1855 St George's Church

This is the smaller of the two churches on the shady stand in the middle of the town of Knysna, South Africa. There are a number of graves around the church. Some bears what appears to be a royal coat of arms and bears the family name “Rex”. Legend has it that the then King of England banned his illegitimate son to South Africa to avoid embarrassment back in England. George Rex did a lot of good for the community, playing a roll in amongst other the development of the harbor at the Knysna Lagoon. Today the harbor is used mainly by pleasure craft. Craft entering the Lagoon has to pass through a narrow channel. Navigation is tricky due to the fast moving current that passes through the channel due to tide movement. The South African Navy still visits the harbor from time to time for ceremonial purposes. http://www.coismeyer.com/

Street art

Along Louis Botha Avenue between Houghton and Hillbrow runs a stretch of clay brick wall decorated by street artists. Some of the art incorporates the standard symbols and interlocked thunder bolts. Others are quite unique. Most of them are really good. I photographed this early one morning. I will include a few more images in my website, www.coismeyer.com, in the “Objects” gallery within the next few days.

Website

I am in the process of upgrading my website. At this stage it is still a work in progress. A rather slow process as I am not a programmer. But it should go faster now that I have the basics sorted out. Please feel free to comment. http://www.coismeyer.com

Hollow Tree

I photographed this tree in the Knysna forest while hiking there. It looks like something should be living there, but nothing is. Probably too close to the ground. If I could think something should be living there, so could most predators.

Graaff Reinette Church

The town of Graaff Reinette in the Karoo is dominated by this Church. I took this picture early one morning while traveling back to Johannesburg from the Cape. It is a beautiful town rich with history, museums and old buildings.

Sedgefield Lake

I was sifting through old photo stock when I came across this photo that I took one morning while cycling. Wish I was there rather than preparing for a new week. (It is Sunday evening 21h49 in South Africa)

Old house in Johannesburg

I came across this old house in an old part of Johannesburg. Many years ago this must have been someones pride and joy, sitting around this fire place on a cold winter evening.