On our way again

Dec 302011
 

The sec­ond last leg of our jour­ney sees us head­ing to Mpumalanga to our par­ents house.  This is also where our younger sis­ter lives.

Although we live far apart, we are a very close-knit family. December is one of those “offi­cial” times set aside for fam­ily. It is also the time for lots of food —  Gam­mon, Lamb and beef, all done accord­ing to old fam­ily recipes, and with­out fail too much!  Then there is of course my mom’s date cook­ies which she only bakes in Decem­ber.  It just fol­lows that you have to eat as many as you can because it only comes around once a year!

We will diet again and shed the extra kilo­grams, after New Year, when life returns to normal.

Let me show you the grass­lands of the High­veld, cov­er­ing rolling hills as far as the eyes can see, with many dif­fer­ent hues of green. This is farm land inter­mixed with the occa­sional open­cast coal mine and elec­tric­ity plant.  Although I pre­fer a more trop­i­cal envi­ron­ment, this area too, has a charm of its own.  This trip has been marked with rain as far as we went, but we got blessed with some sum­mer skies on the day.

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A wish for you

Dec 252011
 

On this day, we Wish you …

May your gar­den always be filled with flow­ers even if you haven’t planted any.

May your heart always be filled with joy even if it has broken.

May God hold you every day, pro­tect you,

And may he bless you with His love now & always…

Who says you must have a tree?

Dec 222011
 

If you have chil­dren, you put up the tree at Christ­mas time.  It’s been a fam­ily tra­di­tion for as long as I can remem­ber.  Well, since the kids were born any­way. This year none of our chil­dren are home for Christ­mas.  I was mid­way through putting the string­lights up at the stairs when I got this bit of news.  Need­less to say, I didn’t feel like putting up any­thing any more.

I left it for a day or two, and then it hit me:  who says you must have a tree? Christ­mas is a time of tak­ing spe­cial care; a time for dress up and  a time for tak­ing a lit­tle bit more care to make it all nice.  Def­i­nitely don’t want to miss out on that… Gotta have something.

Here are some of my favourite ideas.

Source: hgtv.com via Irma on Pin­ter­est

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It’s Christmas time

Dec 172011
 

Whether you are hav­ing a white Christ­mas, you’re spend­ing it at the sea­side or in the bush, you’re bound to find some inspi­ra­tion to cre­ate a fes­tive atmos­phere in these beau­ti­ful photos.

Source: bhg.com via Irma on Pin­ter­est

Source: google.com via Irma on Pin­ter­est

Source: chiccoastalliving.blogspot.com via Irma on Pin­ter­est

Source: google.com via Irma on Pin­ter­est

Almost ready…

Dec 132011
 

Christ­mas is fam­ily time and this year the boys and I are going back to our roots, so to speak.  Sadly my daugh­ter Laeti­tia only returns from the USA in Jan­u­ary, so she won’t be join­ing us this time.

Back to our trip: we plan to under­take an epic 2000 km jour­ney (roughly 1,242 miles) which will see us cross 6 of the 9 provinces in South Africa and feast our eyes on some breath­tak­ing scenery.  From trop­i­cal Pieter­mar­itzburg, the Mid­lands of Kwa-zulu Natal and majes­tic Drak­ens­berg moun­tain range, over the grass­lands of the Free State, the city life of Gaut­eng, to the bushveld of Thabaz­imbi (to visit the in - Law’s).  And then all the way to the town we grew up in and where our par­ents still live to cel­e­brate Christmas!

It all starts here - This is the kloof (at the edge of the botan­i­cal gar­dens) and the view from my back yard… my own paradise.

I will post photo’s of our jour­ney and share our beau­ti­ful coun­try with you.  I do hope you’ll join me.

Come… take a road trip with us.

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