I love the look this girl has in this photo. Makes me think that she has the potential to be a supermodel, if she was to be discovered by the right person.

People rocking along to the Jesse Jordan Band at a recent sunset concert at the Helderberg Nature Reserve.

I’m not really much of a glamour photographer and was quite pleased with the way this shot of my son’s girlfriend turned out.

As she moved away she stopped opposite me to talk to someone she knew while she was putting her money away.  She dropped a coin the landed up between us.  Being a gentleman, not to mention in thrall of her legs, I bent to pick it up and placed it in her hand, to which she said "Dankie Oom" and suddenly I felt really old.  If mature women are calling me Oom, then I must look a lot older than I feel.

I should probably explain this for the benefit of non-South African readers.  Afrikaans people use the terms Oom (Uncle) and Tannie (Auntie) as a sign of respect for older people.  In some ways it is similar to the English Sir and Madam although perhaps less formal and carrying more of a connotation of respect for elders than respect for a stranger or person in a position of authority.  As an English-speaking South African I understand that it is a sign of respect but I still find it unnerving to be called Oom by someone I would consider an equal.  It is understandable for a child or youth to use this form of address to an adult but I would not expect another adult to address me in this way, even if there is a ten or fifteen year gap in our ages.