Mizpah

Spent the past weekend at Mizpah in the Kogelberg attending a mens' retreat led by Fr. Richard Rohr OFM. The teaching by Richard was really meaningful. Also enjoyed relaxing and some landscape photography using a polarizing filter. Here is a view of the Palmiet River with the Groenlandberg in the background.

Winter is upon us in the Western Cape and it is the season for the fynbos vegetation to really come alive. Some of the jewels in the crown of the Cape Floral Kingdom found in the Kogelberg Biosphere reserve are irresistible photographic subjects. In June 2009 I photographed Saltera sarcocolla (one of my favourite fynbos species) a member of the Cape endemic family Penaeaceae, as well as the stunningly beautiful Mimetes capitulatus (Proteaceae) endemic to the Kogelberg, Groenlandberg, Paardeberg (Kleinmond) and Klein River Mountains. I will be returning to see and maybe photograph these species again this weekend in cool, cloudy conditions.