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OK, so why the zen bones thing?

About 20 years ago I stumbled upon a book called "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones". Being vegetarian - the "flesh" bit didn't grab me, but the short pithy Zen stories inside it, did.

Ever since then my web nick has been zenbones, my Hotmail, my Gmail address, you name it. It's kinda stuck.

Is the blog about Zen? Nope.


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October 4
Pic shot at Thesen Island, Knysna

Pic shot at Thesen Island, Knysna

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June 7
3 Missed Calls? Huh!? Our local taxis seem to have the weirdest slogans splashed across their back windows. I saw this one the other day. Kinda wondered if it’s a status symbol to have 3 missed calls rather than only one?

3 Missed Calls? Huh!?

Our local taxis seem to have the weirdest slogans splashed across their back windows. I saw this one the other day.

Kinda wondered if it’s a status symbol to have 3 missed calls rather than only one?

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March 17
So where do bodies “go back to”? I re-discovered this photo I took a few years ago. It’s a shot of a hand-scrawled sign stuck on the wall of a crematorium. Yep, that’s right folks. I was having a look around at what goes on “at the back” after a funeral I attended. So, back to the sign. I am trying to imagine “a body” (read: corpse) arriving with “wrong papers” and the under-taker-incinerator operator dude saying, “Sorry mate, wrong papers, go back to … er…”

So where do bodies “go back to”?

I re-discovered this photo I took a few years ago. It’s a shot of a hand-scrawled sign stuck on the wall of a crematorium. Yep, that’s right folks. I was having a look around at what goes on “at the back” after a funeral I attended.

So, back to the sign. I am trying to imagine “a body” (read: corpse) arriving with “wrong papers” and the under-taker-incinerator operator dude saying, “Sorry mate, wrong papers, go back to … er…”

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March 8
Once a mill, now a market. Here’s their website: http://www.theoldbiscuitmill.co.za/

Once a mill, now a market. Here’s their website: http://www.theoldbiscuitmill.co.za/

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Once the Pyotts Biscuit Mill

Once the Pyotts Biscuit Mill

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For my Cape Town friends - you MUST visit the Old Biscuit Mill on a Saturday morning for the food market - it’s amazing and very authentic.

For my Cape Town friends - you MUST visit the Old Biscuit Mill on a Saturday morning for the food market - it’s amazing and very authentic.

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February 27
I spotted this outside a client’s building recently. Didn’t know they cared so much about their brand to paint their trees green. 

I spotted this outside a client’s building recently.

Didn’t know they cared so much about their brand to paint their trees green. 

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February 14
I took this pic with my mobile yesterday. I was having a tour of a factory which manufactured all sorts of beverages. Thought the sign was pretty neat.

I took this pic with my mobile yesterday. I was having a tour of a factory which manufactured all sorts of beverages. Thought the sign was pretty neat.

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January 15
Wobbly Boardwalk Took this one last week next to the lagoon in Wilderness. Floods a few weeks prior have damaged the boardwalk.

Wobbly Boardwalk

Took this one last week next to the lagoon in Wilderness. Floods a few weeks prior have damaged the boardwalk.

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January 14
From my back yard. I just loved what the sky was doing.

From my back yard. I just loved what the sky was doing.

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