Yesterday was such an amazing day. Heather, a friend, and I caught the Southern Suburbs Metrorail train into Cape Town and then walked up to the Cape Town Company Gardens. These gardens are definitely one of my favourite places. It is a place of peace for so many people. There is no entrance fee, which means that it is one of the few places of exquisite beauty that is open to everyone irrespective of affluence. And it is beautiful. The layout creates little arbours of benches where people can relax, or sleep, or feed the birds, or drink in the incredible beauty which is everywhere for the eye to behold.
We then walked up to the South African Museum where the 2011 Wildlife Photography Exhibition was being held. This is truly recommended. It is on until 7th March 2012. At a nominal entrance fee, one can spend hours gazing at sights that one would never otherwise see - sights that the eye of a lens and an artist put together for the balance of humanity to view. What is really nice about it is that each photograph carries a story of the siting, the setting, and technical information about the camera used and the settings on the camera, which makes it educational as well as visually awe-inspiring.
We then returned to the Gardens where there is a lovely tea room, and a light lunch and then wandered back through the streets of Cape Town and caught the train home.
What a simply wonderful day, in a simply wonderful world. Obviously I have posted piccies on Project 365. See Feed the birds at tuppence a bag..., Siesta time and Is it a nut?
Just to make this post a bit more interesting, here is a picture of a common or garden pigeon:
Thanks, Heather, for the wonderful idea, and for choosing me to share it with you.
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