As a Marriage Officer, one needs to take the Marriage Register (book), into Home Affairs for them to sign acceptance of the register that has been completed and signed by the wedding couple and their witnesses. Once this has been done, the marriage is considered legally registered at the Department of Home Affairs in South […]
In Psalm 101, the Psalmist, David is very clear about the two different types of people we find on earth. The first is the faithful (v6) and the second is the faithless (v3b). When you think of the Psalms been written a little over three hundred years ago, you realize that there is nothing new […]
Today was the wedding. Let me set the context. It stormed in the bush since early last night until around 8am this morning. The ceremony was set to be outside in the bush. It is a lovely place … in the heart of nature’s bush. For everyone involved, urgent prayers were offered up to God, […]
Today was one of those interesting days. It started at 6am with a message from our Security Company saying the power (electricity) was off and needed to be checked. From the last Daily Note, you will know we are in the Bush. Although my opposite neighbor has remotes for the gate and the alarm, he […]
The last time we were at Izapa Bush and Game Lodge to stay over was in January this year. As you know, we love the bush. Because we need to be here for a wedding on Sunday, Hennie graciously allowed us to stay at the “manager’s cottage” for the weekend. So far we have seen […]
Three things happened today. The first was the neighbour’s gardening services who parked outside our property. There is nothing wrong with this, as all pavements are municipal property. They cut back different trees in his property and dumped it on ‘my pavement’. Still no problem, because they would load it onto their trailer. The problem […]
Today we went to Fruit Stop in Gezina to purchase some apples and pears. This is the first time in months that we have been to this store. The lady at the checkout we always try to have serve us was free. She is a real card, and loves to laugh and tease! As she […]
For years I have been struggling with heartburn and have tried cutting out many things I eat or drink to try to lessen the problem. As examples I stopped drinking straight Coke, went onto decaf coffee, cut out chocolates, etc. and by and large this seemed to help … until I ate a pizza or […]
You might recall that recently we renewed our trailer’s annual license at the Drive Thru on the western side of the city. Today we went there to renew the car and bakkie’s license. We were eighth in the queue and in less than 15 minutes we were driving away with licenses in hand. As we […]
I’m sure you have noticed that many countries are returning to various levels of lock down … even hard lock down due to a second wave of COVID-19 infections. Our own Health Minister has warned about this in the face of so many people thinking they are untouchable, even going about without face masks in […]