1camera1mom: March 2016

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Cape Town's Theme Park

This is year we took Amanda to Ratanga Junction, Cape Town's theme park, for her birthday. I had signed up for us to be members on the website for free and, when our birthdays came around, we received complimentary tickets. Amanda and I have birthdays a few days apart, so it worked out really well. We just had to pay for Robbie and Amanda's friend, Cristi.

You would have thought that we were VIP guests, because we had the theme park almost to ourselves. For most of the rides, the girls could go as many times as they liked, because they hardly had to wait or not at all. We went on a cloudy Saturday in early March. Sometimes the sun came out and a couple of times it drizzled. We think that perhaps there would have been more people if it had been sunny, but overall, the weather was pleasant.

It was a fun adventure for us, especially the girls, and I enjoyed capturing the moment on my camera.

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We caught the end of Martin Odd's Birds of Africa.

The girls got to touch the two owls.

The girls have their hands up in the
green and white car.

The girls have their hands up in the yellow car.

Hubby and I rode about half of the rides with the girls at least once. The roller coaster ride that I photographed and posted here is called the Bushwhacker and is a family friendly coaster. We also rode the big roller coaster called the Cobra. They have reptiles on display inside the waiting area, but we didn't have to wait. We could look at the neat variety of reptiles behind their glass enclosures while we walked right on through to the ride. It's an extreme coaster experience and one we didn't want to ride again, except for Amanda. We wouldn't let her ride alone, so she'll have to go again another year.

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Tina Morley

All original photographs by Tina Morley
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Velddrif, South Africa

Velddrif is a coastal fishing town in the Western Cape. It's on the estuary where the Berg River flows into St. Helena Bay. The estuary is home to a variety of birds and there is a bird hide for birdwatching. Besides birdwatching, there's also fishing and yachting. Velddrif also has two large salt works, which provide much of the salt for the Western Cape. You can't miss the mountains of salt when you drive into Velddrif along the bridge from Vredenburg.

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Sign: Estuarine Birds

Hubby took this photo of me
and our son, Jeremiah.

Fish called Bokkoms hanging to dry.

More bokkoms drying against the wall
and Jeremiah and me having a drink
while Hubby is playing paparazzi.

Take only photographs.
Leave only footprints.
Kill nothing but time.

I'm sure the quote above
was based on a similar

one by Chief Seattle:

Take only memories,

leave nothing but footprints.

Here's another version of it:

Leave nothing but footprints.

Take nothing but pictures.

Kill nothing but time.

There's a bit of everything pasted to that door, like the toilet key, and above that a double photo of the Queen of England beside President Zuma. And, how can you not feel sorry for the kid in the "Africa Day Care" photo? I only saw it when I was preparing this post.

One of my favorite posts from last year was An Afternoon at Velddrif. Below are two photos from that series. If you missed it, then go ahead and click on the link to see more neat photos!

Amanda and Samantha
Velddrif December 2014

Jeremiah, Samantha, and Amanda
Velddrif December 2014

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"Wherever you go,

go with all your heart."

Confucius

"Wohin du auch gehst,

geh mit deinem ganzen Herzen."

Confucius (aus China)

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I'm also on Instagram.

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Tina Morley

All original photographs by Tina Morley
unless stated otherwise. 1camera1mom is
mostly in English mit ein bisschen Deutsch.
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Paternoster, South Africa

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Paternoster, South Africa

Paternoster is one of the oldest fishing villages on South Africa's West Coast. Our family took a drive there one afternoon while staying at my in-laws' place in Britannia Bay during our Christmas holiday. Along the beautiful white beach you can see white boulders and white-washed fishermen's cottages, many of which have been turned into tourist accommodation. Against all of the white is a blue sky, blue sea and colorful traditional fishing boats.

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Samantha and Jeremiah in Paternoster

White Beach, White Boulders, Blue Sky, Blue Sea

Colorful Fishing Boats

White-Washed Fishermen's Cottages

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Helpful Links:

West Coast Paternoster

Paternoster Info

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Tina Morley

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Britannia Bay and More!

Today's photos feature three of our four kids. Samantha isn't in an individual photo, but earlier I posted some great shots of her in The Surf at Britannia Bay. I've also included a couple of photos taken at Stompneusbaai, which is really close to Britannia Bay.

The family tea time photo I took from my in-laws' balcony. In that shot is my hubby, my in-laws, Jeremiah, and Samantha. My father-in-law took the family photo that shows all four of our kids.

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