OOps!! mama left the fridge door open. Her youghurt is really yummy!
Oma took Nya for a walk down to Bilsington church.
I'm not too sure about this guy called Steve.
Then it was back to work with a vengeance. The previous Tuesday I had gone to BNI in Cape Town with Mike at 6 a.m. We drove along Beach Road with a beautiful scarlet sky as the sun rose over the sea and the temperature was about 23 degrees. This Wednesday I left for Ashford BNI at the same time but had to start my car 10 minutes before I left to clear the ice from the windscreens as the temperature was -5° C!!
Traer, Terry and Nya, as well as Carol who was visiting from New York, came in the evening for supper. Great time.
Saturday was qualifying & race 1.
Unfortuately after these very fast times the engine went pop! A big job, so no racing on Sunday for us. We all still headed to the track to pack the car and watch a few races.
(The grey being the back of the sign)
To end an amazing race weekend, Ed won Index Driver of performance. In normal terms he was one of the best drivers of the day!
Thanks Dad for an amazing weekend, it was great to meet everyone and lovely to see Uncle Mike & Chad who headed up from Durban.
Left at 9.30 to visit the Woodstock Saturday market and the section Neighbourgoods Market selling fresh local produce, clothing and foods. It was very crowded and not Ed's sort of thing although the samosas stall was right up his street. We bought a picnic of ciabatta, amazing rocket & walnut pesto, ginger, halva and forest raw honeys (what is 'raw' honey?), cheese and a pot of basil.
Mike decided our picnic could be eaten for supper as he wanted us to try the best burgers ever. We drove to Beyerskloof vineyard on the R304 and sat on the verandah of their Red Leaf restaurant. It was a baking hot day but they had cold mist sprays which kept the air cool. The views, as you can see from the photo, were stunning. We all had the pinotage soaked burgers. Mike was right, they are the best.
It’s Monday and Ed’s gone to check out some car buddies so I’ve got the laptop for a while so I’m going to get on with my blog ‘catch up’ while listening to the A Century of Jazz album. Now where were we – oh yes New Year’s Eve.
I was up early as I was going to be Mim’s helper at the craft market at Sedgefield. She picked me up at 6.30 in her little white van laden with her goodies. When we arrived, there were only two other stall holders there. This was an additional market laid on as it was New Year’s Eve and Mim was not sure if there would be enough stalls to attract the punters so she said we’d get a cup of coffee and toast while we waited to see if it was worth setting up the stall. The market was opening at 10 and stall holders dribbled in. We only decided to stay at 20 to ten when we set about putting up the stall and displaying the jewellery. Our spot was one of the few shady ones between two trees.
The market was not very busy but Mim was happy with her sales. It was great just to have the time together for the two of us to catch up on what was going on with our friends and family and to reminisce and laugh about the old days.
The market finished at one and we packed up and headed back to Wilderness where Mim dropped me at our flat and headed home.
Pat had left in the morning to go back to Cape Town and Ed, Mike, Nic and I were joining the rest of the family at Pete & Mim’s. We drove instead of walking as we had loads of bubbly as well as red and white wine to take to the party.
Masses of food, booze and chat. We all set up our laptops and swapped photos. So busy doing this that Nic and I did not take any photos that evening but, with a bit of luck, Heather or Sandy did, so there may be a photo or two uploaded later.
After Auld Lang Syne and the Happy New Years, we stayed about another half an hour. My brothers and theirs are obviously made of sterner stuff as I heard they made it to 3.30!
opposite our flat in Wilderness. It was a baking hot day so all visitors were out and about. Went to church and then joined Ed and Pat looking around the market. The guys bought pancakes and cokes for breakfast - can't remember what I had with my coffee.
What a delight to be in the shade of the forest of indigenous trees and out of the sun. The 800 year old giant yellow wood tree was awesome - makes one realise just how small we are in this universe and how short a time human beings have when compared to trees and other flora.
(One of the pleasures of not being one of the 'young ones' any more, is that we can relax while they do the work!). There was enough food for the 5000. Delicious!
That evening we got together with Mike & Heather and their lot at the Kwelanga Country Retreat for a braai.
M & H had organised for the restaurant to supply the salads and a huge fruit salad for afters. We had barbecued
prawns and meat and, of course, wine. The evening finished with Irish whiskeys around a fire on the patio.
