The fishes and the deep blue sea Children in Cape Town are so spoiled for activities to do. Some of them cost money, but many of them offer discounted days. Lily and I took Amelia to Two Oceans Aquarium on Saturday afternoon and w…

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Stolen Peace Many of you know about my dirty little not-so-secret addiction to reality TV and how a phrase often gets ‘stuck’. This week the little phrase that kept echoing was about “not lett…

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between the mountain and the ant Do you ever have one of those days where it seems every thing is coming at you all at once and nothing goes smoothly? Monday before last, Norm had booked the plumber and the electrician to come and…

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The Journey Is the Reward After such a beautiful day last Saturday, on Sunday the weather turned again and we woke to rain that morning. Norm and I had planned on having a wander around the garden centre as I had a voucher …

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A Cage of My Own Design I had a surreal experience this week. Last Sunday was Father’s Day and I posted a tribute to my Dad who died before my children were born. I sat thinking about him a lot over Sunday and Monda…

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Eleven Minutes I read that “Eleven minutes a day of deep, conscious breathing can get you high, humbled, and halfway to a mystical experience” and who doesn’t want that? It grabbed my attention …

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The Soil of South Africa Clings to You Last weekend was really cold and overcast. As we have no heat in our house other than a wood fireplace that we could not be bothered to light, it was really cold in the house too. I was wearing 4 l…

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Bobbitt and Weaving Last Saturday night we were invited to dinner with my daughter Caitlin and Son in law Wesley. Poppy went with us and she was so well behaved and did not get car sick this time. She lay in my lap li…

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In it for the Genet In addition to all of the usual birds, butterflies and my lizards, on Sunday my backyard safari sightings were even more thrilling. First I had a wee squirrel come and sit in the tree for what felt…

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Speaking in the Love This week Norm was travelling again and I was trying to remember where he had gone but all I knew was it had a lot of vowels in it. He was in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. I kept telling ev…

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Her zaman planladığım gibi gitmiyor. Ama asla boşa gitmiyor 🫠

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Tin Lizzie and the Backyard Safari I mentioned that April is a month of many public holidays in South Africa and it was lovely having 3 days off last weekend and another day off on Thursday and nothing to do except whatever I wanted…

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The Seed of the Future I have been Head of the House all week as Norm was away in Ghana until yesterday. I often say I hate having responsibilities, that they give me anxiety as I always feel like I am forgetting somethi…

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Reclamation of the Yard It was so lovely spending time with my little granddaughter Bree last Saturday afternoon. She had been sick and was a bit stuffed up but she coped like a champ. She is such a strong bodied little t…

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Not That Kind of Girl Everyone (myself included) has been whittering on about Mercury and communication issues. I have been hit with it this week with what seems like a million paper cuts, not deadly but annoying AF! I …

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7 Generations I have loved having Lily and Amelia here all week, Amelia changes so much every time I see her. She can now say several words and is so funny. She really loves to be a comedian and if she gets a la…

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The Bird Mafia Even though we live by the sea, we are surrounded by mountains and we do not get an actual ‘sundown’ with a sun slipping into the ocean on the horizon like you see in romantic films. Bu…

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The Light Bearer of Truth Time flies by so quickly, I also find that the older one gets, the more it seems to accelerate. I was ill with my stomach for 3 weeks so avoided everyone in case of germ transfer, then Caitlin was …

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The Balance This has been a really hard week for our family. It has not helped that the weather has been stifling hot and that it got up to 30℃ on Monday. Sometimes it was even too hot to sit outside as there …

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The More You Give This week in my daily Native American Elders’ Daily Meditation the quote mentioned that Native custom believes that the more you give, the more you get. I love this way of thinking. You canno…

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Snips & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails I am a worrier by nature and I have to really keep focused on positivity and gratitude, rather than obsessing over things that most likely will never happen. Since we got little Poppy, I have watch…

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River of Denial This week I heard a term which really resonated with me. Once again I cannot remember where I heard it, but the theory is that the reason that we cannot see the future impact of the actions or deci…

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Overwhelmed by Gratitude I usually do not really suffer with jet-lag but this trip it has really hit me hard. Possibly it is because I started a new contract the day after we returned home? I have had to nap or at least re…

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Happy Trails To You This has been a week of chaos of the best kind. My daughter Lily and granddaughter Amelia were here all week again but they left on Thursday morning. I mentioned in last week’s post that Norm…

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End of an Era & Beginning of a Friendship This week has been chaos, some things were fabulous and some were challenging. It was my last week of work on the project I have been a Data Architect on for several years. I love this team and hav…

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The Hurting Kind I find that the nearer we get to the end of the year, the faster things seem to roll past us. Even the weather is not feeling like December. Normally at this time of year it is very hot with very l…

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