In honour of world book day, for today and tomorrow only (up to
midnight, SA time, 24-04-2015) if you order one copy of the Climax Collection:
The secret life of Windmills online from our website (www.theclimaxcollection.co.za),
you will get a second copy for free, ideal as a Mother's or Fathers Day gift.
The Climax Collection - The Secret Life Of Windmills is a unique book
which combines elements of coffee table photography and colloquial South
African humour, with playful innuendo around the fact that most windmills in SA
are Climaxes. It even offers a gentle armchair tour around some of South
Africa’s back roads, because most of the photos have captions showing where the
windmills were found.
It’s a fun book with quality photos of a well-loved South African icon,
and the irreverent captions give it an amusing and unexpected twist. All this
makes it the perfect gift for anyone who loves windmills and humour and is
especially ideal for the man who is hard to shop for. The compact format makes
this book easy to post overseas to all those visitors who would like a reminder
of our unique country and to ex-pats who look forward to anything that reminds
them of home.
Not one of the pictures from the book, but one taken on a recent trip to
the Northern Cape, which I have called the "Sociable Climax" because
the Sociable Weavers have decided that this is a perfect place to build their
nest.
Just for fun I have also added a picture of two Sociable Weavers, being
sociable with a stripe field mouse at the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. This is
an arid part of the country, where the windmills have a vital role in providing
water to the animals in the park. The water these guys are drinking was poured
into the bottle caps left lying about by careless picnickers - kind of shows
how scarce water is for these creatures.
