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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Social-Distancing at the Botanical Garden and a Linky

One thing you'll quickly figure out about me is that I love taking photos. Most of them are my own unless stated otherwise. If I am in the photo, then probably one of my family members took it. Enjoy today's photos of our family practicing social-distancing at the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden. We were happy to get out of the house and enjoy nature while keeping away from other people.

Sisters

Jessica, Amanda, Samantha, and Tina
Photo: Robbie Morley

Robbie and Tina
Photo: Samantha Morley

Amanda

Samantha

Samantha and Jessica

Bokmakierie (bushshrike)
Photo: Samantha Morley

Southern Fiscal Shrike
Photo: Robbie Morley

Southern Fiscal Shrike

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Aan de Doorns and Winelands

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Goats grazing in the winelands

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My Latest Post on Real Church Life:

Last week, I wrote about washing and distancing being biblical practices after noticing some Christians were speaking and behaving in a counter-productive way, using their faith as an excuse to carry on like normal. You can find my post on Real Church Life titled, "A Faith-Based Approach to the Coronavirus."

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My Latest Book Post:

Reading and Listening While Social Distancing
With links to free eBooks and audio books!

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Winter at the Beach House

Hi Friends! I apologize for last week's blog hop that stopped working. The site is still unavailable. I've been using a free linky service, since I blog for fun and I'm not making any money from it. I hope you will continue to visit and see what we've been up to even without my weekly blog hop. If you want me to visit a blog post, then please leave a link with a comment. I delete all spam and anything that looks like spam.

Last week my dad, stepmom, and stepbrother came to visit us in South Africa. Since they had to fly nearly halfway around the world, it was kind of a big deal. We don't see each other often and it was my first time meeting my stepbrother. We had a lot of fun in a very short time and I've included photos below of them and my husband at Leipzig.

Last weekend we all went to my in-laws' beach house and a beach house rental nearby, since we were such a big group. This is Amanda at her granparents' beach house with their miniature Schnauzer named Ziggy. The lavender flowers are in their garden.

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Wine Tasting at Leipzig

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Picnic in Picturesque Wine Country and a Linky

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We had a picnic on Mother's Day

in the Slanghoek Valley.

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Slanghoek Valley
Wine Country

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My Latest Book Reviews:

The Verdo

Apprentice

The Black Mage Book 2

Dead Letter

Prelude to the Dragon Choir series

Buzzy and Thomas Move
into the President's House

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Picture Perfect Party Linky #60

Samantha turns 13 on Wednesday.

Happy Birthday, my girl!

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Jessica, Amanda, Samantha and Jeremiah

Today's photos are of a picnic lunch at the Karoo Gardens.

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including one that Amanda took.

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Make My Saturday Sweet - Blog Hop #44

I'm back with another Make My Saturday Sweet blog hop. I was in the States on vacation and kept my blogging to a minimum, so I haven't posted this hop since the 4th of July. My previous 4th of July was pretty dismal. I think you'll enjoy visiting both of those posts, so go on and check them out!

Friendship Friday - Birthdays

My favorite way to celebrate my birthday is to be spending it with good friends and close family members and eating good food.

I can't remember someone throwing me a surprise birthday party before. I do remember organizing my mom's 40th surprise birthday party. I was a 12th grader at the time and it was a success.

I love chocolate cake with vanilla ice-cream and hot fudge.

One of my favorite birthday memories was when my in-laws took us out to eat at a beautiful little spot. It was a restaurant on a wine farm that is not very far from our home. We all enjoyed our food and the ambiance. It was the perfect outing. I'm sharing a photo of that day with you.