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09-01-2010, 07:15 AM
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Hi all!
I'm in South Africa for a geo conference, and I brought along a couple kilts to work on. Thought I'd share a couple of kilt-in-progress portraits from the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site: 
The general scenery of the bushveld in South Africa: 
And why it's not a good idea to wander around in the grass....not just pesky things like rattlesnakes...  |
09-01-2010, 07:26 AM
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| | | Yikes, no snakes, please!!!
Great pics, Barb. Guess one day I'll have to have you make me a kilt, not just because you're talented, but I want my kilt made in some exotic place. |
09-01-2010, 07:45 AM
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Yea! Another kilt-making-travelog! I love these.
Do we know the lucky future owner of the pictured kilt?
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09-01-2010, 08:03 AM
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I'd make a quick getaway from there before some member asks about a Warthog full mask sporran...it's bound to happen...
I am jealous, though...you seem to get to the most interesting places in the course of your duties.
Best
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09-01-2010, 09:04 AM
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Hi, Barb, and welcome to our great country!
Wish I could be up there on the Highveld.
Incidentally, Bushveld is characterised by low trees. That grass you’re looking at is typical Highveld, especially since the frost has killed it! It will revive when the summer thunderstorms start up.
I am sure my son would love to be at Cradle of Mankind, too, and to discuss whatever it is you are there for.
Unfortunately he is further away from Gauteng than I am (he is in Cape Town), and having just come back from a four-day trip to Cameroon, he is headed for Equatorial Guinea next.
Next time you come to South Africa, we must make a plan to meet up.
Best regards,
Mike
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09-01-2010, 09:16 AM
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You really need your own show on the Travel Channel!
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09-01-2010, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Barb T.  And why it's not a good idea to wander around in the grass....not just pesky things like rattlesnakes... | Um…I don’t think that is a silhouette of a rattlesnake! Something much worse, in my opinion. Bigger, faster, more deadly, and less warning (no rattle).
I do miss the good old days, when I too was a geologist by trade. Still love the science and history, even though it no longer pays the bills.
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09-01-2010, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by KFCarter You really need your own show on the Travel Channel! | Kilted Safari!
Look out Rick Steves and Michael Palin!
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09-01-2010, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by artificer Yea! Another kilt-making-travelog! I love these. | Ditto!!! Show us more - show us more!!!!
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09-01-2010, 11:10 AM
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The snake on the sign is a Cape cobra. Not a plaything, by any means.
Its profile is much the same as the Egyptian cobra.
We also have the boomslang (especially up there north of the Vaal), the black mamba and the puff adder.
Actually, I once found a puff adder no more than 20 metres from my property boundary in a piece of open veld. I did not disturb it.
Need to wear boots in the veld!
Regards,
Mike
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