We had a very chilled out day. I enjoyed a nice hot bath and we ate a big lamb roast. I tried to make some suggestions about Everall making some money about Hofmeyr but none of them seemed to resonate! Aunty Marrion then left to house sit in town for a few days with her cat and 3 dogs and got a bit teary saying goodbye. Was lovely to have spent some time with her. We had a lazy afternoon where I tried and failed to blog. I played ball with the dogs and kick t...

We slept in until 10am and enjoyed a late breakfast of oats. Garth went into town with Everall to fix the water pipe for the shower whilst I had a lovely chat in the kitchen with Bron and Aunty Marrion. When the boys got back I enjoyed sitting in the sun in the garden. It's amazing how cold it is inside the house and how pleasant it is out in the sun! The 2 sheep dogs kept bringing a pine cone to my feet which I kicked and they chased! I read some of bron's cou...

I think I slept rather late and Garth got up before me. When I eventually go up, Bronwyn had made us a slap up huge feast of an English Breakfast which was a real treat! (although she told us not to expect that every morning!) I met Aunty Marian (Everall's Sister) who spent a long time tell me about herself - it was lovely to get to know her thought. She is the first relative I have met on the Taljaard side of the family. Everall insisted on running a...