by 2summers | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg
Read all my lockdown journal posts. It’s Day 41 of the South African lockdown. Today I would like to air my grievances. Lockdown photo 41: A hadeda in my garden. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, the “Airing of Grievances” was made famous...
by 2summers | May 5, 2016 | Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping, Melville and Surrounds
Do you live in Johannesburg? Do you have a garden, or know someone who does? Do you have R400 to spend? If so, then you need this: Hadeda tire planter from Yada Yada in Melville. If you don’t live in Joburg and don’t know what a hadeda is, read here. But...
by 2summers | Dec 9, 2015 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
I’ve had a weird couple of months. After epic trips around South Africa, Reunion Island, and the United States, I returned to Joburg via Istanbul with a case of raging jet lag. My cat ran away. Then he came back. And there’s been plenty more that I...
by 2summers | Apr 3, 2014 | Johannesburg
On August 8, 2010, I published my first blog post from South Africa. The first photo in that post was a picture of a hadeda in my back yard. A hadeda at the Lucky 5 Star — my first South African blog photo. I’ve mentioned hadedas in passing over the years...