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Tag Archives: Christmas
Back To Front Day
This morning, we woke up after a really good night’s sleep. A public holiday in South Africa (roll over from yesterday’s Day of Reconciliation), it felt like it should be a day that I could chill. But I had done … Continue reading
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Getting into the Festive Spirit
This weekend we put up our Christmas tree. Full disclosure, it doesn’t quite look like this yet. We have put it up but not decorated it. It comes with built-in lights and looks fabulous at night, so can get away … Continue reading
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Christmas Day 2017
Today has been a lovely day. We woke at a reasonable time, considering the number of extremely early Christmas mornings we have had during the course of our marriage. No stockings bulging with extras, opened by wide-eyed over-excited children rising … Continue reading
The Day Before Christmas
Today Stacey and Adrian arrived. It was wonderful to see them and great to see Stacey looking so well with her little baby bump. She’s beginning to feel more movement and is enjoying being pregnant. We all spent some time … Continue reading
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Two Days Before Christmas
It’s feeling very Christmassy around our house. The family is here and tomorrow Stacey and Adrian arrive. There have been family meals and games of 30 seconds and laughter and conversation. There is much to be grateful for, but one … Continue reading
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Three Days Before Christmas
Friday! The days have just merged and some days I’m not sure what day it is. With work very slow now, it doesn’t matter what day it is! This morning I did almost an hour of work before we met … Continue reading
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Tagged Birds on the balcony, Cat Walk, Christmas, Fish Hoek, Sunny Cove
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Ready for Christmas
Apart from one Christmas present which is not yet bought, I am pretty much ready for Christmas. Oh, oh, apart from food – I’ll need to do some Christmas food shopping before Christmas as well. But, today the family start … Continue reading
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Spot the Cat
Truffles has been climbing up onto the beams just below the balcony roof. From that point she has a closer view of the birds that come to feed on the seed and drink the bird nectar. When I’ve seen her … Continue reading
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God is Faithful!
Mike and I speak often about ‘building at Echo!’ We call the place at which we want to build “Echo cottage” so the phrase ‘building at Echo’ comes up often. There are many hurdles and challenges. Mike is cautious. He … Continue reading
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Preparing for 2017
There are a couple of things that have happened over the last few weeks. The first is that I have a little more free time with work having slowed down. With Christmas coming, I want to be organised. This has led … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Christmas, Peace, Spring cleaning
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Three Little Gifts
On Saturday morning, when Julian was here we implemented Christmas Shopping Trip 2016. It was such fun. We went to the Blue Route to buy each other the presents WE wanted. So each of us chose what we wanted from … Continue reading
Banting Berry Meringue Dessert
I’ve tried a recipe like this before, but the meringue base didn’t come out as well as I would have liked – it was a bit too chewy. I got this from LCHFplan.com which is a great resource. (Thanks to … Continue reading
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Christmas Day 2014
7-30pm As the day draws to a close and I am able to reflect back upon it, I can say it’s been a lovely day. Cape Town put on her finest summer rain, with showers descending at lunchtime and pretty … Continue reading
When Christmas-time is Hard
1-35pm This year it is the quietest Christmas we’ve had in many, many years. Half the family is away and so things aren’t quite as festive as they usually are. For me it’s not a ‘hard Christmas’ – it’s just a … Continue reading
Christmas Day 2012 in Photos…
5-14pm ~Christmas Day 2012. What a lovely day it has been. I got up early, just after 5am and did a few things. By 6-30am, I was back in bed drinking delicious coffee with Mike. Soon after, I got Granny … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Christmas, Christmas Fruit Tree, Phnom Penh
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