| You are invited to view Philippa's photo album: Stanford Birding Photographic Competition 2009 ENTRIES
Message from Philippa: The entries into the 2009 Stanford Birding Photographic Competition are of such a high standard it is very tricky for me to judge. Please please please help me... It's easy, simply follow the link, sign up for Picasa Web Albums (IT IS SAFE AND FREE), browse the photos and click the "like" button. Feel free to leave a comment too as this will be useful to me. The judging will be finalised by tomorrow morning (Thursday, 1st October) and the best will be on display at Stanford Arms Lounge. If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=Philippa.Castle&target=ALBUM&id=5366775352977941265&authkey=Gv1sRgCJmxguKY5_OM3QE&feat=email To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account.  |
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Invitation to view Philippa's Picasa Web Album - Stanford Birding Photographic Competition 2009 ENTRIES
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Stanford Glendower Bird Fair 1st - 4th October 2009
Dear Rainbow
Edward Snell & Co, a.k.a. Glendower Scotch Whisky, remain our generous sponsor as we begin the festivities this year with free tasting of Glendower Scotch Whisky at The African Tea Party, taking place at Oak Grove Farm from 3pm, on Thursday, 1st October 2009.
The Stanford Birding Photographic Competition this year will be judged in 3 separate categories; being Professional, Amateur and Youth, with plenty of prizes for all. You may enter as many photographs as you like. Send each captioned/labelled entry, separately, to info@stanfordbirding.co.za The closing date for entries is 5pm Friday, 26 September 2009.
Great Prizes to be won
- 1/2 hour flight for 2 with African Wings
- ultimate whale watching for 2 with Dyer Island Cruises
- 1 year subscription to Africa Birds and Birding
- pet friendly 3 star self catering for 5 Oak Grove Farm
- boat trip on
- guided walk through Platbos Africa's southern most forest
- lunch for 2 at Stanford Art Cafe
- breakfast for 2 at Madrés Country Kitchen & Grocer
Prizes will be awarded on Friday 2nd October during the free tasting of Glendower Scotch Whisky, prior to the light supper and Angels on Horseback cabaret show. Tickets are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.
ENTERTAINMENT Angels on Horseback
An unmissable night of cabaret, wit and wisdom – a fabulous SA Country & Western show packed with laughter, insight and hilarious musical numbers – comment by Pnina Fenster of Glamour Magazine.
http://www.angelsonhorseback.co.za/
Speakers at the 6th Stanford Glendower Bird Fair 2009 include:.
- Dr Anton Odendal - Overberg Birding Route
- Naas Terblanche - Overberg amphibians
- Dave de Beer - Bird Photography
- Mike Graham - Birding in the
- Doug Newman - Bird Calls
- Odette Curtis - Renosterveld conservation and its effect on bird life.
- Meidad Goren - Albatross by-catching
- Wilfred Chivell - African penguins on Dyer Island
As usual, we have an array of interesting and well-informed tour guides along with a bit of light relief that includes free tasting of Glendower Whisky thanks to our generous sponsors.
- Guided outing (25 people maximum) led by Brummer Olivier to Danger Point and Kleinbaai
- Mini Pelagic Boat trip on ”Apex Predator” from Kleinbaai to see ocean birds, possibly Albatross, whales and sharks.
- Walk on Flower Valley Farm with Brummer Olivier
- Gourmet picnic lunch and guided tour of the Spookhuis at Mosaic Farm
Apart from birding, the Overberg offers many unique attractions including Fynbos, whales, sharks and many other areas of interest that collectively make the Overberg the place to be.
On Saturday evening there will be a bonfire and informal braai on Boeredans Farm just outside Stanford.
To see the full programme please click Here
Should you have details of the previous year’s Stanford Glendower Bird Fair online anywhere, we shall appreciate it greatly if you will kindly update the information to reflect the latest information available at http://www.stanfordbirding.co.za/
We thank you for your interest and look forward to seeing you at the Bird Fair.
Kind regards,
Stanford Glendower Bird Fair Committee
http://www.stanfordbirding.co.za/
082 943 4327
028 341 0255
Skype LadyStanford
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p.s. We wish to take this opportunity to thank our loyal sponsors and supporters:
Madrés Country Kitchen & Grocer
River Rat Boat Cruises 083 310 0952
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Monday, July 06, 2009
Chief Seattle's Letter to George Washington
My husband found this on the Internet way back in 1996 and my sister, Deborah Jean Baker, read it at our wedding at Sadawa in the Karoo on 13 April 1996.
TO ALL THE PEOPLE
Chief Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish Indians allegedly wrote to the American Government in the 1800's - In this letter he gave the most profound understanding of God in all Things. Here is his letter, which should be instilled in the hearts and minds of every parent and child in all the Nations of the World:
"The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy or sell the sky? the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect. All are holy in the memory and experience of my people.
We know the sap which courses through the trees as we know the blood that courses through our veins. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the dew in the meadow, the body heat of the pony, and man all belong to the same family.
The shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not just water, but the blood of our ancestors. If we sell you our land, you must remember that it is sacred. Each glossy reflection in the clear waters of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my people. The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.
The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. So you must give the rivers the kindness that you would give any brother.
If we sell you our land, remember that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life that it supports. The wind that gave our grandfather his first breath also received his last sigh. The wind also gives our children the spirit of life. So if we sell our land, you must keep it apart and sacred, as a place where man can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow flowers.
Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
One thing we know: our God is also your God. The earth is precious to him and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.
Your destiny is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered? The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills is blotted with talking wires? Where will the thicket be? Gone! Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what is to say goodbye to the swift pony and then hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival.
When the last red man has vanished with this wilderness, and his memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, will these shores and forests still be here? Will there be any of the spirit of my people left?
We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat. So, if we sell you our land, love it as we have loved it. Care for it, as we have cared for it. Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you receive it. Preserve the land for all children, and love it, as God loves us.
As we are part of the land, you too are part of the land. This earth is precious to us. It is also precious to you.
One thing we know - there is only one God. No man, be he Red man or White man, can be apart. We ARE all brothers after all."
TO ALL THE PEOPLE
Chief Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish Indians allegedly wrote to the American Government in the 1800's - In this letter he gave the most profound understanding of God in all Things. Here is his letter, which should be instilled in the hearts and minds of every parent and child in all the Nations of the World:
"The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy or sell the sky? the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect. All are holy in the memory and experience of my people.
We know the sap which courses through the trees as we know the blood that courses through our veins. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the dew in the meadow, the body heat of the pony, and man all belong to the same family.
The shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not just water, but the blood of our ancestors. If we sell you our land, you must remember that it is sacred. Each glossy reflection in the clear waters of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my people. The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.
The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. So you must give the rivers the kindness that you would give any brother.
If we sell you our land, remember that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life that it supports. The wind that gave our grandfather his first breath also received his last sigh. The wind also gives our children the spirit of life. So if we sell our land, you must keep it apart and sacred, as a place where man can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow flowers.
Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
One thing we know: our God is also your God. The earth is precious to him and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.
Your destiny is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered? The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills is blotted with talking wires? Where will the thicket be? Gone! Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what is to say goodbye to the swift pony and then hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival.
When the last red man has vanished with this wilderness, and his memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, will these shores and forests still be here? Will there be any of the spirit of my people left?
We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat. So, if we sell you our land, love it as we have loved it. Care for it, as we have cared for it. Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you receive it. Preserve the land for all children, and love it, as God loves us.
As we are part of the land, you too are part of the land. This earth is precious to us. It is also precious to you.
One thing we know - there is only one God. No man, be he Red man or White man, can be apart. We ARE all brothers after all."
Monday, June 08, 2009
Sporting Memorabilia Collection for sale - Hennies Pub & Grill, Stanford
Dear Rainbow
Over the past 10 years or more, Hennie Kotze of Stanford has collected an appreciable quantity of International Sports Memorabilia autographed by various well known sportsmen.
Should you be interested in viewing and/or bidding on the various items available for sale, please click on the following link (or cut & paste into your browser) to view the items online at the 'Bid or Buy' web site.
http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/seller/1324669/andrepvdm
Bids are open until 12 June (some till the 14th).
Kind regards
DIGIVID
028 341 0570
082 943 4327
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