Down on 't farm

Hayzel got some lovely healthy tomatoe seedlings from a friend at her work a couple of weeks ago.  I transplanted them out this morning into their own pots with a cane support, so I hope we get some fruit from them soon!

Country Dancing* Manorfield, June 2015

It was awful weather today, very overcast and cold (the rain threatened to completely wash everything out but mercifully stayed back).  I froze my butt off.   Anyway, I took pictures and a few videos with the cellphone, which I've strung together  ...

That's Ewan in the middle (left of the line), with Grace Toll (his 'dancing' partner).  A lot of the other photos are so dark, you can't make him out properly. Sorry.

* More like freestyle moshing.

Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag!

Happy birthday Dawie, we hope you have a great day!

SA Festival 2015 - another point of view :)

Lovely day out, the weather was great - did a little wonky windswept video and some photos with the motorola ...







Kev and I seem to be duplicating our posts at the moment, so we'll have to come up with a system of assigning a photo/videographer for the day/event kinda thing in future!    Just so you know, if I'm allocated the designated photo/videographer job, I will need money for a major upgrade :)

South African Fete

After a whole year long wait, the South Africa fete came around again. I was psyched, I was amped, I was going to eat 2 boerie rolls and maybe a bit of poetijie.

Good job I didn't. The boerie rolls were horrid, due to the queues of soon to riot ex-pat South Africans (because they were taking so long), they rushed the boeriewors braaing and they were raw, they had run out of tomato and onion relish, the boerewors was too fatty and gristlie and the sausage helping was to small for the size of the roll.

Not to mention at GBP 3.50 for a boerie roll it was probably the most expensive one ever (conservatively ZAR 56.00)! GBP 5.00 for some poetjie makes it also and expensive stew (another candidate for the Conservative Party at ZAR 80.00) .

Good thing I only had one. Also no Zamaleks!!! A braai with no South African beer? Whattt?

As Tim said, "Only South African's would rip off another South African". All for the good of the South African Church in Norfolk.

Don't get me wrong, it was nice to get out and be sitting outside and chilling. Weather was good and..

There was Paul the Zulu dancer! (Yes, I do see the irony).

A few more pics...

and a pic of ex-pat Matthew learning some Zulu dancing.

and a little vid...

Meyer kids didn't partake this time.

Top Guns win Bedfordview Division 2 League

Howzaat!
Brilliant achievement David. I'm so proud of you and the guys!

Awesome kit

Fun Fair Comes to Long Stratton

The fun fair came to Long Stratton

First up, Faye wanted to go on the Waltzer...

But then the fear set in...

So that left...

The boys beat the girls at dodgems...

Ewan drove a 4x4 and a motorbike...

The girls went on the spinning thing...

Kids jumped on the bungie thingie...

And then we strolled home on a lovely summers eve...

(a short video below)

Happy birthday ...

Happy birthday to my intrepid touring companion!   I hope you have a lovely day today and that your birthday year is spectacular in every way.  Lots of love from all of us here at 34 Lime Tree Avenue, but especially from me!  xxxx

Ya rite?

It's sometimes hard to take in that we have been in Norfolk almost three full years.  This December will be our fourth Christmas here.  Looking back at my posts on this blog after our first week in the UK, I haven't changed by mind about anything really.  The initial euphoria and novelty of living in Blightey hasn't worn off.  Yeah, sometimes I am extremely sad and miss everybody back in SA - that's a natural thing and won't ever go away.  I live in hope that my boys will one day come and visit us, I know they might  not be interested in actually coming to live in Blightey at this point, but it would be so amazing if they managed to get over here for a holiday. 

It takes a long time to assimilate yourself into a new culture, a new country and a new life. When you have school-going kids it helps a lot because you are forced to get out there and interact with the locals, join in, get involved and meet people. The longer I live in this part of the world, the more I appreciate it.  We have some of the most diverse woodlands and hedgerow environments in the whole of England.   The air is fresh all the time.  Kids are growing up in an environment where they can explore nature, get out on their bikes or just walk in woodlands without any problems or hindrances. 
Norfolk is a gorgeous part of the world, it really is - we are very lucky to have decided to settle here.
Now if only I could understand the bloody Norfolk accent! ...

Open Farm Day

Go through the hole in the hedge...

Farmer driving his tractor...

With his sister (it is Norfolk after all)...

 

Farms are a bit smelly...

Much like SA you don't really seem to see many poor farmers, this farm house was huge!

After action ice cream...

Dung-Beetle Man and Wolf Boy

Say to nana. "can you make surper hereoe soots out of mtereeyol and to yoos yor mtereeyol musheen.  And you haf to make two surper soots. Like this: And culer the same as the pichisers"*

* Translation
Say to Nana, " Can you make super hero suits out of material and to use your material machine (sewing machine). And you have to make two super suits, like this and colour the same as the pictures."


The things I get asked to do, now they come with written instructions :)

Open Farm Sunday

Many large areas of Norfolk are devoted to farming and once a year, on Open Farm Sunday, certain farms make themselves available to the general public - entry is free of charge, so of course the hordes descend in their numbers.  We took the kiddies to Shotford Hall Farm this afternoon.  The weather was absolutely perfect today!  I took a few videos and strung it all together with the photos - so here we go:

Happy birthday ...

Here's hoping you have a very good day today and get spoilt.
We are looking forward to speaking to you on Skype over the weekend at Andrew's house  ... lots of love from all of us here at 34 Lime Tree Avenue