Kommetjie - mountian view

Babboon encounter on the mountain behind Kommetjie

On Saturday morning we went up the mountain behind the house. One of the lone babboon males was sitting on a rock. We went to the blockhouse to look at the view stretching from Hout Bay on the right for almost 270 degrees to the left. See below for a panoramic view.  Imagine this is all connected...

The view continues below:
see the blockhouse below

We were sitting in front of the blockhouse minding our business when we heard this loud bark right behind us. We both jumped up and almost out of our skins. A babboon was staring down at us from the roof of the blockhouse. We were intruding...

We didn't realise but there was a romantic encounter happening here. The female was on heat. Here is a photograph of her. This wasn't the end of the story.

We climbed down the mountain and as we turned into our street there was a couple fornicating in broad daylight. Quite an eventful morning. 2 days later and the grass has not recovered yet. You can still see the marks where they lay.

A view from the top of the mountain in Kommetjie

As You Like It; As You Write It

The As You Write It Creative Writing course run by Hugh Hodge and Paul Mason was very stimulating.  Even I, who never thought I would, wrote some passable poetry.  I will only publish some (of mine) if you are interested.  I did publish Emma's poetry that I thought was just amazing.

Hugh also runs poetry gigs in and around the Cape Peninsula, some on a weekly basis, others less often.