Hello Friends!
Firstly, my sincere and grateful thanks for all the uplifting and heartfelt messages you all sent while I was feeling down. It is humbling and touching to know how many people have a genuine affection for all of us here at TLC!
I thought it may be useful to make a little photo blog this time around. The pictures will help you get a clear picture of what I am talking about I think :-)
First ... the people I love ... or some of them anyway!
This is what makes life worthwhile. No matter how hard a day is or what chaos, crisis or catastrophe looms, these people bouy my spirits, lighten the burden and thrill me to my toes :-)
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| A Mighty Funny Boy found this wig and pair of glasses and made everybody laugh :-) |
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| Fun with face paints! |
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| Proudly South African |
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| Gogo and her grand daughter ~ makes my heart sing! |
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| My Ruthie~licious! |
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| My Super Strongman Jerome had a sports day at school where he insists he left everyone in the dust! |
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| A Gang of Girls, Joy, Joy, Joy!
The other thing making me happy ...
A Few more visits to the New Farm
 The neighbour is willing to sell all his implements to us at a very reasonable price. This means we can make excellent use of all the farm has to offer right from the start. We begin tomorrow buy ploughing the land to plant the grass seed for the animal fodder we will need come next winter ~ he is teaching us how. There is so much to learn and every visit is a thrill. This area is like a compound within the compound where the livestock are housed at night for safe keeping. At present he has meat rabbits, chickens and cattle.  The reservoir is deep ... like 10 feet deep! and full of fish that come to the surface to nibble :-) Some of my boys think that is very "fishy" indeed, whilst Similo tells me he saw on TV that "you can get young if you let them eat your skin!" EEEWWW!  This is one of my favourite parts ... the place my imagination goes wild with visions of my children playing under mist sprayers and my sipping iced tea on the porch watching them :-) The front garden has 2 water features, beautiful landscaping and plenty of relaxing atmosphere ... I am in the market for a porch swing if anyone has one lying around ... hee hee! The refurbished Massey Furguson will cost R38 000 but we believe it to be an excellent investment as it costs about 4 times as much for a new one and other used versions are not to be found in such condition. We learn to drive it tomorrow! This herd of cattle has been resident in various generations for 16 years on the farm. There are 4 cows in milk which should give 20Litres a day, just perfect to start with :-) The Track between TLC's Southern boundary and the New Farm. Isn't it beautiful!
And then two final things before I say good night:
 The TLC Pool has a new fence! Those that have visited even recently will hardly recognise the pool area anymore. The previously uneven and ugly cement "patio" has been replaced by a single level tiled patio and a pool fence. Our children are doubly safe and we now comply with the health and safety needed for this area! Hooray and Thank you to the Kirsty Watts Foundation for this tremendous help to TLC! AND LAST BUT MOST IMPORTANT!It's Mom's birthday on Saturday! We have put money together to buy her a new matress for her bed (the pictures here shows her nearly 10 year old squished and pee'd on current one that every Jarvis and many others have slept on!) and would like to offer those who are interested the chance to join in so that hopefully we can get some new linen and odds and ends that I know she would like. If you do make a donation please put it in TLC's account and remember to MARK IT as THEA'S BIRTHDAY! Thanks!
We Love You All!
Pippa
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