We were given a Christmas gift by some very good friends. It was a pot with ingredients for bread. Using a bowl, you need to stir a beer into the mixture until the mixture and beer are well blended. Then you need to grease the pot the ingredients came in and put the mixture into […]
This morning I went for an 8.8km walk. I went through financially lower middle class, middle class and upper middle class areas. The reason I mention this is because these are people who will be paying rates and taxes and other amenities. Many of the pavements are cemented, though most are broken and damaged through […]
We have had our electric fence checked a few times over the last year because as soon as it rains, the alarm is triggered. This normally happens at night when we are sleeping. It’s great to have this facility, but when it malfunctions it defeats its intended purpose. Today the technicians came to repair a […]
The grass was rather long before I cut it on Friday. It was almost two weeks since the last cut and during that period it rained quite a bit. In Pretoria, we have summer rains, and together with the warmer temperatures, we can expect all plant life, trees and grass to grow faster. It is […]
Whilst on the “garden route” yesterday at our house, we noticed two or three bats hanging from the rafters where the lounge wall meets the chimney. The natural response is to get rid of the bats … so I googled to learn what to do. The common bat may eat up to 600 mosquitoes or […]
We had two appointments yesterday. The first was at 9.30am, and although I needed 20-25 minutes to get there, we left at 8.45am with the idea that should there be traffic delays we had sufficient time to make the appointment. I opened the garage gate with the remote, but once we were out it would […]
Yes … we do … need to pray that America will become great again! I am sure this statement will be supported by every true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ because what we saw on TV last night at Capitol Hill is not the reflection of what real America is. Like many, I am […]
Since lockdown, started I have been gaining weight. When we were allowed to walk or run between 6am and 8am, I started walking and managed to get up to 7.5km and then for some reason I stopped. I had two failed attempts to restart the program. I thought Monday to be the perfect opportunity to […]
We had spent a week in the Bobajaansberg Nature Reserve and Conservatory. This Reserve is constituted with about nine farm owners who removed their fences and form a nature reserve and conservatory. There are a few lodges within this area. We stayed at Izapa Bush and Game Lodge’s manager’s cottage that was gifted to us […]
Yesterday we approached a wildebeest walking with four warthogs (father, mother and two babies. The babies are so cute). We parked and watched for a while, and then as they moved on we continued driving. As we edged closer to them, the warthogs decided to go through a small gap in the fencing to a […]