Long weekend business

24 September is Heritage Day (previously Family Day) in South Africa. As the date fell on a Sunday, today, Monday is a public holiday. Which meant this past weekend was a  long one for most people. 

The city people arrived in the Central Drakensberg in their droves on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. And this, the Cedarwood Village Mall is now one of the popular destinations in the Valley. 

Not only that; we've had incredibly hot and dusty weather for the past two months. Saturday morning we woke to a heavy mizzly rain. Visitors are often disappointed when the weather is inclement, and stop off at the shops to find a hot coffee or cuppachino or to browse. this caused businesses to do a roaring trade on Saturday and Sunday. 

  The parking lot was almost too small for all the cars 

 My signboard on the veranda 

 Customers for The Art Box  

On Saturday morning, restrateurs of The Purple Giraffe had car problems. It wouldn't start so Linda and Craig walked from their home on a farm to the centre - a full four kilometers! Grant took Craig back to his house, fixed the problem and the two men returned to the centre in their cars. The day before a local farmer brought his lawnmower to Grant's workshop to repair. That afternoon Grant phoned the farmer and said he could collect the machine.  The grateful man paid Grant and asked if he could bring another after the weekend! 

HAPPY MONDAY TO YOU ALL! 

Hedges Kitties asleep!

Hi Bozo and Mum's blog readers; this is Ambrose with photos of the boy kitties. (Aunty Chappy was asleep in our yoomen Dad's cubboad)

Mum said the photos of me and Dad Ginger were "mirror image" 

Mmm...

Not sure what that is but I know that we slept well that day! 

  I, Ambrose and Dad Ginger in a mirror image! 

 We don't even know that Mum's taking the photos! 

Last week while Unca Shadow sat on the front veranda a baboon walked up and looked at him (I don't think baboons know cats!) Unca Shadow just looked right back at him. Phew ! That was a clever thing to do. If he'd hissed at the baboon, it might have attacked him. Well done, Unca Shadow for holding your pose. 

 Unca Shadow on his green cushion, thinking about the baboons outside! 

 Later Mum found Dad Ginger asleep on the BBQ bag behind the BBQ grill! 

Undercover Critter

I got home from the shop yesterday and walked the dogs in the mist. It had been raining all day but my two trusty furry friends weren't letting me off the hook. As I'm not made of spun sugar, I leashed them up and off we went.

We were almost at the point of the grassy track where we turn around to come home, when Skabenga gave a low growl. I looked up into the mist  rain and saw a small herd of zebra. We came home, I collected my camera and with the dogs waiting inside the garden, I returned up the slope. The herd was on the horizon and I couldn't go too close else they moved off. 

While taking the very misty photos and trying not to get too much water on my camera, I thought I noticed a "different looking" zebra. When I downloaded the photos, I saw a donkey in the herd. I'm not sure if this donkey belongs here... 

A lone donkey in a small herd of zebra enjoying the welcome rain in the mountains

I'm linking to Saturday Critters with Eileen here

HAPPY WEEKEND TO YOU ALL