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Tag Archives: Truffles
Truffles – RIP
Friday It’s the hardest title to right, but today it happened. On Wednesday after her morning food and medication, Truffles stopped eating . I tried to get food down her and on Thursday managed to get her to eat three … Continue reading
Cleaning With Company….
Saturday What went down at the van Niekerk’s today was unexpected. Mike and I both have asked, ‘what’s got into us?’ We have just got carried away spring cleaning. I think there are two things going on right now. The … Continue reading
Truffles Live Disease Update
Thursday It’s been 3 weeks since I thought she was going to skip off into kitty heaven. After blood tests and a day at the vet, with medication prescribed and a diagnosis of liver disease, she’s done quite well since. … Continue reading
Home From Swellendam + a Video of Echo
Sunday I did not sleep too well last night. It was hard to ignore the vibrant serenade of Swellendam toads. They produced a strange combination of what sounds like the squawk of an Egyptian goose followed quickly by a regular … Continue reading
Posted in Building a house on a mountainside
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Truffles
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Truffles Lives Another Day
Monday I was up in the night tempting Truffles with chicken and water. When we woke up this morning, she seemed a bit better, even having a few sips of water on her own. By 8am I was sitting in … Continue reading
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Truffles Failing Health
Sunday For the last couple of years, I have come to a place of preparing myself for Truffles demise. She has been going through this awful cycle of not eating and looking very poorly. I then lure her with tuna … Continue reading
Living Your Best Life
Tuesday Living your best life. What does that mean? I think it probably means something different for all of us. One thing I know for sure is that God wants us to be happy. He doesn’t want us or like … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Helga's random thoughts
Tagged Abundant Life, Choose Life, Living your best life, Truffles
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Book and Movie
Monday Today dawned cold and overcast. Mondays are always going to be busy work days unless I’ve worked on Sunday. As I didn’t yesterday, today was busy. But with rain and a cold wind blowing, I unplugged my laptop and … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Mr North, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Truffles
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Ear Infection
Thursday Today I went to my GP. It’s the first time since 2017 that I’ve needed to go to a GP. I’ve had a few issues with my left ear particularly but today when not only was it blocked and … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cape Town dam levels, Sun Valley pond, Truffles
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Walk in the Park
Saturday Whenever Mike and I walk to Fish Hoek to Peak Cafe for breakfast, we cut across the Fish Hoek library car park and scoot down past the tennis courts. Today as we went that way, we were surprised to … Continue reading
Getting Truffles to Eat
Tuesday From time to time Truffles goes off her food. She started showing signs of this on Saturday. Yesterday she ate a little chicken – something she usually wolfs down and then didn’t want to eat for the rest of … Continue reading
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Tagged God's faithfulness, My story, Truffles
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Finally Electrically Safe
I don’t know when our house was built but it probably was around 1971. We have lived here since 1989 and the electrics are the originals. Ancient trip switches that won’t trip a thing. Yip, those are the originals. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Electrics, testimony, Truffles
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Neighbourhood Drama
In our neighbourhood is a family who have a troubled son. Every now and again (most times late in the evening) there is an explosion of banging, smashing and vile language. Usually, it ends by the youngster storming off and … Continue reading
40 Days to 40 Years
Saturday I am in the privileged position of knowing the day I came to know the Lord. In 40 days time it will be 40 years. 17th July 1979. That day defined my future. Today, we had a wonderful breakfast … Continue reading
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Tagged Shower head, testimony, Truffles
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Truffles at the Vet
No, she wasn’t sick. A few months ago she was due to get her annual shots – it was then that she got mauled and she had her tongue operated on. She has now fully recovered and yesterday I literally … Continue reading
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Tagged roadworks, Truffles
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