breakfast light

There we a few teething problems with the new mailing list software last week (I'm actually surprised there were just a few, considering I was feeling my way around phpList with a white-tipped cane). Anyway, for those who couldn't see the guest pic last week, it's on the previous post now, as well the links to the extreme ironing items.

Oh! It was also the third birthday issue, which, in my exhausted excitement that I had actually finally managed to get the thing to work, I completely forgot to mention! Pic of the Week has grown from a little email to keep my far-flung family and friends updated with what was happening in my little corner of the world (and also to air some of the pics that would otherwise just get e-mouldy in the e-bowels of my pc) into a fair-sized, uh... slightly erratic, sort-of-weekly e-pressie! I'd like to keep growing it, so please feel free to forward it on to whoever you think might enjoy it. I really enjoy receiving your quirky comments and pics, so please keep them coming (if you want to make them public you can always post a comment on the blog). I also want to feature guest pics more regularly now as well, so please keep sending your lekka photos :) Ok, enough babble now!

I went for coffee and croissants on Elsies Peak with my friend Roy the other day (who's brain got seriously picked for database/php info last week!). Near the top of the ridge we were admiring the quality of light when I suddenly realised that not only was it was just right for a shot I've been wanting to create for a while to pair with this one I took previously in Silvermine, but happily I was in the right kind of fynbos too.


Path leading up to the summit of Elsies Peak (and breakfast!) The bushes with the white flowers have an odd, not entirely unpleasant, scent of honeyed poo...

Guest pic this week
by my sister Vanessa Nixon

V does a lot of work for the community, and one of the projects she's involved in is the Peacock Educare Center, a crèche in Masiphumelele. The aims of the project are:

• to fund the building of a decent day care centre to replace the current little shack that has been a day care for pre-school kids since 1997
• assisting with improvements such as securing regular food aid (from local sources), running & maintenance costs and teachers training
• find innovative ways to make the centre self-sustaining
• where possible, to use local labour and skills for the building & to generate income in Masiphumelele

Have a look at peacockeducare.blogspot.com to see the latest on what's happening there, as well as some great photos


Four little faces (look closely at the hole on the left!)