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BlaBla has been on safari in the Sabi Sands Reserve near Skukuza in Mpumalanga – hence the quietness around here recently. Thought I’d send our loyal BlaBla Readers a couple of e-cards to let you know that we’re missing you too! (Internet...
Haven’t done one of these for a while, so here’s a Friday Photo post with a little difference. The brilliantly creative team over at Love Jozi have teamed up with Gauteng Tourism to create A Postcard a Day from Gauteng. Primarily developed...
I stumbled across the June 2011 edition of Vogue Italia earlier today. It eventually found its way to a coffee table in the waiting area of the place where I have my hair cut. Faced with the choice of Heat, You or an assortment of hair colour...
Yes indeed, it is exactly what it looks like: a dead fish hanging from a road sign. A filleted dead fish. Left to slowly rot on a road sign. Near the town of Louisa Creek. Which is in Australia. Which explains a lot I guess. Louisa Creek is...
I could not speak Your parting words froze my voice I could not feel pain Your cold gaze froze my blood My heart stopped beating My soul became bare But hope survived And blooms In the deserts of my soul Picture credit: Greg – The...
This magnificent sand-sculpture was part of an exhibition entitled “Creepy Crawlies” that I saw during the family’s recent trip to Australia. It depicts a literal ‘flea circus’ complete with tents, roller-coaster and cheerful little...
Transparency Your spoken word evaporated Into broken letters As your lies are transparent To ears that want to hear Unlike your action That hides behind the darkness Of eyes that do not want to see Picture credit: Distances by the amazingly...
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read this post if you want to be surprised… It contains a probable set-list for the U2 360 Degree concert in Johannesburg tonight. Arkadia's view outside FNB stadium during the Vertigo rehearsal U2 Gigs.com,...
South African photographer Jodi Bieber has just been announced as the winner of the prestigious annual Press Photo of the Year. The award was made for her provocative and haunting image of Bibi Aisha, a young Afghan woman brutally disfigured...
This is the maiden post for WhiteSockGirl here at The BlaBla Blog. Make her feel welcome and show her some love so that she’ll be inclined to give us many more… I find inspiration for my A Story of Every Picture in the amazing pictures...
Christmas Day 2010. And wishes for a joyous Christmas to all our family, friends and followers all over the world. A very merry Christmas and a wonderful, peaceful and hugely rewarding New Year. (The pictures were taken on a recent tour of...
The Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is a species of Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia (Maluku and Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. In Australia, it is common...
Pam and I’s last major trip before the Mouse arrived was a few weeks around America in September 1999. We city hopped from New York to Chicago, then onto New Orleans and Orlando before ending up in Miami. It was a fantastic trip – one...
As I mentioned in my comments on Monday, the subject of my Friday Photo today is the halo that formed around the sun. The phenomenon was visible across large parts of Johannesburg for most of Monday morning, and caused a flurry of activity on...
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