Nelis' Photo Blog

The farm Fonteintjie is located in the district of Ceres. The Afrikaans name can be translated as "small fountain". In Afrikaans (as in English) the diminutive is often used to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment.  Then the name translates: precious fountain, or: beloved fountain.  Click on the images to view them in full.  SHARE this page OR share the blog's link: https://ndt-photoblog.blogspot.com/  FOLLOW this blog through the subscription widget on the sidebar.  [Click on the "3 lines" on the top left of the home page to open the sidebar.]

Bees are amazing winged insects. A quick search on the Internet convinced me that I know almost nothing about them. Therefore I am not even trying to identify these bees. (The red one might not be a bee, but some sort of wasp - or hornet?) Click on the images to view them in full.  SHARE this page OR share the blog's link: https://ndt-photoblog.blogspot.com/  FOLLOW this blog through the subscription widget on the sidebar.  [Click on the "3 lines" on the top left of the home page to open the sidebar.]

Before I've recently read about the many benefits of Dandelions on the Internet (e g: http://aboutdandelions.blogspot.com/), I considered them as invasive weeds in our garden.  They have nice yellow flowers that change into photogenic white globes of clocks.  Click on the images to view them in full. They look quite different on a full screen. SHARE this page OR share the blog's link: https://ndt-photoblog.blogspot.com/  FOLLOW this blog through the subscription widget on the sidebar.  [Click on the "3 lines" on the top left of the home page to open the sidebar.]

One Internet page describes maple trees as "beautiful deciduous shade trees with leafy foliage. ... Maple trees commonly have green lobed leaves that change their color to red, yellow, orange, and dark burgundy in the fall. The most identifiable feature of maple trees is their lobed leaves." (https://leafyplace.com/maple-trees/) I assume these photos are of maple trees: Click on the images to view them in full.  SHARE this page OR share the blog's link: https://ndt-photoblog.blogspot.com/  FOLLOW this blog through the subscription widget on the sidebar.  [Click on the "3 lines" on the top left of the home page to open the sidebar.]