This week has been interesting to say the least.
The two words which is going to significantly alter the world for the rest of the year (and longer) are trade wars. It’s going to make life a lot more expensive and we all know as prices rise they rarely come down to where they were before the increase. Not looking forward to all the prices hits but it’s going to be interesting to see how the rest of the world reacts.
Potholes.
I took a few photos this week which I’ll include in the post. The more important ones for me are below:
Imagine driving on these roads. I’m on my bicycle in the mornings & afternoons and I have to dodge them. A bigger problem are drivers swerving and racing around these roads. Yip, you still have id10ts driving over the speed limits on these roads.
Reds.
These two items stood out on my way to town this morning. Both notable brands and both bright red. I left them in color as the impact they had on me would have in lost if I de-saturated them. I’m looking forward to the coming Autumn months as the leaves turn yellow and brown.
There is one street which has a line of sweet gum trees and their leaves then to go red / orange around this time of year. I’ll try to capture a few photos of them to share. Those colors against the blue sky are always an interesting combination.
Serenade Chili.
Another favorite hobby is to grow chilies. Over the years I’ve grown mostly the birds’ eye variety and they have a nice spiciness to them. Not too hot but not so subdued either. This is a fairly common chili in South Africa and you don’t need much expertise to grow them. Having a hot Summer & Spring tends to help.
I’m looking to create a chili sauce so I want to find something which I can grow and combine it with some tomatoes and onions. Not quite a chutney type sauce; a relish instead. I’ll leave updates on how this is going.
In closing.
As the rain clouds gather and the wind picks up I will end this post. The next edition (49) of my newsletter is out today at 15:00 local time. In it I focus on my journey through editions 40 – 49. What I learned and a few hints at what I have in mind for the next ten.
I was thinking about the week ahead and I have a single intention in mind – to get my photo selling business / side-hustle started*. My platform of choice (not much of a choice though) is Paystack for this. They offer a store front option and I’ll be selling images from the past seven years of my photography journey.
I’m going to focus on digital photos for the first few months but once I find a good photo printing company I will start selling physical prints but only in South Africa.
If you are selling photos please leave a link because I’d like to hang some photos from other photographers on the walls. I recently bought a photo from a local artist and had a canvas made of it. Will share photo to this next week.
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