Well, a fairly normal week for us, my darling Hubby had a steady stream of watches and clocks coming in which makes him very happy. The one mantel clock handed in has apparently not worked for years despite being sent back to the factory and yet in a matter of hours he had it working again, a very talented man. He also got in his first cuckoo clock which he is just itching to get to. After Poppets 'little' car accident the previous week her insurance decided to write off her vehicle which was a total surprise and they are now having to decide on a new car. Jelly Bean and I were invited out on Wednesday to our friend who used to live in BB, their house was damaged in the fires and they are currently staying in a Golf Estate just the other side of Kleinmond. Well, we had ourselves a mini half day vacation lol, after some serious catch up and chatting we meandered down to the Hotel/Spa where both of us jumped into the glorious swimming pool (salt water) and had a delightful time cooling down. It is too many years to count since either of us were in a bathing suit much less a swimming pool, on a blistering hot day it was sheer indulgence. Thank you for a wonderful day E. The rest of the family are well with our UK family freezing whilst we are cooking in the heat - oh how I am praying for a cold, WET winter.
On the health side, all my spots have healed except that I now find I get itchy bumps on the scars which don't seem to develop any further except to itch, I am waiting for a reply from the Dermatologist on this. Last week we found that dear Jasper, our scaredy cat, also has ringworm so now he is on the medication along with myself and Zeepha. Speaking of whom, I was in complete shock on Friday. We had ordered a new electronic kitchen scale as our died awhile back, when it arrived the first thing I weighed was this little madam who, I might add had already eaten her three meals for the day - she weighed in at 850 gm. I truly thought she had reached close to a kilogram but apparently this little one is always going to play in the lightweight division. Bless her heart, she is such a joy to us all, including Jasper who is so happy to have a friend to play with, when things get too rough for her she dives under the nearest piece of furniture and leaves him looking totally confused. This little Squeek has a love for food, particularly mine haha and her biggest weekness is her bedtime Kitty Milk, she appears to be in NO rush to ever give it up. She gets about 20 ml of Kitten Milk at 21.00 before bed, in a syringe, and heaven help me if I forget or am a little late in getting it. She will follow me into the kitchen squeeking all the time and then runs ahead of me to the chair and jumps on before I can even sit down, that's when the fun starts because she looks just like a starving baby bird the way her head bobs up and down trying to find the syringe, once she has it the ears go flat, and her little purr engine starts up until the syringe empties then it's all paws, clamping onto the syringe so that it doesnt get taken away, this gets repeated FOUR times as we go through the milk. EISH. Last week I bought her a kitten harness so that she can get used to it for going out to walk etc, well ........ I bought the smallest they had and even after trying to make it smaller she just walks right through it, so back it goes and we will try a hamster / bunny harness hahaha.
It is such a beautiful thing to see people starting to rebuild their homes after the fires and even more precious is to see how quickly the fynbos is healing. Don't get me wrong the whole one side of BB looks like a war zone and is still all black, but to see plants coming up and flowering just barely two to three weeks after being destroyed is an example of how now matter how many times we fall, it is the getting back up that is important. Nature is an incredible thing and far stronger than we think, just as we humans are - just when we think we cannot take another step, or this is the end of the line, there is no further hope, God will give you the extra boost, strength and determination to rise up and fight again. There is no situation we face that is too bad that our Heavenly Father cannot fix or turn around, it just takes us to believe and have faith in Him.
On that note folks I am going to say Ciao Ciao and wish you a fantastic week. Go out there and turn situations around, trust God to give you the wisdom and the strength to help you overcome every challenge and obstacle that comes across your path. Please stay safe and as always be aware of your surroundings.
Two beautiful pics that prove there is hope
Little Zeepha posing
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