, Don't go!

Nope, I wasn’t snuggled up in bed, reading my book, listening to the fireplace crackle or drinking tea. But my goodness that sounds good! I was, if you can believe it, doing something far more exciting. It involved sunshine, soul and a whole lotta zoom. Zoom lenses that is.

I was here, oh yes I was, I got to see the most breathtaking sunrise over Durban harbour. I held my breath for a long time and then I fainted.

No. Not really. I’m not that silly.

Just a little bit silly.

It was part of the Worldwide Photowalk. The idea is that all across the world, photographers gather in groups and take photos for two hours. Don’t ask me the relevance of two hours, I have zero clue but I’m sure I’d feel like a better person if I knew why. Then if any of the photographers get some great pics, they can put forward their best photos and compete for the best photo competition.

I don’t know much about photography. In fact I know nothing, zippo, zilcho. Superjerm is trying to teach me but for fear of him going grey prematurely, I limit the number of questions I ask to 50 a day. Often, I ask the same question 50 times: What the hek is Aperture?  It’s complicated.

But what I do know is that I like taking photos of my man taking photos. My cowboy. I love cowboys.

And he likes to take photos of other people taking photos. Like this one. He called this one “Urban Cowboy”.

He called this one “Urban Cowboys” . Note the plural

And this is “Cowgirl”, not suburban or urban or peri-urban cowgirl, just “Cowgirl”.

Have you figured out that we all had to don Cowboy hats?…Yee-Haa? Yee Haa!

And then after taking 1 million photos, Cowboy and Cowgirl rode off into the distance, leaving only a cloud of dust behind them. The End.

Traditional South African recipe, spiced with cinnamon and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, can be served as either a dessert or a side dish.

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked pumpkin, drained and dried off of any moisture
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp sugar
2 eggs
Oil
Cinnamon sugar

Method:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients together into a mixing bowl including the pumpkin.
2. Add the eggs, and mix well until a thick batter forms.
3. Heat oil in a pan, using medium to high heat.
4. Scoop up heaped tablespoons of batter, and drop into pan.
5. Fry until golden on the underside, then flip over and fry on other side.
6. Serve warm.

I had such a good giggle this morning. I was lying on a warm, cosy bed in the physio rooms with two senior citizens chatting away in the cubicles next to me. They were ranting and raving about the state of this country. Sigh. They made a great team; the one gentleman would initiate a topic, like the electricity increase or bank scams and the other would follow suit with a remark equally toxic. To make matters worse,  their hearing was not quite what it should be, so I had to listen to this in stereo. They covered everything from crime and tax to the government and ridiculous food increases. Blah-blah-blah. Not like I haven’t had enough of this over the weekend –  gimme a break!  With this I turned my head away with poise and took off to my happy place.

I came around slowly when Grumpy No.1 said:

“… but you know what, I love this place and won’t just pack up and go.”

Grumpy No. 2 agreed whole heartedly. I couldn’t help laughing.

Makes me wonder if they voted earlier this year. ‘Cos if they did not… yes, that’s right… they don’t have the right to whine about the state of this country! Just the way the cookie crumbles.

By Elzet