{"id":180,"date":"2009-12-01T02:16:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T00:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dorjegilfillan.com\/wordpress\/?p=180"},"modified":"2009-12-01T02:16:34","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T00:16:34","slug":"the-giant-caterpillar-and-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegilfillan.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/the-giant-caterpillar-and-the-eye","title":{"rendered":"The giant caterpillar and the eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

My favourite property in Cape Town is at the top of Red Hill. It was once a yoga centre, and apparently a vastu<\/a> master had described the site’s alignment and energy flows as highly auspicious. When the yoga centre left a few years ago, I inquired about it, and it could have been mine for a measly R7 million.<\/p>\n

Dorje and I went to visit a friend a few weeks ago. Until a few days before, she had been homeless, so I was a little surprised to find her staying on my dream property!<\/p>\n

We got exploring the back garden, a wild expanse bordering the nature reserve.<\/p>\n

We came across an enormous caterpillar. Quite a few of them, actually, all on the same species of plant. <\/p>\n

\"Enormous<\/p>\n

It wasn’t just the caterpillar that was huge – the eggs were quite impressive too, almost a Dorje-sized portion of scrambled eggs on there.
\n\"caterpillar<\/p>\n

I’m hoping some botanist friends can help identify the plant (what’s left of it) and the caterpillar.
\n\"Enormous<\/p>\n

We weren’t expecting to go bundu-bashing, and the beach sandals weren’t the best for the hike. Of course we got nicely scratched by the knee-high scrub. And moved through it a little more cautiously after seeing a rather large snake.
\n\"Snake\"
\nNo, there really is a snake there. It’s body is in the shaded part between the two lower rocks, and it’s head is peering out the top.<\/p>\n

In order to help spot the snakes and caterpillars from afar, a birds-eye-view was necessary. The best we could do was the top of a water cylinder.
\n\"water<\/p>\n

We also discovered one of those strange rocks that make me wonder if it was not once a sacred site<\/a>. Standing tall and seemingly artificially lifted while all around it were low and insignificant rocks, with an “eye” in it.
\n\"eye\"<\/p>\n

Dorje had to climb it:
\n\"dorje<\/p>\n

\"Dorje<\/p>\n

After we got back, we tried to fly our kites again<\/a>. The howling wind meant the kites spent more time trying to decapitate us than soaring peacefully with the currents.<\/p>\n

A fun day, and worth the loss of (another) shoe, and a bit of sunburn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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