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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic savant, who expresses his profound capabilities through his art. He has an amazing ability to draw or paint cityscapes from memory. His work is breathtaking.

Monday, August 13, 2012

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"Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground."- Wilfred Peterson

Friday, August 10, 2012

This weekend feels rather un-earned after our Thursday public holiday. But I am not complaining. What are your plans for the weekend? My plans include a lunch with the sisters, yoga (yip, this lazy bum has been dragging itself to yoga for the last week), perhaps a visit to this exhibition, and a game of tennis on Sunday (I have not played tennis since my school days... This shall be interesting). And of course the obligatory Olympic viewing and supporting of Team SA!

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Yes, yes, yes. I know you all know it snowed in Jo'burg this week. So here are the perfect snow shoes.

In the name of the astrological feats achieved this week, here is astronaut Anna Fisher, in 198.

And here is NASA today, celebrating Curiosity's landing (see, NASA geniuses are people too!). And this is Curiosity herself (brave lady robot that she is).

Amazing panoramic veiws of Mars

Oh boo. This is the last weekend of Olympic viewing. How great have the Olympic been this year! Well done London.

- This is London 2012 in pictures

- How well do you know your Olympic logos?

- A vintage photo of Olympic spectators

- Have you see Bolt fly! Here is a fascinating interactive animation of Bolt racing against all the sprinters in Olympic history.

- The youngest and oldest Olympic competitors. This year the oldest Olympian is over 70 years old!

- Guess which country has won the most medals per capita

- Inspired by the Olympics? Try a two minute sprint work out.Or are you more like this or this?

- What determines success? Luck versus skill.

Happy Women's Day!

Thursday, August 9, 2012

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To all my South African readers, happy Women's Day to you!

I feel very blessed to come from a family over-flowing with women (the possible cause for my father being grey beyond his years), so most day's feel like women's day in our household. However, if any of them are reading this, thank-you for being a part of who I am today. To my niece for holding my heart in her perfect little hand, to my gran who never fails to inspire me with her grace and strength, to my sisters who are my best friends, and my mom who is our light and rock. A big thank-you also to my lovely lady friends all around the world, and of course let's not forget the reason behind today's public holiday - the women who helped shaped our country.

Ms Pigott Speaking: On scrabble, crosswords and borborygmus

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

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I love words; especially those not everyone uses.

And I love scrabble, particularly playing with an old scrabble set with wooden letters.

But have to admit that I hate crossword puzzles- I just cannot get enthusiastic about trying to unravel clues someone else has very cleverly made up. I do have the romantic picture in my mind of a dear brother of mine and his wife sitting on their beautiful upstairs balcony, steaming coffee mugs at their elbows companionably doing the morning crossword... but still it does not tempt me to become an enthusiast.

I have favourite words like rococo. And have you ever thought of the opposite of disgruntled? I love the thought of being gruntled - such a warm snugly sort of word! Recently I have been given a book that contains 120 words you should know and was pleased that I did know quite a few of them. One I didn’t know and the book termed “delightful but useless” is delightful- borborygmus- it means stomach rumbling- what else could it mean?

Introducing Ms Pigott

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Bury and Discover is delighted to introduce a new guest blogger who goes by the name Ms Pigott. Ms Pigott abhors routine chores so do not expect a weekly post from her, she will rather drop in on the blog when she feels so inclined.

Picture her as your fabulous aunt who wore head scarves while holidaying in Capri before they were cool. I suspect she dons glasses as an excuse to wear diamond encrusted frames that rival the sparkles on her fingers. She has travelled the world, is the perfect homemaker, and can probably out-bake your granny. Above all, Ms Pigott has the most impeccable manners.

I hope you enjoy her posts!

PS. This is not a photo of Ms Pigott but I would not be surprised if her underclothing resembled those above

Literally freezing

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Yip. That's right. The temperature gauge in my car read 0 as I drove to work. It is even snowing in many parts of the country! (This is a novelty for us warm-weathered souls in South Africa). The clouds in Joburg are so ominous I wouldn't be surprised to see flurries outside my office window. Brrr. To be honest, I actually love crispy, cold weather - a perfect excuse to layer textures, don hats, wrap scarves and cuddle up.

Here's my pick of sweaters for the occasion: