Before we get down to business I feel it would be remiss of me not to bore you with some of my holiday snaps. It was fantastic to be back in South Africa and I managed to drive all over the country seeing old friends and family.

 

I did a lot of sitting and looking – the Peter Biskind book on my lap didn’t get read very much!

 

The wonderful Keiskamma Art Project in the Eastern Cape. You can read more about the amazing work The Keiskamma Trust does in the fields of art and health here: www.keiskamma.orgThere is also a lovely documentary I saw about it that just played at the Encounters Festival in South Africa called “Keiskamma – A Story of Love” by Miki Redelinghuys. I highly recommend tracking it down.

 

Beautiful things for sale in the Keiskamma shop.

 

This vervet monkey chased me into the house. It is humiliating to be chased by a small monkey. I know that now.

 

Vultures on a tree at dusk. Later we watched these vultures fight with two hyenas over an elephant carcass.

 

An elephant right by the side of the road in Addo Elephant Park.

 

A giraffe crossing the road in front of us in the Kruger National Park.

 

Zebedees in Kruger.

 

This was taken in Franschoek in the wine region near Cape Town. The town is ridiculously beautiful and the wine flows freely which is never a bad thing.

Ok, that’s it with the fun and games. Next post will be back to the gritty business of film. No monkeys.

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