Oscar Pistorius: S. African Sprint RuNNer

Known as Blade Runner, "The Fastest Man on No Legs" or  "Oz" Pistorius celebrated his twenty-sixth birthday today December 20th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

He is the first double amputee to run at the Olympics 2012 with his "Flex-Foot Cheetah Carbon Fibre Trastibial Prostheses".

A Young Magician´s Trick Unraveled

Kew Gardens (London): Marianne North Gallery

Bird of Paradise (flowers), Strelitzia reginae + SugarBirds (Promerops cafer)

Marianne North in Natal, S. Africa

Schotia speciosa Amherstia Gardenia, Gardenia Thunbergia + Trogon (Narina trogon)