Monday, January 17, 2011

More Adventures in George

Dam on farm and Jan with haircut
Friday Jan 14 - Hair cut day!!  Yeah!!   You know the feeling when you can’t stand it another day and you just have to get it cut….i was a good week past that feeling!!  Trish made an apt and I must say the lady did a good job…it is always scary going to someone new…especially in another country.  I feel like a new person.

Knysna Heads
In the afternoon Roger and I went to have tea/coffee at a cute coffee shop with our friends Dean and Laurie Edwall.  They work with YFC here in George and we got to know them when we were living here.  They had come to the airport to greet us when we arrived but we had not had a chance to see them because their kids were visiting….which I totally understood how that is…each day is cherished before they leave.  We had a really great catch up time with them and look forward to more time with them later this week.  (We are going to stay with them on wed and will be there till the 31st when we come back to say goodbye to the Elliott’s and be with them for a few days after the wedding)  We are looking forward to learning more about the work Dean and Laurie are involved in as we have been been praying  for them for years!   

Friday evening we had movie and pizza night…a  fun “American” thing to do. The pizza options are a bit different than the states…
Just to name a few ….
New Orleans- Bacon, banana, avocado and fresh garlic
Chicken and Mayo- chicken, mayo and spring onions
Chicken fajita – Thai chicken, peppadew peppers (small red pickled pepper), avocado
Nachos Grande – crispy tortilla chips, bolognaise mince, chunky cottage cheese and avocado
All the pizzas come with cheese and tomato sauce…
Those are just a few of the interesting combinations…Roger and I went with the vegetarian pizza (cherry tomatoes, spring onions assorted peppers, mushrooms and pineapple) It was delicious…maybe we should have been more adventuresome?  Maybe next time.  In case you wondered…we watched Four Feathers…excellent movie.
Knysna Heads
Roger and Jan at Knysna Heads
 On Saturday we decided to go through to Knysna . (said the SA way)  Interpretation…we drove to the town of Knysna (pronounced Nize na) for the day…it’s a beautiful town set on a lagoon by the ocean.  The sea comes in between 2 heads (mountain break) creating tidal pools around the lagoon area.  It had grown a bit since we were here before but still beautiful.  The drive there is along the road we were on before that went by the ocean…gorgeous scenery!  When we got there we spent some time walking around the shops…where musicians played and there were different water sculptures  (the kind of things where they move water around using different types of things…water wheels, buckets, tea pot etc)  It was fun to watch and try to figure them out.  We went to the Heads (where the ocean comes in) for lunch.  Everyone had fish and chips except me:)   I had Thai chicken :)  It was delicious!

Farm Garden
Unfortunately when we were going to lunch the car we were in began to overheat..It’s a 1990 BMW and still in nice shape but just starting having problems the last few years…not big ones…but this day it decided to have a leak in the radiator hose.  After lunch the guys messed with it for a awhile and we decided to drive it home filling it with water…it did not work :)   we ended up leaving it at a friend’s house and Sally came to pick us up in the bakkie (pick up truck).  It is about an hour drive so while we were waiting we walked to the waterfront area where there were some interesting shops and a lot of restraunts.  It was a nice area that has been developed in the last few years.  We were so thankful we were not on the open road where we had been camping…or anywhere else for that matter since we were able to be picked up as well as leave the car. 

Sunday we went to church at Victory church which is the fellowship we attended while living here and Sally was the one to bring the Word that day.  She has been working at/with the fellowship for the last 5 years and will now be moving to Cape Town when she gets married.  It was a great time of sharing and worship… It has grown quite a bit since we met in the theatre and is now in their own building.

For lunch we had roast chicken and our new favorite veggies…I have to back up to thurs…Annalie (the one at the macadamia farm) gave us a huge zucchini…it was one of those ones that was about 13 to 15 inches long and about 5 inches diameter…we were not sure what to do with it so cut it in half…scooped it out…chopped up some other veggies we had, peppers, onion, mushrooms, tomatoes, butternut squash etc…salt and pepper and some seasoning and oil…filled it back up and baked it and topped with cheese…so yummy!  The variations are limitless:)






In the afternoon Roger and Brian decided to drive back to Knysna and drive the car back.  They had talked to the BMW repair shop and got some ideas of what they should and should not do and when they got there they found the leak…used the ever faithful duct tape (and some prayer) and were able to drive it back with continual prayers with no problems!  Yeah!


I have to tell about Peanut , Sally’s dog.  It is a Jack Russell and the silliest dog.  Besides having more energy than the energizer bunny she is persistently loving and keeps wanting to get on our laps…nuzzle our necks…sit draped over our necks if we allow…all while holding a ball in her mouth which she would love for you to notice and grab it and throw.  She darts in and out of the house chasing birds that fly over or barking at the neighbors when they come home …. you know how it is…dogs are funny and have cute personalities…right now she noticed the neighbors playing ball in their yard and since she can see the ball above the fence as they toss it back and forth she is busy tearing after it from one end of the yard to the other…of course telling about it just does not do it justice to describe the frenzy she is in.  She loves playing with Roger and for some reason loves me even tho I am not near as fond of her climbing on my neck etc.   Its always fun to have a dog around…wonder what Liberty is up to?

Monday …
Collage of the farm garden




Bushbuck
Avacado Tree
Today Brian needed to go to the Knoetze Farm (Hardus and Annalie) so we decided to go along and take our camera this time.  It is so beautiful out there.  Brian drove his truck (bakkie) and so Roger and I stood on the back once we were on the farm and enjoyed the ride.  What is it about riding in the back of a truck with wind blowing on your face that is so fun?   Who knows…but it was fun and we enjoyed that part as well as the scenery.  
Bontebok
The orchards are so pretty and we saw some bushbuck and bontebok as well as the cows that roam the farm.  On the backside of the farm is a large dam that supplies water to the farm.  The last few years this area has had a serious drought but this year they have had plenty of rain and the dams are filling up again.  The one there is still only about 60% full but doing so much better than before.  
View over uncultivated part of farm
One of the amazing things about the farm is that when Hardus and Annalie moved there about 7 years ago there was nothing growing on the land…well just wild shrubs but hardly any trees etc.  They actually transported many of the plants in their yard from their old home which was on the other side of this large country.  They also brought a lot of palm trees and some of the macadamia trees with them.  When you see their yard its hard to believe there was nothing there when they moved there…it is gorgeous!!
Macadamia Orhard

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