Category Archives: Seashells

Weekly Photo Challenge: On Top – Rock and Shells

Posted on April 19, 2014 by colonialist

 On Top -Weekly Photo Challenge © Colonialist April 2014 (WordPress)

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Diary of a Beachcomber, and Sundry Snippets, Silly and Sad.

Posted on January 1, 2014 by colonialist

  New Year’s Day in Durban was sunny and windless.  Hordes thronged to local beaches, creating traffic jams of sticky consistency on the roads leading there, and human soup in the surf. I breezed down the path with the dogs … Continue reading →

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Of this and that with no rhyme, reason or pictures.

Posted on August 25, 2013 by colonialist

  Formatting a novel in preparation for an edit has kept me out of mischief  for the past couple of days and late into the nights.  In fact, I slept through the arrival of some 30 mongooses on the front … Continue reading →

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COLLECTIBLE* RAINBOWS

Posted on July 6, 2013 by colonialist

The SidevieW theme is: RAINBOW  When I go chasing rainbows The rainbows that I seek, Are all the little specks of those Caught up into the deep, And nurtured there by creatures Until they reach the shore; The creatures give … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime – and other thousand-word essays.

Posted on March 21, 2013 by colonialist

  We went down the KwaZulu Natal South Coast to Illovo today to meet a friend on a flying visit from overseas for brunch (for purposes of the challenge, call it lunch!) and here is my picture of the lunch … Continue reading →

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BEACHCOMBER’S DIARY: TREASURES HIDDEN AND NOT-SO-HIDDEN.

Posted on March 19, 2013 by colonialist

Among the treasures I found on the beach today was this fine piece of driftwood.  I thought of taking it home to tie bromeliads onto, but decided it might be a tiny bit difficult to lift.  Anyway, the pooch pack … Continue reading →

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