2006 Through the Lens

A monthly chronicle of some of the events and experiences that peppered our 2006 year, mostly kid pics - funny that!

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December 2005 - Blombos: Camping on our farm over New Year. Watch this space as our holiday house grows through the year ...
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December 31st - Blombos: New year sparklers on the slab of the old house that fell down to make way for the new house.
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February - Llandudno: Cousins and visiting family around the time of Chris's brother Colin's wedding.
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February 14th: The Valentine birthday boy!
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February - Llandudno: Dinosaur birthday party.
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February - Clifton: The crew doing their thang on board a friend's yacht, anchored off Clifton for the "Moonstruck" beach concert.
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February - Clifton: The crew in context, Clifton beach in the background packed with concert goers.
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February - Clifton: A dip off the yacht into the freezing Clifton water.
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March - Llandudno: Shawn's birthday party.
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March - Llandudno: Tee pee birthday fun!
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April - Llandudno: Fire on the mountain above our house!
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April - Llandudno: Fire fighting helicopter with water bucket collecting water from the ocean to drop on the fire.
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April - Llandudno: Fire in the sky - spectacular sunset from our balcony.
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April - Karoo: Spent a weekend away at a local game park - not quite the wilderness, but saw lots of animals so the kids loved it.
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April - Karoo: Got up close and personal with these two cheetahs - quite an experience to stroke and be licked by such a large purring cat!
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April - Karoo: Rhino at the watering hole.
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May - Cape Town: Shawn preparing for her first ballet Eisteddfod in which she danced beautifully.
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May - Cape Town: The dancing Bluebirds
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May - De Hoop Nature Reserve: My first solo getaway - the 5 day Whale Trail - a stunning hike and a good battery recharge.
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May - De Hoop: Lazy coastal pools on the last day of the hike.
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May - De Hoop: The motley group of happy hikers at the end of the trail.
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June - Llandudno: Chris blowing out his birthday candles - not too sure why he only turned 3.
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June - Llandudno: Sara the kitten in her favourite bowl - she must like it for its camouflage.
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June - Chapmans Peak: A beautiful winter Sunday - just the thing for a walk up the mountain.
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July - Blombos: The foundation holes are dug in preparation for the poles that will eventually hold up the Blombos house.
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July Nature's Valley: After spending a few days in Knysna where Chris rode a mountain bike race we went to Nature's Valley, a beautiful stretch of beach and coast.
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July - Nature's Valley: Bottoms up in the river after a steep (if short) walk up the hill and down into the river valley.
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July - Nature's Valley: Shell collecting at the end of the river to beach walk.
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July - Nature's Valley: The flat, quiet roads were perfect for practising on Shawn's smart new bike.
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July - Harkerville: While daddy did a more serious training ride, kids messed around on their bikes.
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August - Llandudno: All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth!
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August - Llandudno: Kyle intent on reading a book or two!
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September - Postberg Nature Reserve: A psychadelic spring flower shot - spent the day picniking on the beach and driving around the reserve looking at the beautiful spring flowers.
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September - Kraal Bay: Kyle being too cute for the camera at our lunchtime picnic spot.
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October - Blombos: The first week of building and the walls are going up fast.
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November - Llandudno: Goldie arrives - the new addition to the family.
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November - Hout Bay: Kyle's school Christmas play - posing as an eagle with his best friend Scott, the dragon.
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November - Blombos: A short 6 weeks later and we almost have a house!
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December - Blombos: All ready for a wonderful 3 week holiday to break her in.
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December - Blombos: Chilling in the hammock.
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December - Blombos: One of the many beautiful sunsets from our deck.
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December 31st - Blombos: Sparklers bringing in yet another new year.
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December 31st - Blombos: The sparkling dancer!
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January 2007: The family - taken on the deck of our Blombos house!

A fun year was had by all!

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