<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:24:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jade-wentzel/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Reflections]]></title><description><![CDATA[We went to the river yesterday and I caught a few great photos but amongst these I caught some really amazing reflections! Enjoy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/reflections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/reflections</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinqD5seLWoTn1EGm6Gtew5vswgsp9QWqskKCFmvhk47KVjvELJzw5URkQwHFU1DJ5BhZ2LfChTcAuzkhdzcjZQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm in love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently I got back from a trip to cape town which is partially why I've been so inactive. I do have to admit though there was a few good thing that came out of this trip. Such as I got to see and visit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/i-m-in-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/i-m-in-love</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:15:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeuoTk1eRbbqqf5L4w8yqbrTxikvSo8h2Jsy7uaFBUJcenjrE5No4Mdf8upf8SNhoBkknJSLVJF1Yz2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Question...]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do you want to do when you finish school It’s everywhere I swear it’s like this question follows me, as though its sitting perched on my shoulder just telling practically begging every adult or friend]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/the-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/the-question</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2017 10:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1UtNorhGbvwWbaPyocBG2BjejSr3Ekem2vFR4a55rGXvzGnXWvH4feTUb7YBJhHMU4qRsjsMfvH1q4pJado4SfsHr7xaYUN22Q9iJRQizgzGeF79rmbtzenxAwZCA2nhQDojiGgjW63WLHdx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of a legend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay so this steemit post is long overdue. On the 21st of July Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park committed suicide, he was 41 years of age. To say his death was a shock and a loss to this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/the-death-of-a-legend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/the-death-of-a-legend</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason behind my inactivity...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay so I have been really inactive. Lately I've been really inactive on steemit. And its not like I couldn't write or anything its just that I had no idea about what to post and on top of that I started]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@jade-wentzel/the-reason-behind-my-inactivity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@jade-wentzel/the-reason-behind-my-inactivity</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2017 14:25:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[B&W photo contest - Entry 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[My third entry is a photo i took on the roof the other day I took this photo again with my Canon EOS 450D]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bwphotocontest/@jade-wentzel/b-and-w-photo-contest-entry-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bwphotocontest/@jade-wentzel/b-and-w-photo-contest-entry-3</guid><category><![CDATA[bwphotocontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:10:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesBNM47XtZHB2bvPVRmti?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[B&W photo contest - Entry 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[My second entry for the black and white photo contest. I took this picture in hartbeespoort with my Canon EOS 450D]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bwphotocontest/@jade-wentzel/b-and-w-photo-contest-entry-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bwphotocontest/@jade-wentzel/b-and-w-photo-contest-entry-2</guid><category><![CDATA[bwphotocontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:04:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesBNHEq8sAcLAMdWaU9NW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BW photo contest - Entry 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my first entry for the B&W Photo Contest run by @daveks and sponsored by @papa-pepper. My first entry is a photo I took at the Goblins Cove restaurant a place that has lots of trees, flowers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bwphotocontest/@jade-wentzel/bw-photo-contest-entry-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bwphotocontest/@jade-wentzel/bw-photo-contest-entry-1</guid><category><![CDATA[bwphotocontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:09:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesAwD66DQYSbv9ZKs9xgv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catfish]]></title><description><![CDATA[After probably 45 minutes I finally caught a few pictures of the catfish trying to swim upstream.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/catfish</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/catfish</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:29:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesW4K3Q5mcSmo9E8VW22a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The start of a friendship]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Sunday we attended a braai hosted by my mothers work colleagues. Now the only kids there were obviously my brother and I and this other girl the same age as I, oh yes and loads of toddlers. We arrived]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/the-start-of-a-friendship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/the-start-of-a-friendship</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2017 15:18:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZVVKmXhtvgKqwbwBkEW2Zw4TQ1mz83BCsYFHyaQ23a4wfC38Ks8Vcs8VMGJ9YmaVWQE9eWf6TQs4FZtyb9vrzbvUrAvnJsxyne5dtJEUiJXWQgvRVQ6DeXkzdyanrUmwmhDBzdx56a5DXUtWZrzoJbxm4r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[A while ago when we went to stay at Mount Amanzi lodge in Hartbeespoort during our holiday where after patiently waiting finally got a few pictures of the bird flying. I really enjoyed it at this place]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/flight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/flight</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2017 09:07:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesV1qjyJPVmomcxW7SQGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roasting marshmallows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week Sunday we had a braai and after eating the actual food we roasted marshmallows. I had never had them before Sunday and they were delicious.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/roasting-marshmallows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/roasting-marshmallows</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:59:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesDsroTCDSSYJP2S5NZRG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[sunlit trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took these pictures on Sunday while sitting on the roof. I though to post this because when I look at these photos it reminds me that even when there's something covering the sun the light still comes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/sunlit-trees</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@jade-wentzel/sunlit-trees</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:40:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesDD8PukGKeHohvkfzYCe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lions vs Bulls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saturday evening was the game between the lions and the bulls held at Ellis park. We got there early so we could braai and socialize a bit It was a group of nine of us being family and a few of my mom's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/lions-vs-bulls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/lions-vs-bulls</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2017 06:52:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesCQLGuit9hd43nqzwGY6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is life]]></title><description><![CDATA[I often find myself asking the same question. "What is life?" Is it something you can buy from a nearby store? Is it something you can start but not stop? And again I find myself back to the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@jade-wentzel/what-is-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@jade-wentzel/what-is-life</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 10:43:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgqyc52akN9rUxQfC5ruGgFCQMvjrGK1xA8ELpJovYpPFYQmt8FFiRC46Poo9V9VxNfsv1BVsLFrVHiC6B4z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real fighter (An original poem by me)]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Do you ever fight?” “Do you ever try?” “Do you cry yourself to sleep at night?” “I do, I fight I swear I do.” “I try I swear I do.” “I don’t cry myself to sleep at night.” You know what? I know that I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@jade-wentzel/the-real-fighter-an-original-poem-by-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@jade-wentzel/the-real-fighter-an-original-poem-by-me</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesAvwekLdhVAHyEWqrJ9k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survival]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking a walk down memory lane Recalling everything including the pain Lots has happened that’s for sure Many things I was forced to endure I lost myself before I found myself But one things for sure I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@jade-wentzel/survival</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@jade-wentzel/survival</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:06:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvdTZqre6jZfcKP3VhEc392SE594nmChkdFU2j1yc3X537QqbNhrtquKygDwygGTjUePgMyYSKCgyknD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to surf]]></title><description><![CDATA[A while ago in my introductory Steemit post I mentioned surfing as one of my hobbies. So, I decided to write about how I got into surfing and how I learnt to surf. A few years ago we went to visit my father]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/learning-to-surf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jade-wentzel/learning-to-surf</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 08:23:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesWV9VkVFKmy6JEW7bHok?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[School life]]></title><description><![CDATA[For most of my life I've had a passion for art, photography and music it was just one of those things I really enjoyed or liked even before I started drawing and taking pictures. I had very few true friends]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/school/@jade-wentzel/school-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/school/@jade-wentzel/school-life</guid><category><![CDATA[school]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesW4E6r24Zn2Np8fUpy3C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insomnia (original poem by me)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Restless sleeper, Tossing and turning, Flipping and flopping. Eyes wide open, Staring into darkness. Thoughts rack your brain... On my back, Then my side, Flop to my stomach, Then back again. Blankets]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@jade-wentzel/insomnia-original-poem-by-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@jade-wentzel/insomnia-original-poem-by-me</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-wentzel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:50:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vEUW5xsuGxqnhHejNYkGmzGBtihsngJXYsBm51A1rGRkhyLELPsVSUWhSRGnj8W1QTBZ61xQ3NN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>