The Fairest Cape of Stormy Good Hope

Brad, my design & photography tool, died after the hard drive started making a noise that sounded much like mouse would if it was, for some reason we won't speculate on now, scraping its teeth down a chalkboard. Fortunately it's not a problem for two reasons - firstly the day is much too bright and cheerful to be really bothered by anything that might otherwise be extremely annoying, and secondly I've been around these damn things long enough to know that it's a case of when, not if, and accordingly have all my works d'art backed up on various external hard drives that don't sound like they'd like some cheese (their cheesy names notwithstanding.) The software does still need to be reloaded though - as soon as I've changed this horrible default Microshit Windoze XP desktop photo of that green hill to something less creepy!

But not to worry, I did manage to prepare one last pic for the year before it all went haywire, so...

May your new year be filled with much fun, love and yummy things right through to the next one!


Hanging in there: a tenacious bush clings to the cliff above Diaz Beach on one of the cape's less wild days.