Category Archives: memory lane

My hubby officially retired today …

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

I have to share the following …. We moved to Johannesburg from Salisbury (Harare), Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in 1974 when hubby started working for Map Studio as a cartographer.  After a few years, he moved to the company where he was … Continue reading →

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Tea with the elderly

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

While I was in Somerset West visiting my Mum at Silver Oaks Lodge, Kathy and I enjoyed a fundraising tea held in the main lounge of the Old Aged Home It’s an annual event organised by the very sparkling M, whose parents lived … Continue reading →

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While the boys are away …

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

I always feel a little lost in the afternoons when Jeanette and family go on a holiday – for a few days anyway until I get used to it!   My afternoons always involve Bradley and Connor … extra murals, homework, … Continue reading →

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Bags of flour

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

As soon as I saw the bags of flour under the table which was filled with freshly baked breads at Vovo telo in Parkhurst, when Jeanette and I shared a lovely, and special, morning coffee together, it reminded me of … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Sweetie pie

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

‘Tis Elaine’s birthday today … 25 years old!  Can hardly believe how time has flown …  Her christening with both sets of grandparents – hubby’s on left and mine on right (a very windy day!!!)  She was destined to go … Continue reading →

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Haberdasher …

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

… which according to the Oxford Dictionery is a ‘dealer in dressmaking and sewing goods’ … there are fewer and fewer of them around … There was a time ….. when every shopping centre had one, or two, and every … Continue reading →

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Housewifery …

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

… is a derivative of ‘housewife’ which according to the Oxford Dictionary means  :   “a married woman whose main occupation is caring for her family and running the household” – Yippee for modern appliances !!!    I can do all this AND go … Continue reading →

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They say life was simple in the old days …

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

It may have been simple but it was jolly hard work!!!! I found ‘amongst-my-Mum’s-recipe-books’ …. …..one of her school books which makes fascinating reading … (my Mum’s youngest sister had the same book a year later)   Even though they … Continue reading →

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Amongst my Mum’s recipe books

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

This is a page from a very well used recipe book from Tennyson Primary School, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (my older brother and I were founder pupils of the school).  The recipe book was compiled for school fundraising and all the Mum’s submitted a recipe … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday :

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

A special moment between a dad and his youngest daughter in 2008  It’s a photo that doesn’t require words but an explanation is necessary – I am sure I’ve posted this photo when I first started WW but it’s one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballito, Elaine, memory lane, Peter, sea, sky, Wordless Wednesday | 7 Comments