Friday, March 5, 2010

To the Lighthouse.

"Indeed they were very close to the Lighthouse now. There it loomed up, stark and straight, glaring white and black ... "


But alas, they were not allowed to enter, as someone (not the lighthouse keeper, she hoped) was practising his abseiling technique. Another day, she thought, another day ...

(First paragraph by Virginia Woolf, second paragraph by Anairam.)
Slangkop lighthouse - Kommetjie, Cape Town

6 comments:

frayedattheedge said...

Please tell me the rest of the story!!

Leenie said...

That is a VERY TALL lighthouse. Too bad you couldn't explore more. Yes, sometime you will have to share the rest of the story/

Linda Sue said...

For a moment I thought that was YOU getting a really close look at the light house and I hollered, "You come down immediately! Before you put your eye out...or something!"WHEW- so glad it was some other person being crazy! I should know better really, but when you said that you were going to go look at the light house...well, you know, I jump to disaster thoughts before rational ones.

aimee said...

you mean that's not you scaling the lighthouse?

at swim-two-birds said...

love the name of the lighthouse, Slangkop :)
great photos too!
what about my room, i'm only showing some small&clean parts:)

Nicky Linzey said...

Great pictures and like the way you linked the stories.
Wish I was at your barbeque right now!