Postcards from South Africa

Everyone digs receiving some snail-mail or a beautiful postcard in the 'ol postbox. It rebels against the monotony of the white business bill-containing envelopes and feels less clinical than a typed e-mail. 

An African girl washes clothes in the doorway of her shack (informal settlement) in Cape Town, South Africa.
So beautifully colourful.

Since discovering these amazing postcards at Buccaneer Backpacker's giftshop (made by quivertreeimages), I've started up a little collection to send to friends and family. These are the ones that remain and are ready for stamping and sending :)

African 'tata' (old man) and 'makoti' (young, married woman) in rondavels (huts), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Living in the Eastern Cape, immersed in a community of rondavels and the amaXhosa, my faith has been restored in knowing the beauty of rural Africa still exists. These postcards capture the traditional culture of Africans; with the mud-plastered walls and dung-covered floors, as well as the emerging Afro-pop style of bright coloured clothing and recycled bold logo prints used as wallpaper for shack decor.

Interior of a shack decorated with bright pink Husky dog food tin labels in Cape Town, South Africa
and a 'gogo' (grandmother) poses inside her rondavel (hut), Eastern Cape, South Africa

If you want to check out a few more beautiful images of African landscapes, homesteads and our people, go here.

A sangoma (traditional healer), Eastern Cape, South Africa

The Funniest Web Comics: Part 1

It's a rather dangerous act, disovering a new web comic. Once you find a goodie, you scour  archives for hours on end. It's some sort of shot to relieve the bout of FOMO you felt coming on, or an attempt to label yourself as their "biggest fan". Now these aren't online graphic novels or some true only-this-corner-of-the-internet-knows-about-it comics. They're short, sweet, funny, and most are so mainstream it'll make you want to gag.

Warning: Your internet cap about to cringe, so I'll put these in several posts. Suggest more in the comments.

1. The Doghouse Diaries

The Doghouse Diaries

The Doghouse Diaries

2. Brainless Tales

Brainless Tales

Brainless Tales

3. Buttersafe

Buttersafe

Buttersafe

4. The Oatmeal

The Oatmeal

5. Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey 

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey 

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey