Weekend Relaxation

Saturday has come around and everyone around the house is in the relaxing mood even the cats. Well to be fair the cats are always relaxing, but here is Tiger dozing off on his mother's lap. We are all catching up on rest for the upcoming week which is hopefully busy for us all.

Day 59 - Normal Distractions

Lockdown Day 59 - I am starting to loathe the words "New Normal" as this simply can't be normal, never, not on my watch. Anyways it is Sunday which means online church while we still in bed, this time we have the grand children joining us but as you can see Koko is being distracted by the cat Minky, both who want to sit on Lynda's lap. Ahhh the new Sunday normal.

Day 45 - Lockdown Mother

 

Lockdown Day 45 - It is Mother's Day and my mother is safely tucked away in Sabie away from the maddening crowds whereas Lynda is enjoying Mother's Day with 2 of your boys. I decided to do roast chicken and potatoes for a Sunday lunch. 

Happy Mother's Day Lynda.

From left to right is Nica, Dael, Lynda, Bradley, and Matthew, with me behind the camera.

Day 20 - Supervisor Paddy

 

Lockdown Day 20 - Lynda has been doing her Fly Lady cleaning regime since lockdown and we well have stayed out of her way. Here is Supervisor Paddy Cat supervising the Fly Lady doing her cleaning in the guest toilet. 

Paddy is making sure he gets the most out of his mom and dad stuck with him all day, every day during this lockdown.

Day 10 - Lockdown Birthday

 

Lockdown Day 10 - Happy birthday babes! This is introvert Lynda's dream birthday, squirreled away at home with her knitting and now a nice cake. All she wishes is the rest of her family that are locked down in other homes to be able to share her day with her but that is what video calls are for.

Day 3 - Knitting at Church

 

We are in a new space, getting out of bed and going to church in the lounge. I made breakfast, got coffee on the go, and Lynda got out her knitting, put her feet up and enjoyed church. With lockdown in full swing, the extroverts don't know what to do with themselves while us introverts actually enjoy this time, knitting and all.

I did my second run down the hill for deliveries. Slight less cars about, being a Sunday, and way more JMPD vehicles about. Still no checkpoints and roadblocks.

Day 2 - Venus and Moon

 

No deliveries today. It was a hectic week past, and when we finally got to lockdown it was such a relief that we could just collapse. Yesterday was a stressful wondering what to do along with the fact that we were now in an unknown space, today was much better that we spent most of the day in bed just recovering. Although outside was loud with birds.

This evening we were blessed with the moon and Venus, low in an unpolluted sky.

Little Butternut

 

With all my attention on producing Face Masks, I seem to have neglected our garden a bit with our vegitable garden been the hardest hit. Oh my, the little butternut is so small. We'll have to do something about it, won't we.

Lynda Dean

 

My cellphone camera is not that great in low light photographs, so this evening I started messing with some filters on some photos taken at this evenings Connect. Here is Dean trying out a tiny chair while Lynda is on her phone in the background. 

First Fruits

 

With all the good rains, our vegetable garden has become overgrown, so Lynda decided to get stuck in and do some weeding. It was while she was getting her hands dirty, that she discovered a lovely green pepper, ready for picking. Ahh the first fruits of the year are going to be sweet and tasty.

Seeing the Old Year Out

2019 was not a good year for me but I feel that it is the turning point. God and me have grown together in leaps and bounds. I know that we are much closer than ever before after this year. 

Anyhow to end off this year, we joined some friends to watch Peter Pan on Ice this evening, starting from the left to right is Matthew, Sean, Tina, Lynda, me, and of course Paulo. 

So here is to a better 2020...

Weird Selfie

Okay we are allowed to be weird every now and again, even just to show the we are human sometimes. Any hoo, the year is coming to an end rather quickly and so before the mad rush towards the end happens, we would like to take this pause, and wish all our friends and family, an happy new year, may 2020 be a prosperous and blessed year. 

Granny and Dakotah

Christmas is all about the birthday celebrations of our saviour Jesus and family, so here we found ourselves spending the with family. Here is Lynda with her granddaughter Dakotah having a whale of a time together.

Ballerina Girl

 

After yesterday weird day, I was thankful not to wake up to an alarm telling me to get up. After a lovely sleep in, we had to go watch our little ballerina girl, Rebekah.

 

Happy 21st Matt

 

Although your official birthday was a few days back, and this is your 2nd birthday party in a week, I hope this is a good send off into the world of adulting. Happy 21st birthday Matthew. You have grown up to an awesome young man and may your adulting years be just as awesome.

 I can't remember all your friends names

 

Dael, Ryan, Dakotah, Danielle

Jaen

 

Matthew, Danielle, Hans, and oh course Minky

 

 Lynda

Lets Start the Party

 

Matthew is turning 21 on Monday, and as usual his birthday falls in critical exam times, so to start the celebrations off we had a family get together had my sister's place in Pretoria. 

But first we had to drop off Bradley and Dael at the local sports pub so that they can watch the World Cup Rugby 2019 final with South Africa playing against England. So while the Boer War III was on the go, Lynda and I drove north to be with Matthew and family.

Good news is that the Springboks won, and that we had a good time with family celebrating Matthew. 

Green Eyed Monster

 

My world has turned green today as the green eyed monster raised it's ugly head. No I am not taking about Lynda, shown in the above photo, although she does have green eyes, she is not the green eyed monster but in the news today, it is all about Hellen Zille, the Witch is Back, and the reason why the mayor Herman Mashaba shirked his duties yesterday (read all about it here) and has tendered his resignation. Not good at all for the City of Johannesburg, not good for us as a people.

Anywho, the Springboks won against Japan in the Rugby World Cup to progress to the semi-finals. The green and gold victory might be a silver lining for us in the gloomy day. Talk about gloom, there is our swimming pool. As you can see it is green and murky. A few weeks back it was nice and blue but the now it has all gone wrong. So starts the long progress to getting it back all sparkly blue again.

Still in Bed

 

I peep open my eyes this morning and this is what I see, Lynda on her phone with Minky on her lap still snoozing. Ahhh it is Saturday, let me turn around and go back to bed.

Chevy Lane

I'm am not sure how Paulo got the timing right, as we found ourselves at a retro 50's Americana diner on the 4th of July, Independence Day for 'Merica, or the original Brexit of 1776 unless you British then it is Treason Day with a stiff upper lip.

Anyways no matter how you view this day, our old friend Paulo was up in Jozi with Shani and the kids. Now we haven't seen Shani for about 4 years so it was about a good time for a get together as any. So here we all are on a cold winter's evening in an American diner called Chevy Lane, seated from left to right is Sean, Tina, Shani, Paulo, Mr Claus (aka meself), and Lynda. 

Grandma's Day

The best part of being a grandparent is that when it becomes too much we can simply hand the grandchildren back to the parents. Nice, not that Dakotah is any of a handfull. Now where did I leave the candy?

I am down with a bug, not feeling well, yet I climbed out of bed, got the braai/barbeque going and waiting for the children to arrive with the grandchildren in tow. After they arrived, I got the meat on the grill, and socialized from a distance as not to past any germs over. When everyone had left I headed straight for bed, grandma's feather bed and didn't pass Start.