Kit and Patch

Saturday afternoon at Etienne's house, kitties cleaning and watching us humans do human things. My job is feeding these children Friskies in the morning after/before my bath depending on what side of the bed I wake up on:]

Poison Tree

William Blake's Poison Tree (1794)

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I water'd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears; And I sunned it with my smiles And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright; And my foe beheld it shine, And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole When the night had veil'd the pole: In the morning glad I see My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree

Decline

On Sunday the 15th of October, after having returned from Rustenburg, I decided to go into work, and chose Jan Smuts Avenue to achieve this...
At about 19h00, while driving up the hill past the War Museum and around the bend I made the aquaintance of this hole in the road. You will only see it when you are about to drive on top of/through it. If you're driving a 4X4, you may be lucky. If you're in a car, you're going to have a long evening.
So where does our tax money go again...? This is only the start. I should record more signs of decline around JHB for all to see. Not that it's going to be pleasant viewing.

Solaris Poem by Dylan Thomas

When I first watched Solaris and heard this poem, I thought it was absolutely beautiful, and dark, and true.

The "Solaris Poem" by Dylan Thomas

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the man in the wind and the west moon; When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone, They shall have stars at elbow and foot; Though they go mad they shall be sane, Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion. Under the windings of the sea They lying long shall not die windily; Twisting on racks when sinews give way, Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break; Faith in their hands shall snap in two, And the unicorn evils run them through; Split all ends up they shan't crack; And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion. No more may gulls cry at their ears Or waves break loud on the seashores; Where blew a flower may a flower no more Lift its head to the blows of the rain; Though they be mad and dead as nails, Heads of the characters hammer through daisies; Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion.

Transvaal Yacht Club - Hartebeespoort Dam

Hi there. It's early Sunday morning the 1st October 2006. About 3 minutes to 1am now. At work after having gone through the photographs I took today on the laptop.
Before I left to go anywhere yesterday ( I wasn't sure where I was going to end up, as usual), I had breakfast with a very special lady and time passed by very quickly. It always does. After having left the restaurant, I drove past a young guy without a shirt pulling a make-shift trolley with whatever little belongings he had, and I stopped near him and gave him a note of money. It probably sounds very dramatic and maybe even pathetic, but I wanted to cry afterwards and try and make things right because of how he was living, and how he was trying to deal with what was going on. My money won't help him for more than one or two days, and what was worse is that when I drove past him again, as I was heading out on to the main road, he was on his knees praying. I felt like breaking when I saw that, and felt so dead inside because I didn't, and still don't know, what to do about something like that, with someone in that situation. I should have given him everything I had in my wallet. I wish I could make things right for anyone suffering or needing a shirt to get dressed in or to have some food like this young guy did. I wish this government would take care of their people, instead of screwing them over by having R96000.00 evening meals in one night, at the expense of their people's lives.

If you can help someone who needs help, help them. If you or I were in their situation, I know that I'd be hoping someone would help me just a little, just to get me through one more day.
And here I am posting photographs of affluence at the dam. My priorities need to change I think. I don't really know what else to say. Have a good Sunday wherever you are. Bye.