Last two weeks

Looked after Yvonne's kids the other day, and took them to a Gogga, Reptile and Environment exhibition at Wits University. We all really enjoyed it. Lots to see. I even ate lots of fried male termites, really tasty. When raw they taste like unsalted butter, so maybe they spiced them a bit.


John and I went hiking for a day and found this nice shaped rock in the Magaliesberg along the way.
Not a lot of flora, but spectacular when found.
These Paintbrush flowers are normally found alone. This was really unusual.

I've seen optical illusions before...

Hard to believe that squares A and B are exactly the same colour!!!

If you put your little finger between them....

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Download the following photo: then look at the black cross for a while ... or until the green dots wipe out the lilac ones... keep focused on the cross.

http://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/400px-lilac-chaser.gif

Hike in The Hell

A really nice hike. Dry, dry, dry.!! Huts turned out to be fantastic thatched chalets, main building even had a huge indoor braai area (photo) next to the bar and dining area. One loo (photo), at a lunch spot, had a fantastic view, and dehydrates everything.

The river was really low so we didn't have to wade at all.

Hospital

Not feeling too bad; great to get out of bed after 2 days on my back.
Serious dislocation. C6 and C7 are the bottom 2 vertebrae of the neck. Now mine are joined with titanium and stainless steel.

Tree and Chinglish

It's hard to believe these are real instructions: (very good)

My new collar... and the tree I fell from, on a ladder to the branch directly above my head. I was careless, being at home I suppose.

Sparks in Russia

The really amazing Sparks; in Russia recently (not my photos):

Not much other news here... cold and dark early at night, very dry in the daytime, and no hiking recently due to a bad cough for a few weeks.