Before I start this post .. I’m off down to Cape Town for business for a few days so I will be missing from the blogs, but I’ll be taking my camera to capture some photos of our fairest Cape and what it will show me… see you in a few days time, or at the earliest Thursday next week… See you…
Table Mountain (photo courtesy of www.capetown.travel.co.za)
Their famous Waterfront (Courtesy of www.sharkbookings.com)
Now lets get back to a bird called Lorna…
I named a bird after Lorna of Lornasvoice (to see her blog click here)… she has a certain likeness to this bird. She has a very special sense of humour (The bird and Lorna) and this likeness comes through in her posts.
Here are a few more photos of the Grey Crowned Crane (different perspectives)…
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 
She hardly looks real, Rob. Beautiful images!!
Thanks George…
I do hope your time at the Cape is as spectacular a time as it has been for you in the past, Rob. It sounds wonderful! And thank you for another visit with Lorna. I do think she is about as special as any of the gorgeous birds you share. She is simply spectacular. 🙂
This bird cracks me up. I’d like to see one of these in person.
They are very gracious birds, always on the move…
Quite a gorgeous bird, Bulldog 🙂 Travel safe.
Thanks Michelle
The bird doesn’t look forlorn – so how could it be forlorner? 🙂
Excellent shots.
Thanks Col
Have a great trip. Looking forward to your photos. And I just adore Lorna.
Thanks Maralee…
Quite the hairdo!
That she has..
Lorna is quite elegant … and hope the trip generates positives sales.
Thamks Frank
This is absolutely the perfect Lorna bird! Hope you’re having a lovely time!
Thanks Suzanne… sitting in our hotel in the Cape… bloody cold but nice to be here… business tomorrow …
GOOD LUCK! (Stay warm!)
Loved these photos! Enjoy your travels.
Brenda
Thanks Brenda
The cape looks absolutely beautiful, BD. I am praying you will have a wonderful, safe, and successful time while away. Looking forward to all the pictures and stories you will return with. Have fun!!! Make sure to take care of you! 🙂
Sitting at the airport awaiting to leave… what a life we lead… see you when we get back… always wondered what people do at airports with their laptops … now I know,,,
Looks just like a Lorna. ;O)
Thanks Kymee
Lorna is such a lovely model! Have a good trip Bulldog. 🙂
Thanks LuAnn
Haha, I love BOTH the Lornas!
Thanks Me too
Beautiful!
Enjoy your CT trip. Hope you packed a rain coat.
Thanks Sitting at the airport…
Beautiful Lorna! I’ve seen one at the zoo in SF, lol. I’ll be looking forward to pictures of the Cape!!
Thanks Laura…
Oh my Lorna is quite a colorful and beautiful model. Her photo shoots are excellent, thanks to a great photographer.
Thank you
Lorna has a great sense of fashion and her fashion photographer does her a good service with his photographs of her.
Thanks Alex
Enjoy your time in the Cape Rob and thanks for sharing this beauty with us again. I love the reflections! 😀
Thanks Sonel… sitting at the airport
Have a wonderful time at the Cape – business or not, it sure looks beautiful so nice place for you to be for a while. Hope you have a great time, successful with the business and feel heaps better!
Thanks Jan… haven’t been so far south for a long time and it will be colder there than here, but a change is good for the soul and hopefully good for business…
Safe travels! 😀
Thanks Jewels…
Lorna! Lorna! I Love Lorna! I am her biggest fan. Can you tell her for me? That first pic of her with the concentric circles is spectacular! She needs to thank her talented photographer.
Thank you Carol… I’ll let Lorna know, as for the Photog, he probably just got lucky…
You can’t take that many lucky photographs.
She is a seriously magnificent bird!
Have a lovely time at the Cape 😉
Thanks Dianne…
That’s the spirit! Have fun!
Thanks Paula…
Oh I love Lorna’s stiff golden head feathers: what an exquisite crane.
Can’t wait to see Cape Town through your lens! Make sure you take lots of pics for us?
Thank you… haven’t been there for quite a while so will need to fill up with photos…
Lorna has a beautiful hair decoration, Bulldog. The pics are Pawsome! Pawkisses for a safe trip 🙂
Thank you.. it is getting cold here now and Cape Town is not known for its heat… so I hope its not too cold
Always good to see your Grey Crowned Crane photos. They are so colourful, and different to anything I see in the UK. Good luck in Cape Town.
Thank you Brian… enjoyed the photo shoot with Lorna again…
Lovely to see Lorna again. Her hair style is stunning. Enjoy Cape Town. Hope the weather improves for you. 🙂
Thanks AD… took these all in one day people think I’m mad with some of my pictures as where this is you get a lot of Potogs and they want to see your captures… when all of mine are of her head and not the full body they probably laugh quietly to themselves…
Great bird shots. Table Mountain sure is flat – like a table.
It is probably one of our most well recognised areas in South Africa with some very special ecological areas unique to the cape… very cosmopolitan in make up… quite the international meeting point…
Those waterfront shots are stunning and of course lovely Lorna…she is a beaut! Have a safe & successful trip Bulldog and see you when you get back 🙂
Thanks Sherri … haven’t been there for a good few years so the trip should be well worth it just to see the old place… but it is a beautiful area, will have to test out my landscape photography…..
This is a regal bird. Happy travels!
Thanks Imelda
The Cape looks beautiful bulldog. I wish you safe travels, success and moments of great joy while you’re away. Oh yeah, and I love that bird!
Diana xo
Thanks Diana… the Cape is one of our special places… very popular with the international visitors .. Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was interred obviously draws many people… they could lock me up there for that view if they wanted to… it is the South Africa’s legislature and under the country’s current Constitution is composed of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. It has the Table Mountain as it’s backdrop with ecological systems endemic to the area second to none… on the mountain there are certain proteas that grow nowhere else, birds and animals… a very special place… just too densely populated for me to ever live there, not enough thorn trees or bushveld…lol
It is also probably the oldest city in South Africa, although in terms of time probably a baby compared to some of yours in Canada…
It sounds just lovely… 😀