Sun dials

How many people still wear watches today? I stopped wearing one when I got my first mobile phone and it had the time on it.  But before wrist watches, cuckcoo clocks and grandfather clocks there were clocks that didn't go tick tock.  Sun clocks dials.  And that is the topic of my "Random ... " post today.

Random sun dials.

This sun dial can be seen outside the historic St Peters Anglican Church in Plettenberg Bay

The Klein Karoo gets lots of sun so I'm sure you can check the time just about every day at this sun dial outside CJ Langenhoven's house (now a museum) in Oudtshoorn.  Langenhoven's grave can be seen in the background.

I know I took this picture in Somerset East but for the death of me I can't remember if it was at the Dutch Reformed Church or at the Angler and Antelope Guest House.

The most unusual sun dial in the post comes from the town of Hankey in the Gamtoos River Valley.  It claims to be the biggest sun dial in the Southern Hemisphere and was erected by a local farmer in 1989.  The dial is 36,4 meters across and right next to the main road into the valley.

Stormy St Francis

When the wind blows in Cape St Francis it doesn't hold back.  Arriving in town for a function I actually thought that if the wolf in Three Little Pigs ever ran out of breath to huff and puff with, this would be a good spot come and stock up again.  Not that its an every day occurrence, but everybody wants to show off every now and then and on this day the wind was showing off.

Ripples

Spider in his wet web

Often when you go for a walk in the early morning you will see hundreds of little spider webs in the grass all covered in dew.  But have you actually ever seen those spiders?  I like to peek and have a look, always with the hope to get a photo of one.  And the other day I got lucky.  This little guy was sitting in the opening in the web, probably waiting for something smaller than me to come along.  He didn't hang around long enough to find out my intentions, but just long enough for me to snap one picture. Got ya!

Cracked sky

About a week or so ago the afternoon sky was filled with the most beautiful cloud formation.  Although I missed taking a picture of it at sunset, I did see on Facebook that a lot of other people did get some stunning ones.  What I did get a photo of was what looked like a crack in the cloudy sky. As if the blue sky tried to muscle through the clouds.

Orange shell on the beach

Not much to say about an orange shell lying on the beach. 

Vygies in bloom

Vygies blooming so brilliantly in the sun that it hurt your eyes