I travelled through to Benoni for a church council meeting this morning. The roads are free flowing on a weekend, so the journey was easy and enjoyable. Yet, being so quiet, some drivers of powerful cars must have thought the open highway is license to speed. I was doing 120 kph, and these cars sped […]
How peaceful is your neighbourhood? Ours seems to be rather quiet, with few crime incidents since the gate motor thief has been caught. The street is rather short, with a total of ten houses on either side of the road. Yes we have people who do not live in the street walking and driving the […]
Many people say their days are dull and uneventful. I suppose this is true for all of us … but not all the time! I have very few dull days. This morning I went out for a brisk 8.9 km walk. It was not hot, the skies were cloudy and the traffic had not yet […]
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 […]