3-year-old Acacia can have very specific ideas about what she wants, it’s not often that I manage to pull off what she has in mind. Yesterday she nagged and nagged to make a cake but the list of requirements needed some thought. She did not want cup cakes, it had to be 1 round cake, it had to have cinnamon, …
Read More »A very happy unFather’s day to Cliff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FC6E5Gh4E Typical in a mad hatters home, we got father’s day wrong. During the week I asked Cliff when Fathers Day is and he informed me that it was this Sunday 8th June. Like a good Mummy of his children I set the father’s day wheels in motion. Prezzies were bought and wrapped. When I was pregnant with Fjord I …
Read More »Zesty Orange Kisses
Last night I made Zesty Orange Kisses, the recipe comes from the Stork Margarine website. Since a good cookie press is lacking in my kitchen I rolled out the dough and used cookie cutters. I liked the cookies but felt that they needed a little extra something. Orange and chocolate are a yummy combination, I decided before falling asleep to …
Read More »Flowers in the desert of humankind
Today I feel so conflicted about the post which I had intended writing, for now I will tell a different yet not entirely unrelated story. Yesterday my dear friend Karin took me to visit Leoni, a gracious lady in her 80’s. Leoni is a mutual friend of ours, I met Leoni through her family and Karin met her at the …
Read More »Torn Calf Muscle – forced to lie down with a book …. woe is me
Today life seems to be saying “There are ways and means to slow you down”. As Cliff was taking Fjord to school I ran to the car with his school lunch as they were pulling out of the driveway. As I ran I heard a pop and it felt like a tennis ball had hit me in the calf. I …
Read More »Durbans Live Poets Society (LiPS) my grown up baby moves to A Novel Idea
The 4th of June 2014 is a special day. My cherished LiPS will be hosted by A Novel Idea, I was so excited to read the following on A Novel Idea’s Facebook page. “The Durban Live Poets’ Society will be meeting at the store on Wednesday, 4th June. Kobus Moolman will offer work from his latest book. All poets …
Read More »My 4 favourite blogs
I currently have 4 favourite bloggers whose work I admire so much that I would like to share them with you. I tend not to love the ones which read very much like adverts, on my blogging journey these 4 stand out as real gems. They inspire me, add beauty to a day and provide food for thought. Initially …
Read More »Emma by Jane Austen should have been written as a play
Until 3/4 way through Emma I was annoyed to be donating precious reading time to Jane Austen this time. Emma irritated me and I cared little for the other characters. I appreciated the humour and irony. Lines such as “Mr Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs Elton’s beginning to talk to him.” …
Read More »The Gautrain, reason to feel proudly South African
Some days being South African feels bleak, crime is an ugly reality, urban decay and litter befoul potential beauty. The fuel price is rampant and here in Gauteng we have the dastard e-tolls just for an extra dollop of misery. Viewing images of Jacob Zuma is like waking the day after a car prang, bile rises on the realisation …
Read More »Vanish for blood stains – amazing, it actually really works!
I recently accepted to publish a sponsored press release via My Scoop for Vanish Power O2 Powder on how to remove blood stains. This subject was of particular interest to me, not that I have a secret life in the mafia but my 6-year-old son suffers terrible nose bleeds, often at night and it ruins his bed linen. All of …
Read More »The Junction Bistro – Food and fun for the family in Nottingham Road
Leaving Natal on the freeway is too harsh an exit from a holiday in Durban, we prefer to adjust gradually, exiting via the Midlands Meander, stopping to revisit favourite places and discover new delights. On our last trip we stopped for lunch at The Junction Bistro in Nottingham road for the first time. The food was lovely and good value. …
Read More »Simple Stain Removal Tips
The majority of blood stains are only noticed once they’ve already dried into your fabrics. If you have ever had blood stains on your clothes then you will know just how hard it is to remove them. People often make the assumption that these stains can ruin your clothes but they’re easily removed with Vanish Power O2 Powder. We recommend …
Read More »Remember our mortality
On Friday I went to a funeral. Barbara died suddenly and unexpectedly. There was sadness, some anger and so many untidy loose ends. The scythed shadow has fallen over all my thoughts since, but it is so hard to articulate the fractured thoughts, feelings and impressions. This poem tries to bind some thoughts. Mortality must not be forgotten, today and …
Read More »How to make Pillow Slips with a contrast band
This week presented a problem, old age got the better of our duvet cover and it suddenly perished to such an extent that the next trip through the washing machine would have killed it. The problem was that we have been on holiday this month and eaten out a whole lot, the budget is about as shot as the old …
Read More »Beaver Creek Coffee Estate
Many excursions are driven by a whim or obscure purpose. Our 1st visit to Beaver Creek Coffee Estate took place because Cliff had somehow detectived that they served Mozart Cake made by Chateau Gateaux. We had hankered after this since it was served in a deli in Swellendam. On that occasion We drove 197km to Port Edward from Umdloti just …
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