Leoni Venter

Here’s a new bunch of somewhat interesting but unsellable photos ;) You can click the thumbnails to get larger views (640×480).

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I worked with my Dad last week near Burke’s Luck in Mpumalanga, Souh Africa. We didn’t go see the potholes (too expensive to just run in for a few photos!) but I did get to see the top of the Blyde River Canyon from a vantage point few other tourists would get to go.

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This is a paper flower. Ok, that’s not very scientific! But the petals really are papery and if you pick them, they stay like that for months! This was also taken near Burke’s Luck.

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This is a most amazing little fungus I found in our little overgrown valley. It’s really very very small. Each one opens up like a cup and inside are these little metallic-looking balls, I suppose spores or spore packages. I’ve never seen anything like them before. (Edit: It’s a Bird’s Nest fungus. I bought a new book :) )

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This is just another pretty fungus.

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An amazing sunset the other day…

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This is what our back yard looked like last week right after a terrible hail storm. As you can imagine, all our garden plants were shredded. It looks like mid-winter now.

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And this is the rainbow I captured earlier this week. The bush doesn’t look too bad on this photo, but if you could have seen it before the hail, you’d know the difference ;)

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And finally, a proper photo of my two doggies. Jack on the left, and Tessa on the right. Jack is Tessa’s younger brother. They’re Boerboels, and quite huge for the breed. And it’s very hard to get a nice pic of them. I sneaked this one through the window!