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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking up at the crowns of some really huge (71.5m or 234.5 feet) Karri gum (Eucalyptus diversicolor) trees. To see more photos and information go to the post What do tree surgeons do on their day off? Filed under: Photography Tagged: featured, nature, photos, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7580&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again I have been very lucky to have somebody volunteer a guest post for my blog. As this is somewhere I&#8217;d love to go, but probably never will, I was so happy when Christine from Christine Bernasconi Photography went for me! She took some wonderful photographs and wrote this beautiful &#8211; and very informative [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7568&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Future Tense</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s photo challenge is &#8220;Future Tense&#8220;. The photos below are of big, colourful fishing lures. The significance of these for this challenge, are that Willie is looking forward to a major fishing trip to Gabon &#8211; a country in West Africa. He&#8217;s getting very excited about it! Every free moment is spent thinking about, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7561&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rock Pool</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A perfect reflection in a rock pool . . . This is the sea. In these uneven walls A wave lies prisoned. Far and far away Outward to ocean, as the slow tide falls, Her sisters through the capes that hold the bay Dancing in lovely liberty recede. Yet lovely in captivity she lies, Filled [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7549&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking back &#8211; my favourite guest posts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been lucky to have several talented writers and photographers agree to write guest posts for Notes from Africa. As I had done a &#8220;looking back&#8221; post for my posts last year, I thought I&#8217;d do the same for my guest bloggers. Before beginning with my favourite guest posts though, I&#8217;d like to thank [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7231&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s photo challenge is on the topic of lunch. Since my own lunches are rather boring, I thought I&#8217;d show you this photo instead. To join in the fun go to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime. Filed under: Photography Tagged: birds, featured, kalahari, Kgalagadi, nature, postaday, southern africa, Weekly Photo Challenge<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7534&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the details</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/weekly-photo-challenge-lost-in-the-details/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you guess who this eye belongs to? The distinct markings should give you a clue. Another clue: it&#8217;s not a zebra. The eye above belongs to this Gemsbok (Oryx grazella). It&#8217;s a  very large buck which is specifically adapted to desert life with very little water, and very high day-time temperatures. To join in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7517&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/weekly-photo-challenge-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early morning in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (in the Kalahari). Three lions striding purposefully forward, towards a herd of Wildebeest.  To select their next meal. As it turned out the Wildebeest were quickly on to the lions (they weren&#8217;t being very sneaky about it!), and made an escape. To join in the fun go to: [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7507&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/weekly-photo-challenge-kiss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The closest to a kiss two birds with scimitar-like beaks can get. This photo was taken at sunset (hence the orange/pink glow) on Valentine&#8217;s Day 2011. The birds are Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash). To join in the fun go to Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss Filed under: Photography Tagged: animal behaviour, birds, featured, nature, photos, postaday, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7502&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three old favourites by John le Carré</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/three-old-favourites-by-john-le-carre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me begin by saying that I don&#8217;t usually read spy thrillers. So the fact that I&#8217;ve not only read several John le Carré novels, but have some of them on my &#8220;favourite books&#8221; list, is quite remarkable. For years John le Carré&#8217;s novels had been on our bookshelf (Willie is a fan), but I&#8217;d not [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7108&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Home</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/weekly-photo-challenge-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some creatures carry their homes with them . . . To join in the fun go to Weekly Photo Challenge: Home Filed under: Photography Tagged: animals, featured, nature, photos, postaday, southern africa, Southern Cape, Weekly Photo Challenge<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7480&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carve Beyond Reality &#8211; Wood Carving Contest in Kenya</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/carve-beyond-reality-wood-carving-contest-in-kenya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ru-an Hsu, one of the organisers of World Wood Day, (see World Wood Day – 21 March 2013 ) sent me a link to a beautiful video of a wood carving contest held during August 2012  in Kenya. It shows the wood-carvers at work, and they get to talk about what inspires them in their designs. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7469&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Links repaired</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/links-repaired/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eha kindly pointed out that not all of the links in yesterday&#8217;s post (Rosie&#8217;s new blog) were working.  So I&#8217;ve sorted that out. I have also put a RSS feed to the Life with a Neurotic Cat blog on the right hand side of Notes from Africa, just under the copyright notice (see image below). [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7460&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rosie&#8217;s new blog</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/rosies-new-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our dog Rosie now has her own blog! From  Life with a Neurotic Cat . . . So why would I, a dog, want to have my own blog? I suppose I could say “because I can”, but it’s more than that. I’m a smart and opinionated dog, and since Lisa (female human) won’t let [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7452&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing that came to mind when I saw that this week&#8217;s photo challenge was &#8220;unique&#8221;, was the photograph below of a Gemsbok with only one horn. Not only do Gemsbok have very unique facial markings, they all have exceptionally long sweeping horns. With which they create wonderful geometrical patterns when they are standing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7445&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Wood Day &#8211; 21 March 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some readers may already know, this blog is primarily about nature in Africa. We love trees and wood! So it is with great pleasure that I want to promote World Wood Day 2013.  The inaugural celebration of World Wood Day is being hosted in Tanzania with a series of specially designed events. I had [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7415&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Love</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/weekly-photo-challenge-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though it is dangerous to attribute human emotions to animals, I think the word &#8220;love&#8221; can be applied to animal relationships too. Not everything is purely a protective instinct to ensure the survival of the family group. Hyenas must be some of the ugliest, meanest animals in the African bush, but they are the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7405&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Frog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t like frogs much . . . But this little tree frog (?) is quite cute, isn&#8217;t it? Filed under: Nature/Environment, Photography Tagged: animals, featured, frogs, nature, photos, southern africa, Southern Cape<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7392&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Climbing &#8220;The President&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following on from my last post Hanging about in the tree tops (about climbing very big trees in South Africa), I wanted to share this story about scaling another forest giant. This time a giant sequoia (redwood) in the Sequoia National Park. It is a truly magnificent tree. The story appeared in the December 2012 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7363&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging about in the tree tops</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/hanging-about-in-the-tree-tops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do if you&#8217;re passionate about trees? You climb them of course! If they&#8217;re trees the size of the one in this post, you are going to need mountain climbing gear and some serious climbing skills though. Two years ago Leon Visser &#8211; a Cape Town based tree-surgeon &#8211; visited our area to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7309&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/weekly-photo-challenge-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of the word &#8220;beyond&#8221; I always think of wide open spaces . . . of seeing what lies on the horizon, and imagining what lies beyond. To join the fun go to Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond. Filed under: Photography Tagged: featured, kalahari, Kgalagadi, namibia, nature, photos, postaday, southern africa, Weekly Photo Challenge<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7344&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What started off as an evening photo-walk to capture the Christmas lights down our main street, turned into photographing two of the local churches. It was the first time I&#8217;d really realised that the churches are beautiful lit up at night. This particular night by a bright full moon as well artificially. I hope, at [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7299&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking back &#8211; what did you miss?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is essentially a &#8220;best of the last eighteen months&#8221; post i.e. since my last post of this kind (See: 7 Links: A Peek Into My Archives). So if like me, you were too busy to keep up with your blog reading this year, have a look and see what you missed. Or if you&#8217;ve only [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7048&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolve(d)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved. This is that time of year, isn’t it? Full of resolutions and good intentions. I resolved to get in a run on January 1st – this is a photo post-run. Spoiler: it was a good one! Why not share a photo which represents one of your New Year’s resolutions? If you [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7255&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Notes from Africa &#124; photoblog: This is a guest post by Willie for the Notes from Africa Photoblog. During December 2011 I went to Australia to attend a forestry conference. After spending a couple of days in Sydney, I flew to Canberra to start the pre-conference tour – essentially a road trip between [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7250&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Notes from Africa &#124; photoblog: This is a guest post by Willie for the Notes from Africa Photoblog. During December 2011 I went to Australia to attend a forestry conference. After spending a couple of days in Sydney, I flew to Canberra to start the pre-conference tour – essentially a road trip between [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7243&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Day beach walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Willie for Notes from Africa. Full of energy we planned to start the new year with a nice outdoor excursion.  Well, the original plan was to go &#8220;kloofing&#8221; (swimming/paddling) down through a long mountain river gorge. But too many other people had the same idea and so we (group of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7192&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Postcards from Australia: Landscapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Notes from Africa &#124; photoblog: This is a guest post by Willie for the Notes from Africa Photoblog. During December 2011 I went to Australia to attend a forestry conference. After spending a couple of days in Sydney, I flew to Canberra to start the pre-conference tour – essentially a road trip between [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7176&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Day Sunset</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Notes from Africa &#124; photoblog: Read more&#8230; 17 more words From my photoblog . . . Click on the photos or link to go to the post.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7157&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Season&#8217;s Greetings from the Southern Cape</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays to everybody! I hope that this week is a happy and peaceful one for you and your loved ones. Wishing you all a Healthy, Happy and Peaceful New Year. Thank you for your support over the last year! Filed under: Random Tagged: family, featured, nature, photos, random thoughts, southern africa, Southern Cape, trees<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7149&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Kalahari, is always the source of plenty of surprises. You will come around a bend in the road, and suddenly there will be a cheetah walking along the road. Or something will suddenly pop it&#8217;s head out of an empty looking hole in the ground. And a tree often [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7135&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Under the sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest post by Willie for Notes from Africa This song immediately came to mind while I was taking the photos. Days later I still cannot get this song out of my head. So you follow the link below at your own peril! The seaweed is always greener In somebody else&#8217;s lake You dream about [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7070&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weeky Photo Challenge: Delicate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2012 05:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our cat Lucy is a delicate creature, with soft delicate little paws . . . which become lethal weapons when those claws come out! Filed under: Photography Tagged: animals, cats, featured, Lucy, photos, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7060&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Amazing Bloukrans Bungy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bloukrans bridge in the Tsitsikamma area (South Africa), is an impressive structure. Constructed between February 1980 and June 1983, the bridge stands at a height of 216m above the Bloukrans River. Its central span is 272m and the bridge is 451m in length in total (Wikipedia). The primary function of the bridge is as [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=7027&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lewis Trilogy &#8211; my favourite reads this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year I have read a number of books I really enjoyed, but my favourite reads were definitely the three books making up The Lewis Trilogy. Written by Peter May, they are in order, The Blackhouse, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen. My preferred type of crime fiction are books that read more like &#8220;regular&#8221; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6976&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The Chessmen</media:title>
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		<title>Weeky Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/weeky-photo-challenge-changing-seasons/</link>
		<comments>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/weeky-photo-challenge-changing-seasons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 05:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in the Southern Cape, spring and autumn are short-lived seasons. It seems like only the other day we were in winter, and by the beginning of November we were well into summer. I took these photos of two trees over a three month period, to show just quick the changes are. Filed under: Photography [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6981&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Early Spring</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Winter</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Early Spring</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Summer</media:title>
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		<title>Matjiesfontein</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/matjiesfontein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scenic little town of Matjiesfontein is like an oasis in the semi-desert of the surrounding Karoo. The name is derived from the mats (matjies) which the local people used to make from a type of sedge which grows locally. Once the home of a Victorian health spa and resort, the town, railway station and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6954&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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		<title>Gone Girl &#8211; The scariest book I read this year</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/the-scariest-book-i-read-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/the-scariest-book-i-read-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books/Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a lot of crime and thriller fiction, but no book this year has scared me as much as Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. I start it thinking it was another story about a husband killing his wife, and then protesting his innocence. But no, it&#8217;s much more than that. It seems to be [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6940&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/weekly-photo-challenge-reflections/</link>
		<comments>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/weekly-photo-challenge-reflections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[trees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes reflections are clearer than reality . . . Filed under: Photography Tagged: featured, nature, photos, postaday, reflections, trees, Weekly Photo Challenge<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6926&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tankwa Karoo National Park</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/tankwa-karoo-national-park/</link>
		<comments>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/tankwa-karoo-national-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tankwa Karoo is an enormous flat pan sandwiched between the rocky Cederberg range to the west and the Roggeveldberg to the east and stretching from Ceres in the south to Calvinia in the north. It is the driest land in all of South Africa, with summer temperatures regularly soaring into the 40&#8242;s. But the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6873&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://notesfromafrica.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_3547-small.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://notesfromafrica.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_3588-small.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://notesfromafrica.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_3843-small.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">©Karl-Heinz Niemand</media:title>
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		<title>Namaqua rock fig</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/namaqua-rock-fig/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Namaqua rock fig (Ficus cordata) is found in arid areas along the western side of South Africa (especially in the Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo) and into Namibia. It is described in the Namibian Tree Atlas as a graceful tree, often drooping with light grey smooth bark which can look white at a distance. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6854&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Elfish Gene by Mark Barrowcliffe</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/the-elfish-gene-by-mark-barrowcliffe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or to give it its full title: The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons And Growing Up Strange. My reading is often influenced by book titles. The more unusual the better, and this one certainly got my attention! As the e-book was not available for download, I ended up listening to the audio-book version which is narrated [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6827&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Namaqualand and Tankwa Karoo: A cloudy day</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/namaqualand-and-tankwa-karoo-a-cloudy-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cloudy day in Namaqualand is a bad one for going to see the flowers. No sun means that the flowers do not open properly, and you don&#8217;t see the carpets of colours that you do on a sunny day. But there are some advantages to a cloudy day. The light is less intense and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6788&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Namaqualand National Park</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/namaqualand-and-tankwa-karoo-the-namaqualand-national-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest post by Karl-Heinz for Notes from Africa The previous post in this series is The Clanwilliam Flower Show. The Tuesday, 28 August was a glorious sunny day and we went off to visit the Namaqualand National Park. As if by magic a tapestry of brilliant colours unfold enticingly along the winding roads of the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6698&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Namaqualand and the Tankwa Karoo: The Clanwilliam Flower Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to welcome Karl-Heinz Niemand, a new guest blogger to Notes from Africa. Karl-Heinz and his wife Sonette love going on camping trips to some of the more remote areas around Southern Africa. As it has been years since I&#8217;ve been to Namaqualand to see the Spring flowers, I was very happy when Karl-Heinz [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6696&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Follow me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I have finally created a Facebook page for Notes from Africa. I&#8217;m not really a &#8220;Facebook person&#8221; in my private life. I am not that interesting that I want to keep posting updates of my daily life. And I&#8217;m rather private and reclusive when it comes to sharing information about the &#8220;real me&#8221; on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6686&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Witsand &#8211; after the storm</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/witsand-after-the-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 06:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These photographs were taken after the same storms that created the flood of urchins featured in the previous post.  After storms with algal blooms (also known as &#8220;red tides&#8220;), the sea glows at night with bioluminescence. Other posts about Witsand include: A flood of urchins Witsand I: Breede River and Coastline (on the Notes from [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6672&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A flood of urchins</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/a-flood-of-urchins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Cape has been having above average rainfall this year. The Langeberg mountains close to Witsand received three times as much rain as is usual for October. Heavy rains in mid-October caused the Breede River to flood, and the large amount of fresh water entering the sea at Witsand caused havoc in the Witsand [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6643&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A zip-line adventure: How to scare your team into bonding</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/a-zip-line-adventure-how-to-scare-your-team-into-bonding/</link>
		<comments>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/a-zip-line-adventure-how-to-scare-your-team-into-bonding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a wimp. Ever since I left the playground swings, I have made sure to keep my feet firmly on the ground. A fear of heights and  bad balance combined with motion sickness, have excluded me from any activity which can be termed risky or for adrenaline junkies. I don&#8217;t do amusement park rides, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6617&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New beginnings</title>
		<link>http://notesfromafrica.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/new-beginnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa@notesfromafrica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since we have lived in this town, we have driven or walked past four huge pine trees on a daily basis. One day during a walk with the dog, I decided to take a photograph. Which proved to be a good thing, because shortly after the photo was taken they were cut down. Those [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=notesfromafrica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14418833&#038;post=6602&#038;subd=notesfromafrica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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