memorable meanders

On Friday at 10.25am the receptionist at the retirement centre phoned me. It was Anna, a resident's, 90th birthday party and would I com...

Over the past six weeks, I've not been able to concentrate all that well on blogging. Apart from writing several articles for the provin...

Last Friday one of the oldest (if not THE oldest) residents in Marquard passed away. She was 95 years old. Nina Azar, born to a Lebanese f...

The 16th June is a public holiday in South Africa: Youth Day . It commemorates a sad day in our history when Soweto students demonstrated ag...

The neighbouring town of Ladybrand, where my vet is and I normally do my monthly grocery shopping is sporting dug up streets for the festiv...

Town residents come out to help Yesterday morning, I went downtown to buy bread and milk. Being Good Friday, everything except the cafe wa...

My invitation to the party: a little envelope with the details on the reverse and a tea bag inside On Saturday I attended my friend’s daugh...

A giant toadstool growing in a garden here in town. In this photo the house door in the background gives scale to this huge fungal plant Yes...

My daughter-in-law set the table for tea Traditional melktert (above) and other yummy eats My dear friend, Carina and I A unique birthday ...

Betty enjoying refreshments here at home the day before Christmas A beautiful gift; a set of matching casseroles from Betty At this time o...