This morning I went into a Quick Spar shop near us to buy some braai wood. We were having two friends over for fellowship and a braai because today is Heritage Day (commonly labelled as “Braai Day”). When I reached the checkout counter, there were three tills in operation, all manned by ladies, each one […]
About 14 years ago, Jenny purchased a set of four all-weather lights for our garden. We never used them, and a few days ago she found the box in the storeroom. Yesterday, we opened the box to see how it all fits together. The system is 220 volts with a step down reducer to 24 […]
I have a very old copier/printer that has served me well for at least 14 to 15 years. I was given this machine as a secondhand one. It is strong and robust and the print quality is perfect. This does not mean to say it has not given problems, because anything with moving parts and […]
The previous president of South Africa has always said he wanted his day in court. This stems from various allegations and suggestions–even from the courts–that he has been corrupt in various instances. Now that he is no longer president, and although he has appeared in court on a number of occasions, he is trying every […]
Dominic-Madori Davis of the Business Insider (USA) writes about the 15 richest people in Africa who have a combined net worth of more than R1.1 trillion. They have made their fortunes by investing in industries like diamonds, oil, and retail. In total, they have a combined total net worth of $73.3 billion, with Aliko Dangote, […]
Our children (daughter Angela and son-in-law Roy) and grandchildren (Nathan and Luke) live in Naperville outside of Chicago. Roy has worked in the hospitality industry for almost all his working life. Now he works at the Corporate Office of a large International Hotel Networking Group. He is their Intranet Service Manager (Service Now). Before I […]
After cutting the edges and mowing the lawns today, we decided to design the rest of the front of the log rock garden. After placing medium size rocks of different colours in a “W” shape, we decided to use white / grey stones to divide the “V’s” of the “W”. We had purchased two bags […]
To complete the front feature of our log rock garden, I needed some landscape soil as the garden slopes to one end. The idea was to place paving blocks onto landscaping soil and try and get it as level as possible. We took our large trailer and went to a place called Magic Growing. Although […]
Have you ever shared your salvation testimony with someone or with a group of people? If you have not, I’m tempted to ask: why have you not? Any person born by God’s Spirit has a personal salvation testimony. This means, you know what you were like, then something happened, and now you are different because […]
Today’s focus was on designing the front of the log rock garden. To be totally honest, the design is trial and error … a step at a time. I really don’t know what the end result will look like, but I have a “picture idea” in my mind what it could look like. I needed […]