Day out driving the coastal road in Cape Town

The value of time.

This is the time that you realise the value of time. We have to make every minute count, before we know it the girls will be all grown and standing on their own two feet. Almost done with their studies and almost twenty two years of age. It gives you that proud feeling and at the same time makes your heart ache.

Edmari and Danika at Clifton.

(More photos under sightseeing)

Who can spot the camera shy boy hiding behind his mom.

Such a nice, warm, lovely day to spend together as a family, making memories to last a life time.

Days like this makes you wonder why we want to disagree with one another, why is the desire there to bump heads and hurt feelings. Why can't we just enjoy every second with endless joy. But life goes on and so we are back to the normal grind of things, rubbing each other the wrong way, running out of patience. We can wish can't we....

Family visit

Family visit from Melbourne and Meyerton

What a blessing to have my whole family together.

 

The photo was taken at the Kirstenbosch Gardens.

Ivana and Dirk on the left. My mom, Marie and Oom Jan on the right.

 

 

 

 

 

My brothers children: Daniela (12) and Lukas (8).

After seven years of not knowing them intimately, I fell in love with them all over again.

 

 It is amazing the big gap that was left with them all returning home. They are dearly missed. They had a fun filled holiday in South Africa, dragging my parents all over with them. From O R Tambo  airport to Pilanesberg, the Eastern Transvaal, from there to the airport for their flight to Cape town, to visit us, visiting the Kirstenbosh Gardens, Hugenote Monument - Franchoek, eating fish at Houtbaai and a visit to Cape Point. They also went for a couple of days to Knysna for a short visit.

 

Mev Tuis Bly

Om tuis te wees het sy voordele. Dit  is lekker ontspannend, jy kan doen wat jy wil wanneer jy wil. Wel darem meeste van die tyd en dinge. Huis skoon maak tel nie. Dit moet gedoen word, skottelgoed gewas word en wasgoed gehang word. Die negatiewe ding van tuis wees is die feit dat jy nie 'n inkomste het nie en in jou man se oe moet staar vir 'n geldjie. Dis 'n problem as jou kreatiewe sappe jou in die steek gelaat het met idees hoe om geld te maak. Al wat ons op die oomblik kan doen is om te vertrou dat God sal voorsien. Wat Hy ook doen.  Nie soos ons dit seker wil he nie, maar tog sleep hy ons elke maand deur. So dankbaar dat daar 'n hoër hand is wat ons lewe rig en ly. Ek kwilt dat die biesies bewe en geniet elke oomblik daarvan.

Tuis in ons nuwe huis

Wat 'n wonderlike verbetering om te woon in jou eie tuiste. In vergelyking met die huur huis is die huis 'n kasteel. Al het die kasteel ook vreeslik baie werk wat gedoen moet word, is dit heerlik om die ruimte te he. Baie moet nog herstel word, bokse wat nog uitgepak moet word en dingetjies wat gedoen moet word, maar wat 'n heerlike uitdaging. Dit raak soms maar eensaam veral as ek alleen tuis is, moet maar net my te doen lysie in orde kry.
Dink baie aan Dirk en Ivana wat nou ook besig is met hulle huis daar ver in Australie, ai mis hulle so baie die kuiers en geselsies veral. Sterkte met julle geverwery daar doer ver in Aussie.

Breakfast with Bellville care group

A busy weekend

We had a wonderful busy weekend. Getting up an preparing to go for a breakfast at Big Bay, Bloubergstrand at a restaurant on the beach with one of the churches Care Groups. The sun was shining nicely but the wind was very cold. What a nice breakfast,  on the table was fruit, yogurts, cereals, scramble eggs, bacon, bangers, mince, tomatoes, and so much more.

Meeting the group and getting to know them better is very nice: Tom and his wife, Lucille and her husband, Hilary and Mike and Sue. Such a nice bunch of people.

After the lovely breakfast we spend some more time on the beach at Big Bay watching the kite surfers enjoying the wind. Taking a long walk on the stony beach with Table Mountain looming on the horizon. Then we took a drive up Signal Hill. We took some wonderful photos. What a view from up there.