Afternoon tea at the African Pride Cafe
31 May 2014
Background
Champagne activities on a coke budget have become a hobby of my wife and me.
Not far from home, it was affordable to drive to. Ceylon tea is not expensive either. Taking pictures and doing art is for free, and God's sunset absolutely free.
For a couple hours, we enjoyed the winter sunset mixed with highveld colors, browns, oranges, yellows and reds. Ducks on the pond and birds searching for crumbs, completed the picture.
Therapy for the tired soul that gets stuck in the hustle and bustle of everyday life filled with bills to pay and technology that drains the soul from God. Only God can satisfy the soul. Our enemy aims to keep us from God with the worries of life.
Nature is a way to get back to God and what is really important.
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| View of garden from the African pride cafe |
The African Pride Cafe is situated within the Pretoria National Botanical Garden. What makes it special is its deck that overlooks the wetland from where one can get a spectacular view of the Garden.
About Pretoria
Pretoria (Tshwane), in Gauteng Province, is the administrative capital of South Africa. Known as "Jacaranda City" for its thousands of Jacaranda trees, it's also home to universities and government buildings (Wikipedia).
About Botanical Gardens
The Pretoria National Botanical Garden is one of South Africa's nine National Botanical Gardens. The garden is wedged between Pretoria Road and Cussonia Avenue in Brummeria, in eastern Pretoria, Gauteng, and flanks a central rocky ridge that runs from east to west.
The 76 hectares garden was established in 1946, and of late hosts the headquarters of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (Wikipedia).
The 76 hectares garden was established in 1946, and of late hosts the headquarters of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (Wikipedia).
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| View of garden from the African pride cafe |
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| African Pride Cafe deck |
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| Sunset view |
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| View of garden from the African pride cafe |
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| The deck of the African pride cafe |
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| The deck of the African pride cafe - Ansu, my wife at our table |
Carrot cake and roses
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| The deck of the African pride cafe - Ansu, my wife at our table |
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| Carrot cake with our tea |
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| The table rose with the garden in the background |
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| The table rose with the garden in the background |
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| Ansu drawing |
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| Ansu drawing |
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| Two boys wanted to know what she was doing |
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| Explaining what she was doing |
Lake sunset
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| Sunset view of the garden from the African Pride Cafe |
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| Sunset view of the garden from the African Pride Cafe |
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| Sunset view of the garden from the African Pride Cafe |
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| Sunset view of the garden from the African Pride Cafe |
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| Sunset view of the garden from the African Pride Cafe |
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| View of garden from the African Pride Cafe |
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| Ducks in the water |
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