Eight years on

 Good morning, dear Blogger friends. 16 February 2017 was Grant's 66th birthday and his last earthly birthday.  

This past Sunday, 16 February 2025, he would have been 74 years old. 

Grant and I on a road trip to our old home town in the Free State

Grant and friend, Ant, now 84, doing the Parkrun in January 2017 

Country squire, Akubra in place and jauntily swinging his walking stick, Grant enters the tunnel to have his Parkrun barcode scanned 

HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY, 

DEAR GRANT!

Two years on

 Good morning, dear Blogger friends. Thank you for your comments and the welcome back wishes! 

As the title hints, it has been two years since I posted a birthday celebration. 

Thursday, 13 February I turned 72. Thursday midday I hold my Valley Weigh-Less meeting. I had intended to invite the eight current members to lunch at a local coffee shop afterwards. However, thinking about the various activities I'm involved in during a given week, I started inviting ladies from our Taigelates (tri-discipine exercise) class; ladies from our weekly coffee morning, ladies whom I am very close to at church along with the Weigh-Less members. The final count for lunch:  19 ladies! 

We had our weekly Weigh-Less group at the coffee shop where

a member, Barbs, is the manager

C'est Moi at the helm 

My dear friends, Steve and Estelle arranged with the Valley bakery to have

 a personalized cake made for our celebration

Fun fact about the coffee shop decor: Steve, a renowned artist, and Estelle, decorated the walls with scenes from the local township, Loskop. The wall behind the organ in the above photo, is a sheet of painted corrugated iron. The scene depicts daily life in a bustling African township.

I was thoroughly spoiled with gifts, potted plants and in two instances, cash. The latter came in handy when topping up my car's fuel tank on Friday morning. 

WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL SUNDAY!

Back to blogging

 Good morning dear Blogger friends. Well, this has been a very long absence. And what can I say, except I have been busy...

Working

and

walking,

More about these two activities later!

Nevertheless. I intend to keep up my posts and blog visits. (I did the latter yesterday, before uploading this post!)

We're in the throes of the hottest summer yet.  With thunder showers every week or so. Which helps!

Last week I arrived home at 5pm after my Weigh-Less Group in town.  Nurse had mowed my lawn. 

I HAD to drop everything and try to capture the absolute peace calm and lushness of my secluded little garden. 

As I enter my garden through the gate, this lush, inviting scene greets me

And right there, too, is my precious Skabby, happy to have Mum home again!

The car port to the left, is lush with giant geranium plants!

My back veranda is bordered along the front with the most prolific 

mint garden ever

Aforementioned mint garden from another angle

A truly peaceful haven to come home to

Wishing you all a WONDERFUL Monday