W: Water | Dis Ekke
W: Water	27
Posted by HesterLeyNel in Blogging Challenge	≈ 23 Kommentaar
Sleutelwoordeflowers, Namaqualand, water	For everyone reading my blogs it must, by this time, be blatantly obvious that water plays a huge role in my life. I love having the ocean, rivers and estuaries in my immediate vicinity. I can never get bored with looking at water or swimming and fishing in it. I drink water straight from the tap and without adding flavours. This is, in fact, the only drink for me – I do not drink tea, coffee, sweet drinks or alcoholic beverages, only because nothing else can ever taste as delightful as water or quench my thirst the way water does. Whether I am at home looking through the window, hanging over my balcony or walking on the beach, my eyes are always on the water all around me.
I was born and grew up in the arid region of Little Namaqualand, which forms part of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, and is situated south of the Orange River – the border between South Africa and Namibia. This dry, hot region is classified as a semi-desert. The average annual rainfall can be as low as 100mm in certain areas and the water tends to be brackish. Growing up, we were taught that water is a precious commodity and we learnt to use it sparingly.
Namaqualand Namaqualand wind erosion Namaqualand Namaqualand – an abandoned truck Namaqualand flat rocks at Nababeep Quiver tree forest in Nieuwoudtville However, we used to call this part of the country “God’s Garden” and the “Grateful Soil” because when- and wherever a few drops of rain fell in winter, natural flowers would sprout with the first arrival of spring.
Namaqualand Namaqualand waterfall in Nieuwoudtville Melkbos in blom Nababeep wild flowers in spring In the years when the region has a good winter rainy season, wildflowers spring up across the landscape like multi-coloured carpets and tourists arrive from all over the world to take photographs of this wondrous sight. Follow this link to the photo gallery of the South African National Parks to view their pictures; they will blow you away.
Residents of Nongoma, north-west of Durban, that has been badly affected by the recent drought, prepare to collect water from a free water point sponsored by concerned citizens on November 9, 2015. AFP PHOTO/MUJAHID SAFODIEN / AFP / MUJAHID SAFODIEN
23 thoughts on “W: Water”	Anuscka said:	2016-04-28 om 9:37 nm	Jaaa…. baie mooie blog, en ik vind het ook zo’n baie mooie taal: Afrikaans. Mooie woorden over water. Hier, in Europa, is het ook zo vanzelfsprekend dat er altijd maar (drinkbaar) water uit de kraan komt… En wat een prachtige omgeving waar je bent opgegroeid. Ik las vroeger veel boeken van Wilbur Smith en droomde dan dat ik in Namibia woonde… 😉
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-29 om 8:02 vm	Dis ‘n harde wêreld om in te woon en Wilbur het dit baie mooi weergegee. Ek lees ook graag sy boeke. Dankie vir die kompliment 😀 LikeLiked by 1 person
rondomtaliedraai said:	2016-04-27 om 7:37 nm	Baie mooi blog… soos net jy kan!
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 7:44 nm	Dankie 😀 LikeLiked by 1 person
perdebytjie said:	2016-04-27 om 2:27 nm	Ons het juis vanoggend droë krane en dit laat mens met ‘n skok besef dat water nie vanselfsprekend is nie.Eintlik behoort elke buurt twee dae ‘n week sonder water te wees,sodat mense kan leer om nie te mors nie.Jou foto’s is pragtig en ek geniet elke inskrywing!
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 3:36 nm	Dankie baie, ek het nou-net gesê ek het die A-Z Challenge bo verwagting geniet, maar dit is nogal harde werk.
perdebytjie said:	2016-04-27 om 6:32 nm	Ek het lekker gelees by almal,maar was heeltemal te lui om self deel te neem!
drkottaway said:	2016-04-27 om 1:26 nm	Beautiful post. Water is precious precious precious…. And I love living by the Puget sound and beaches and mountains too….
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 1:36 nm	Must go Google …
drkottaway said:	2016-04-27 om 1:25 nm	(typo alert, missing an l in rainfall 4th paragraph)
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 1:32 nm	Thank you, I wil keeel Grammarly.
drkottaway said:	2016-04-27 om 1:33 nm	No, no, not your Grammer! She is old and frail!
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 1:35 nm	Haha
Christina B said:	2016-04-27 om 1:09 nm	In eerstewêreld lande besef mense nie altyd hoe skaars water in sommige lande is en dat daar nog plekke is waar mense nie lopende water tot hulle beskikking het nie. Australië het ook ‘n water tekort en van ons bure laat loop hulle sproeiers twee keer per dag (vroegoggend en laat aand) op hulle toegelate dae (‘n mens mag net een keer per dag, twee dae per week jou sproeiers laat loop). Die Namakwaland is darem maar mooi.
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 1:16 nm	Dit is mooi en as kind het ek dit natuurlik nie soveel waardeer as wat ek nou doen nie. Die jeug het ander dinge op die brein, nie natuurtonele en veldblomme nie 😀 LikeLiked by 1 person
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scrapydo2.wordpress.com said:	2016-04-27 om 10:22 vm	Water is so belangrik. Ons kannie daarsonder nie. Ek het vir verlede Vrydig se skryfgroep juis n stuk gelees wat ek in 2012 geskryf het oor water in SA. Ek het toe nog bygevoeg dat dit werklik droog is. Hier glo hul nie dat daar droogte is nie, Baie is so gewoond aan water dat hul net onverskillig is daarmee.
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 11:11 vm	Selfs hier waar droogte ‘n werklikheid is, mors mense met water en herstelwerk aan pype word te lank uitgestel.
scrapydo2.wordpress.com said:	2016-04-27 om 11:26 vm	Dis n bose kringloop waar mense meestal betrokke is. My buurvrou glo vas daar is genoeg water en sy hoef nie die waterbeperkings te volg nie. Sy mors vreeslik water. Ek word party dae so fies vir haar as sy die sproeiers(wat ons nie mag gebruik nie) aan los en gaan slaap. Ek klop haar sommer op en sy weet al as ek in haar slaapkamer staan en haar wakker skree dat dit die water is wat aan is!( Sy sluit nie haar deure nie en sy is n strawwe drinker dis hoekom ek tot in haar slaapkamer haar moet opklop!Ha ha)
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 11:32 vm	haha, dis kostelik! Jy is ‘n brawe vrou.
scrapydo2.wordpress.com said:	2016-04-28 om 9:30 vm	Jong ek vererg my so erg dat ek nie omgee om haar uit die bed te pluk nie. Ek vat darem vir Trompie saam so in die donker.
aj vosse said:	2016-04-27 om 10:19 vm	Jy is so reg!! Water is sekerlik die kosbaarste komoditeit wat vir ons gegee is! Selfs hier is daar mense wat daai punt nie kan of wil verstaan nie! Hulle dink omdat dit uoit die hemel val dat hulle ‘n reg het om dit verniet te kry!
HesterLeyNel said:	2016-04-27 om 11:12 vm	Dankie. Dis ‘n wêreld wat uitsonderlik mooi is selfs waar daar nie ‘n enkele bossie groei nie.
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