More flowers from my autumn garden. Fortunately I did a spot of gardening yesterday as I don’t feel like doing any today. There is a chilly wind and even though the sky is clear and sun is shining it isn’t all that pleasant outside. This is a reading-a-good-book day with some knitting in between or at the same …
Oh my goodness, I am slacking with my blog posts. It’s amazing what a difference one little person added to our family makes !! Tuesdays are Emma days. Hubby and I fetch our little cutie pie around 9.30 am and so the day begins without a stop! All other days, including weekends seem to be busy. …
We had a family gathering last Sunday .. Easter Sunday. Our plan was a picnic in the park but rain clouds gathered and thought it best to stay at home. As it turned out it didn’t rain! We did, however, have a super day munching our picnic food at home. I could kick myself actually. …
It is school holidays. Bradley is away at a rugby camp and Connor is at home with a friend which means I don’t have the responsibility of grandchildren this afternoon. This morning, after theee most relaxing yoga class, I had my usual Thursday morning coffee date with my special friend Sandy and a playdate with her cute-as-a-button 11 month …
One more, the last to be exact, stepping back to November last year post. This time hubby and I took Daniella, my favourite niece and wine tasting buddy to Rust en Vrede Wine Estate in Stellenbosch for lunch and wine tasting. Done in that order. Best way to do it actually. Fill your tummy with the most succulent and …
Rewind to our Cape holiday in November last year. This was when we discovered the new and improved Coffee Roasting Co. at Lourensford Wine Estate and as it was a Sunday, the market which is held every Sunday. Another thing I did not know! Having travelled down to the Cape, specifically Somerset West over the past 13 …
No need to rush off to any form of gym class .. or fetching grandchildren, big or small .. on this Good Friday, first day of a long weekend. I sat on the patio with my morning tea taking in the soft morning light on my flourishing garden. After good rains, albeit late in the season, …
Stepping back in time. November last year. Hubby and I, and my wine-tasting-buddy-and-extra-special-niece Daniella enjoyed a spot of wine tasting and lunch in the cosy and warm wine tasting room and restaurant of Ernie Els Wines in Stellenbosch. Rain was a welcome relief for drought stricken Cape but didn’t last long sadly. Emerald green lawns greet visitors at the car …
As I mentioned in my previous post we picked the wrong day for lunch and wine tasting at Idiom Wines in Somerset West as it was closed to the public for a function. Hubby and I, with our niece Daniella, had been to Ernie Els Wine Estate in November last year on a chilly rainy day (blog post still …
Lourensford Wine Estate with a mountainous backdrop, not only has excellent wines and wine tasting, a super restaurant and a very good coffee shop but also has a beautiful indigenous garden. On our last visit in November last year I noticed quite a lot of new plantings of borders and beds. Just a few months later and …