Sunday, 4 December 2022

Number Fourteen 4 December 2022

 Guinea Fowl - courtesy the internetWe will be living in Rivonia [not too far from Lilies Leaf Farm] for just on a year and what a blessing we’ve experienced. The “new” home is well kept and fully operational without needing repairs at all; we even have a working irrigation system going. Listening to some of the horrible stories’ friends tell us about their relocating to a “new” home, we are really and truly blessed. The garden is 70% smaller...

Friday, 2 December 2022

Number Thirteen 3 December 2022

 Life-long learning! I asked a Refugee client of mine what does that mean? His first reaction was: “I don’t know.” “Ahgh!! I don’t buy that story. Think!” And then he gave me a wonderful answer. I asked my gardener this morning: “What does LIFE LONG LEARNING mean?” Initial reaction: “I don’t know.” Me: “Common!!! Think!” And think he did. And gave an answer that is spot on. Back to the Rwandan refugee – he is a very young man [22x] and...

NUMBER TWELVE 2.12.2022

 Culinary apple We are on our way to Culinary Equipment Company. It is a place to wander through, to admire and to have something to eat. Take your time and enjoy the second-hand cook books, the cooking equipment; just feel the passion of the owner not only for food, but for the interior of his emporium! It is not a business. It is an emporium. Yes, get something to eat. The menu is something else. And the food is specially prepared for each...

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Number Eleven 2 December 2022

Art class: my cat [just a sketch because I don't have a cat]I am guilty! I didn't publish my daily write up! Yet, I will tell you what happened yesterday.My spoon - the fruit of yesterday's classA short resume about yesterday: High speed car chase late at night [that stands out for the day] Art class – gaiety and laughter Serious discussions about Princess Diana. Butter Beans from Malawi Groundnuts from Malawi Friends for coffee and...

Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Number ten 30.11.2022

Grahamstown Cathedral. I took this photo on 25 March 2022 This is the last day of November 2022 and the start of the last month of 2022.   New beginnings face me every moment and I want to live until I die and I don’t want to die prematurely. Unfortunately, there are lots of people who just exist and not live. No, I don’t want to climb Mount Everest. I don’t have ambitions to out do Pablo Picasso or Henry Matisse or Damien Hirst. I don’t even...

Monday, 28 November 2022

Number nine 29.11.2022

 Number nine 29.11.2022 The plants, or if you will, the seedlings in my maternity ward are doing well. Watermelon seedlings fromJeffreys Bay, Western Cape My friend in Jeffreys Bay, Western Cape gave me four watermelon pips to plant and two sprouted. Now my waiting game started; waiting for it to give me watermelons. During 2020 I participated in a seed-swop and got a fair number of seeds inter alia scarlet runner beans [8x]. I have three...

Number 8 28.11.2022

The blue skies of Franschhoek, Western CapeWhat a lovely sunshine day we have in Rivonia, Johannesburg, South Africa. My plants are growing; and I still have seeds to attend to. A friend’s mother came from India to visit and she brought me some seeds as a gift. It is time for me to get on and get in the soil. And maybe I will be able to write about it later on. Yesterday I looked at my tender plants that are barely breaking soil; I wonder how on...