In touch with nature.............

On Friday afternoon Dean and Lauren went to see the Ballet
- The Ugly Duckling at the Guild Theatre. It was a lovely
performance and L really enjoyed it.

Granny & Grandpa R were baby-sitting on Saturday night,
while Dean and I attended a games evening with some friends.

Sunday, Lauren and I joined my colleague and friend, Mindanao
to visit the EL zoo. Lauren always enjoys visiting the zoo. This
time we tried to see the Zoo’s Big 4…. Giraffe, Lions, Monkeys
and we skipped the Bears. It can take hours to see everything.
In the afternoon, Dean and Lauren went to the shopping centre’s
quiet parking-lot, so L could practice riding her bike. I tried to
complete the painting in Lauren’s room, where the new aluminum
window was installed.
Late afternoon, I took some photos of Lauren in the garden

and edited them to look Vintage style.

Wanderings on the weekend.....

I took leave on Friday and participated in Lauren's playschool
Big walk and Sports Day in the morning. The weather was cold
and the grass was slightly wet. The little ones were partly
competing and also learning how-to at the same time. I won
in the moms race. Cupcakes and juice were served at the end
of the the event.


I delivered L back to school and joined a long time friend, Dee,
at a new coffee shop in EL called Salad daze. It is decorated
all in pink and white with pink roses everywhere. Really
pretty and quaint with delightful, delicious lemon
meringue!


Saturday, L and I attended an enjoyable service at church
and Pathfinders in the afternoon. Dean's brother Bryan
was having plenty of folk around to his house for a sheep
spit braai. Brother Geoff & Nigel attended from PE & Jhb.
The children had a fun time playing games and running
around in the garden at night.


Sunday was another celebration get-together. My mom
& Lance had a birthday on 17 July and Allison on 7 July.
My mom made a mutton roast with roast potato and veg.
Allison made scrumptious strawberry cheesecake.
It was a warm winters day and rather pleasant to sit outside
in the sun. Lauren found a ladybird and inspected the
blossoms on the peach tree.

In the wild....

I attended a weekend get-away with MBSA Secretaries,

hosted by our in-house Travel Agents. We left EL and

stopped over for lunch at the Halyards Hotel in Port Alfred.

We travelled to Bushman Sands, booked into our rooms and
got back into the Vito vans and headed for Lalibela Game

Reserve, where we went on a 3 hour game drive until 19h00,

when supper was served in the main Lapa. They decorated

our faces with Xhosa markings and there was some
Xhosa cuisine and then the Xhosa traditional dances

entertained us. Everyone had the opportunity of drumming

along to the songs and performances.
The weather was freezing, so gloves, scarves and woollen

hats had to be worn.
The weekend was relaxing and enjoyable.