Roddy Fox Blogs

Just strolling

Sometimes a picture just names itself. This one’s called just strolling because that’s what this rhino mother and calf were doing. Just strolling through the Eastern Cape bush.

Makana Revive at work outside the Cock House

This photo of the Cock House is another of my antique-styled pictures of Grahamstown’s heritage sites.

Coming Home

Coming Home: poems from the Grahamstown diaspora is Harry Owen’s new anthology that’s currently in production with Amitabh Mitra’s Poets Printery.

The Matchbox

At the upper end of Market Street there is a tiny little house – The Matchbox.

Across the Valley

Here’s a shot I’ve wanted to take for quite a while.

Cycling by…

There’s a bit of a back story to ‘Cycling by …’.

Fridays Photo From RoddyTheFox

I’m back from sabbatical with the first post of a new series – Grahamstown Heritage – featuring the old and the new.

Holiday night sky – Chintsa

With the summer holidays in mind I’m sharing this December night sky.

Bell, Tank and Drostdy

Hiding behind the wall of the Albany Museum is the bell that used to sit on top of the Drostdy Arch.

Tantyi By Night

We live in an unusual place … it’s rare for a South African city to have the suburbs and townships facing each other across a valley as we do.

Summer’s End

Summer’s End

We are heading home to Grahamstown next week so this will be my last photo from Sweden.

Home from Home

Home from Home

Well it certainly isn’t as good as the iconic view you get of Rhodes from the Drostdy Arch – but this is my academic home from home when I am in Sweden.

Down to the Featherstone Brewery

Down to the Featherstone Brewery

Grahamstown’s own craft beers come from the Featherstone Brewery which is located on Brackenhill Farm just a few kilometres out of town where the N2 winds its way down through Howieson’s Poort.

Winter Sunrise, Grahamstown

Winter Sunrise, Grahamstown

I have to  get up before dawn during the Arts Festival. There’s our dog to be walked and various chores that need to be done before getting to my exhibition venue.

Festino at the exhibition.

Festino at the exhibition.

Late June is Arts Festival time in Grahamstown. The whole place is full to bursting with festinos from all over the country, continent  and the rest of the world.

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