Moonrise; sunrise and my peaceful garden

 Good morning dear Blogger friends. 

Once again, I realized on Friday, how blessed I am to be living on the farm with my friends. It's going on for four years and a quarter years and gets better every day. 

I mean, I have just been to breakfast at a newly opened restaurant a few kilometers from home. 

It's long weekend, so Nine (headmistress of the primary school in town) has the weekend off. Her daughter, Jenn, who teachers in Pietermaritzburg and is boarder mistress at St John's Girls High (her alma mater) and her Plus One, Guilford (a young farmer in Ixopo) were home for the weekend. Younger daughter, Denn, who teachers at a private boys school in Pretoria and her Plus One, Jem (a veterinary doctor), were home for the weekend. Gav, farmer alongside his dad, John, happily enjoyed having his chicks around

John, farmer/owner and my friend, Ron, for whom I work,  asked me to join the family for breakfast. What a lovely family outing it was.

On Friday night, my SIL, Shell and my birding mentor, sent me a photo of the moon rising over the sea. I dashed outdoors with my camera and managed to catch the moon rising over the farm.

The credit for this beautiful image goes to Shelley Hedges 

The same moon rising over the farm in the  Drakensberg 

Mysterious 

The next morning as I opened my door and walked onto the veranda, 

the most incredible sunrise greeted me

 Over the years I have lived quietly  in my little cottage nestled between the two farm houses. I work in the farm office in the mornings; in between I'm able execute all my other business with the peace and calm that is my existence here on the farm. 

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY WEEK AHEAD