freaky week

Heavens! What a week this has been.   On Saturday we are at my mum's beach house at Scarborough and discovered that part of the roof had blown off.  So Sunday morning we had to do a hasty repair.   Monday was uneventful.   When I opened the door on Tuesday morning to go to dancing it appeared to be raining.  I went back in and donned my raincoat only to find when I eventually left that some nasty, dastardly lout had stolen our garden tap.   In fact it was twisted off and a huge spray of water had been flooding the garden for hours.   On Wednesday  our pet rat looked really ill and on Thursday morning she passed away.   As if this wasn't enough, our stove packed up on Friday morning.    Saturday and Sunday - I command you to be peaceful, beautiful and completely uneventful.   I actually feel that I can't cope with much more.   what to do now.  OFF TO BED

Farewell Ping

It is so sad to say goodbye to a pet.   Ping was just a small siamese rat.   She lived with us for two years and has finally succumbed to cancer.    Even though she was such a small and gentle critter, she was very deep in our hearts.   Not a day went by when each one of us would communicate with her.   She was always happy to eat strawberry yoghurt, or almonds or cranberries.   She loved a crust of buttered toast and would furiously lick off all the butter. Her place of peace was in the hoodie of john's track top.   She was happy to stay there for hours. She had a personality and would often push you away with her paw.   She was an expert at tearing up newspapers to make a nest.

Ping gave as much love to us as we gave to her.   Farewell dear gentle soul....
24 July 2014

pinterest and facebook

today is 8th November 2013,   just thinking...

Of all the technology in the world today what I enjoy most is Pinterest and facebook.    It is such an exciting eye-opening experience collecting information from Pinterest.   One meets others with similar interests and there is such opportunity to learn about and be inspired by the postings.

The second thing I love is Facebook - I am in contact with friends dear to me who are living in other countries.   The chances of ever having found them without facebook are nil!!!  

both Pinterest and Facebook have become a very import part of each day.   I am so pleased they are there....

14 March 2013 - all my good intentions of blogging regularly gone in the wind.
It is a gloriously sunny day in Cape Town - 27 degrees.   sweltering actually - went for a walk at lunchtime and saw and accident - not all that unusal for Cape Town. To a few pics of an upside down vehicle.   Luckily no one was seriously hurt.   made my way back to the office where I am right now.

Heavens alive.   Someone has read my blog!!!   Thank you so much Maureen.    What can I say about Cape Town?   It is still the most beautiful city in the world with the loveliest people.   We are all a very integrated society now and it is like the bad years never existed.   It is winter now but today you would not think so.   It is the perfect Cape Town day.   Temperature is 18 degrees, not a cloud in the skies and a feeling of chilled layedbackness prevails.    On the weekend I am going to drive to Scarborough.   Miles and miles of sea and mountain, the one more spectacular than the other.   I love living here.   And the reason I am blogging during work hours?   it is because i remembered my username and password.   so logging off for now... 

spurred into action

Its been a while since Ive blogged.   I have enrolled for a Feature Writing course and am on my third module.   I find it very, very interesting.   I trust that my blogs will improve as I learn more.  I am really fired up - i think i'll do my final project on and interview with an ex ballet dancer who started an unusual school of dance and exercise and a young man who chose photography for a career.   It has to be on two creative jobs.   I hope that both will be happy to be interviewed by me.

It was my mum's 89th birthday on 22nd.   When she woke up she said that she hadn't slept very well because it was going to be her birthday and she didnt think she would live to 89. 

She really has seen the world change.   It is extremely interesting to hear her talking about ageing.   It sort of creeps up on your body.   I think I'm going to write down some of the things she says.   Ill share them with you at a later stage.  Here she is - Petronella Lillian Foster - known to all as Nen.  We took her to Simonstown for
brunch - it was a perfect day.   lovely sunshine but cool.   the sea was like glass. 

I'm off to do the dishes and make a cuppa.   speak to you soon

j 

How difficult can blogging be?

Well, I'm about to find out.    I'm not sure how this all works but hopefully trial and error will prevail.   I have just assembled a butternut lasagne and have popped in six chicken drummies into the over for the non-vegetarian part of our household.   My son is about to have a drumming practice and I don't know if my soul will cope with it.   This is daily life on weekends.   During the week I hold down an 8 - 5 job in the magazine publishing world.  This Stuff just repeats and repeats and I have to have an escape.   On Saturday mornings I am free for about and hour at a Flamenco Dancing School.   This really renews me!!   On Sunday mornings I should go to church but often I find that I need to get to a beach or a forest and take a log and much needed walk. I'm sure God understands.   So if anyone should read my blog please let me know.   It would be great......