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Playing on the beach

I absolutely love the beach and I love the ocean. I wish I could bottle the breeze and keep it close to me in my handbag forever. Something to remind me of the misty freshness that the ocean blows in...

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Secret place in the bushveld

You know how I love the ocean and wish to bottle it all up and keep it in my bag? Well when I’m in the bush I just want to capture the stillness and peaceful quietness of it all. I am making notes for...

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A reason to smile

Today the world celebrated valentine’s day. My beautiful and handsome cousin celebrated his 33rd birthday. And I attended a friends funeral. As I listened to the tributes and watched the grandkids I...

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Cold Weekend

We had a wonderful long weekend this month. And my bear and I took a small trip to Lesotho to play in the snow and relax. Just the two of us. It was awesome. Very cold but awesome! Our weekend picture...

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Preparing for Spring

1st of September we celebrate spring day. But as long as I can remember spring day is always still cold. This weekend was no different. It was freezing. But the calendar tells us its SPRING. And I’m...

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Wedding far far away….

Technology sometimes makes me wish we lived in the old days, even the dark ages sounds better than some of the modern days we live in. It moves too fast and just does too much, opens too many doors and...

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Silent Nights

Let it be known that I hate camping. Not the tent itself or the shared ablutions which in the Kruger are very clean. I hate it because I just can’t handle the bugs at night that take over any form of...

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The bad & the ugly, there is no good!

The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP) will link the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique; Kruger National Park in South Africa; Gonarezhou National Park, in Zimbabwe. The GLTP will bring together...

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The key

We waited for what seemed like forever for this day to arrive… To hold the key to a flat that Moo would occupy until the end of his studies. The day finally arrived, and I was greeted by all sorts of...

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My gran is 90

Day 25 (Yes, I missed day 24, will get to it tomorrow or later) Write about whatever you want to @Writersbootcamp I will dedicate this post to my gran (from my mother’s side). She turned 90 this...

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Mom didn’t really teach me that much

Today is father’s day and my boys gave their dad this card Notice the very last sentence – mom didn’t really teach me all that much –  yes I know it’s funny, but it did get me thinking…. When I started...

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I filled a glass jar in 2016 !!

Last year I received a new jar from my friend, it was a Christmas gift.  She filled a large jar with homemade cookies and she wrote this on the card: “This is your gratitude jar for 2016. Empty it this...

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Don’t Compare

It’s been a while I know, I have so many things to write about and so much art to share.  But today I’m going to live up to my blog name, the mom part, and share a special moment with my blog world....

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Gratitude Jar 2017

I started the year with a positive attitude, this is going to be a better year, I’m not going to have a complete meltdown over big small huge things in my life…..and then it all came tumbling down. We...

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