18 December 2010
Good day to all, family and friends!
Just in from our trip into the village for the necessary testing the roads and making sure all is fine for travelling!.
At the moment not too bad at all -3 and as there is no wind and with the sun hazing through the cold air it is spectacularly beautiful!
The carpet of snow about 6cm deep brings an eerie stillness about it! Even the noise of the road has been silenced!
It seems pretty certain that we will have a white Christmas!
I have not much news and will keep this short and hopefully sweet!
Paul en Jacob will have their birthdays on the 24th! Many happy returns of the day!
Gerlof and Sandra should be safely in Canada and the rest of you enjoy the summer sun en festivities, never forgetting what it is all about! The birth of our Lord and Saviour!
Paul Linda and family are visiting in the Cape and will carry our best wishes and regards to all Br Mendel and Anke, a letter to follow for them.
We pray and hope that road conditions will be favourable for our journey to Dublin tomorrow for the Christening of Lukas Liam Dunne! Our grandson!
Isabel with Joleen and in- laws in Mozambique must enjoy it! We use to go there often before the war and stayed in the Polana Hotel Lourenso Marques – gives my age away!
The remaining geese seems to love the snow and sit in it as if it was warm!
Thank you Angie for the lovely Photos!
All of you travelling, be careful on the roads
Take care
Snowy greetings from Cranleymore
Barry & Christina
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Groete vanuit 'n ontvriesende Ierland
11 Desember 2010
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!
Dit is met groot blydskap en dankbaarheid dat ons kan sê die temperatuur vanoggend was 6gr bo vriespunt. Van -11 verlede week tot hierdie wonderlike sagte wintersmôre! Die sneeu is nou byna oral gesmelt in Cranleymore en Edgeworthstown en toe ek Donderdag oggend uit Mullingar weg is was alles nog stok styf van die vriesende arktiese weer, Paaie was darem meer begaanbaar maar steeds het ons op dele van die hoofweg teen 40kpu beweeg, dit was vir my sieldodend!
Die ganse het weer gras om te eet en die voëltjies is altebly dat hulle weer sonder moeite goggatjies kan vang!
Die hangmandjies het verander in kanon koeëls en ons sou maklik ‘n oorlog met hulle kon wen! Hulle is nog steeds vereis.
Ek vind dit jammer dat ons nie meer voorbereid op die weersomstandighede in hierdie eiland is nie, hulle het darem nou sokkies vir die karbande uitgebring wat help maar volgens die kenners kan ons nie met Europese/Kanadese bande hier ry nie want ons teer is te sag en dit sal die paaie opvreet!
Ek is met vakansie en het ‘n gruwelike verkoue by die werk gekry en sukkel om dit uit my borskas te hou want ek weet as dit sak is ek in die moeilikheid!
Bly om te hoor dat die troue goed afgeloop het nou wag ons maar geduldig op ‘n foto!
Hessie, jy werk so hard aan die volgende troue ,ek wonder wat jy vir jou eie dogters gaan doen eendag! Baie trots op jou!
Behalwe vir die beroerde begroting en die geldelike ellende waarin ons , ons bevind gaan die lewe aan. Ons het net 1 gans verkoop 2 loop tot net voor Nuwejaar nog en die ander is nou pasêla, gedurende die koue en die sneeu het Barry oneindig tyd gespandeer om seker te maak dat die groot voëls goed versorg is en ek dink die plesier is nou daaruit en hy het nie meer lus daarvoor nie! Ons is ook baie beperk in ons bewegings want ons moet 4nm weer terug wees om die kinders in die bed te sit!
Ek soek naarstiglik na ‘n orrel, digitale een wat aangepas is vir ‘n kerk , kan een vanuit Duitsland, Italië, VSA en Uk kry en dan 1 in Cork, Nooit kon dink dat dit is so moeilik sou wees om so ‘n instrument te bekom nie! Speel maar nog steeds my klawerbord Sondae! Sondae is nog steedsmy beste dag van die week en ek sien so uit na die sielsvoeding!
Helene van Oubaas en Gerda verjaar en ek hoop sy geniet die dag!
Ons nuutse lid van die familie moet nou seker op die familie register geplaas word ,dus moet Georg alle besonderhede aan Gerda stuur!
Dit kom nou vinnig nader, die langste nag en die die kortste dag,dit is alreeds stik donker teen ½ 5 en eers lig teen 8vm dus wonder ek hoeveel daglig ure ons dan die 21ste sal hê maar gelukkig draai die spul dan en die dae word langer en die nagte korter, kan nie wag nie!
Het daaraan gedink om maar ‘n diesel te koop maar die pryse is byna onbereikbaar en dan dompel ek myself weer in karskuld vir 5 jaar en het nie regtig daar voor lus nie!
Lukas Liam Dunne ons kleinseun is die punt van onse harte en ons sal hom volgende Sondag sien,met sy doop! kry gereeld fotos en hy is regtig ‘n pragtige seuntjie!
Nou ja geniet die sonskyn die hitte en die somer!
Aan die wat gaan reis wees tog versigtig op die paaie! Gerlof en Sandra wat Kanada toe gaan, geniet die samesyn!
Aan die wat tuis bly wees altyd op jul hoede!
Liefde groete
Barry en Christina -waar daar geen wind waai nie en die son deur die wolke probeer breek en die sneeu gesmelt het!
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!
Dit is met groot blydskap en dankbaarheid dat ons kan sê die temperatuur vanoggend was 6gr bo vriespunt. Van -11 verlede week tot hierdie wonderlike sagte wintersmôre! Die sneeu is nou byna oral gesmelt in Cranleymore en Edgeworthstown en toe ek Donderdag oggend uit Mullingar weg is was alles nog stok styf van die vriesende arktiese weer, Paaie was darem meer begaanbaar maar steeds het ons op dele van die hoofweg teen 40kpu beweeg, dit was vir my sieldodend!
Die ganse het weer gras om te eet en die voëltjies is altebly dat hulle weer sonder moeite goggatjies kan vang!
Die hangmandjies het verander in kanon koeëls en ons sou maklik ‘n oorlog met hulle kon wen! Hulle is nog steeds vereis.
Ek vind dit jammer dat ons nie meer voorbereid op die weersomstandighede in hierdie eiland is nie, hulle het darem nou sokkies vir die karbande uitgebring wat help maar volgens die kenners kan ons nie met Europese/Kanadese bande hier ry nie want ons teer is te sag en dit sal die paaie opvreet!
Ek is met vakansie en het ‘n gruwelike verkoue by die werk gekry en sukkel om dit uit my borskas te hou want ek weet as dit sak is ek in die moeilikheid!
Bly om te hoor dat die troue goed afgeloop het nou wag ons maar geduldig op ‘n foto!
Hessie, jy werk so hard aan die volgende troue ,ek wonder wat jy vir jou eie dogters gaan doen eendag! Baie trots op jou!
Behalwe vir die beroerde begroting en die geldelike ellende waarin ons , ons bevind gaan die lewe aan. Ons het net 1 gans verkoop 2 loop tot net voor Nuwejaar nog en die ander is nou pasêla, gedurende die koue en die sneeu het Barry oneindig tyd gespandeer om seker te maak dat die groot voëls goed versorg is en ek dink die plesier is nou daaruit en hy het nie meer lus daarvoor nie! Ons is ook baie beperk in ons bewegings want ons moet 4nm weer terug wees om die kinders in die bed te sit!
Ek soek naarstiglik na ‘n orrel, digitale een wat aangepas is vir ‘n kerk , kan een vanuit Duitsland, Italië, VSA en Uk kry en dan 1 in Cork, Nooit kon dink dat dit is so moeilik sou wees om so ‘n instrument te bekom nie! Speel maar nog steeds my klawerbord Sondae! Sondae is nog steedsmy beste dag van die week en ek sien so uit na die sielsvoeding!
Helene van Oubaas en Gerda verjaar en ek hoop sy geniet die dag!
Ons nuutse lid van die familie moet nou seker op die familie register geplaas word ,dus moet Georg alle besonderhede aan Gerda stuur!
Dit kom nou vinnig nader, die langste nag en die die kortste dag,dit is alreeds stik donker teen ½ 5 en eers lig teen 8vm dus wonder ek hoeveel daglig ure ons dan die 21ste sal hê maar gelukkig draai die spul dan en die dae word langer en die nagte korter, kan nie wag nie!
Het daaraan gedink om maar ‘n diesel te koop maar die pryse is byna onbereikbaar en dan dompel ek myself weer in karskuld vir 5 jaar en het nie regtig daar voor lus nie!
Lukas Liam Dunne ons kleinseun is die punt van onse harte en ons sal hom volgende Sondag sien,met sy doop! kry gereeld fotos en hy is regtig ‘n pragtige seuntjie!
Nou ja geniet die sonskyn die hitte en die somer!
Aan die wat gaan reis wees tog versigtig op die paaie! Gerlof en Sandra wat Kanada toe gaan, geniet die samesyn!
Aan die wat tuis bly wees altyd op jul hoede!
Liefde groete
Barry en Christina -waar daar geen wind waai nie en die son deur die wolke probeer breek en die sneeu gesmelt het!
Greote
11 Desember 2010
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!
Dit is met groot blydskap en dankbaarheid dat ons kan sê die temperatuur vanoggend was 6gr bo vriespunt. Van -11 verlede week tot hierdie wonderlike sagte wintersmôre! Die sneeu is nou byna oral gesmelt in Cranleymore en Edgeworthstown en toe ek Donderdag oggend uit Mullingar weg is was alles nog stok styf van die vriesende arktiese weer, Paaie was darem meer begaanbaar maar steeds het ons op dele van die hoofweg teen 40kpu beweeg, dit was vir my sieldodend!
Die ganse het weer gras om te eet en die voëltjies is altebly dat hulle weer sonder moeite goggatjies kan vang!
Die hangmandjies het verander in kanon koeëls en ons sou maklik ‘n oorlog met hulle kon wen! Hulle is nog steeds vereis.
Ek vind dit jammer dat ons nie meer voorbereid op die weersomstandighede in hierdie eiland is nie, hulle het darem nou sokkies vir die karbande uitgebring wat help maar volgens die kenners kan ons nie met Europese/Kanadese bande hier ry nie want ons teer is te sag en dit sal die paaie opvreet!
Ek is met vakansie en het ‘n gruwelike verkoue by die werk gekry en sukkel om dit uit my borskas te hou want ek weet as dit sak is ek in die moeilikheid!
Bly om te hoor dat die troue goed afgeloop het nou wag ons maar geduldig op ‘n foto!
Hessie, jy werk so hard aan die volgende troue ,ek wonder wat jy vir jou eie dogters gaan doen eendag! Baie trots op jou!
Behalwe vir die beroerde begroting en die geldelike ellende waarin ons , ons bevind gaan die lewe aan. Ons het net 1 gans verkoop 2 loop tot net voor Nuwejaar nog en die ander is nou pasêla, gedurende die koue en die sneeu het Barry oneindig tyd gespandeer om seker te maak dat die groot voëls goed versorg is en ek dink die plesier is nou daaruit en hy het nie meer lus daarvoor nie! Ons is ook baie beperk in ons bewegings want ons moet 4nm weer terug wees om die kinders in die bed te sit!
Ek soek naarstiglik na ‘n orrel, digitale een wat aangepas is vir ‘n kerk , kan een vanuit Duitsland, Italië, VSA en Uk kry en dan 1 in Cork, Nooit kon dink dat dit is so moeilik sou wees om so ‘n instrument te bekom nie! Speel maar nog steeds my klawerbord Sondae! Sondae is nog steedsmy beste dag van die week en ek sien so uit na die sielsvoeding!
Helene van Oubaas en Gerda verjaar en ek hoop sy geniet die dag!
Ons nuutse lid van die familie moet nou seker op die familie register geplaas word ,dus moet Georg alle besonderhede aan Gerda stuur!
Dit kom nou vinnig nader, die langste nag en die die kortste dag,dit is alreeds stik donker teen ½ 5 en eers lig teen 8vm dus wonder ek hoeveel daglig ure ons dan die 21ste sal hê maar gelukkig draai die spul dan en die dae word langer en die nagte korter, kan nie wag nie!
Het daaraan gedink om maar ‘n diesel te koop maar die pryse is byna onbereikbaar en dan dompel ek myself weer in karskuld vir 5 jaar en het nie regtig daar voor lus nie!
Lukas Liam Dunne ons kleinseun is die punt van onse harte en ons sal hom volgende Sondag sien,met sy doop! kry gereeld fotos en hy is regtig ‘n pragtige seuntjie!
Nou ja geniet die sonskyn die hitte en die somer!
Aan die wat gaan reis wees tog versigtig op die paaie! Gerlof en Sandra wat Kanada toe gaan, geniet die samesyn!
Aan die wat tuis bly wees altyd op jul hoede!
Liefde groete
Barry en Christina -waar daar geen wind waai nie en die son deur die wolke probeer breek en die sneeu gesmelt het!
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!
Dit is met groot blydskap en dankbaarheid dat ons kan sê die temperatuur vanoggend was 6gr bo vriespunt. Van -11 verlede week tot hierdie wonderlike sagte wintersmôre! Die sneeu is nou byna oral gesmelt in Cranleymore en Edgeworthstown en toe ek Donderdag oggend uit Mullingar weg is was alles nog stok styf van die vriesende arktiese weer, Paaie was darem meer begaanbaar maar steeds het ons op dele van die hoofweg teen 40kpu beweeg, dit was vir my sieldodend!
Die ganse het weer gras om te eet en die voëltjies is altebly dat hulle weer sonder moeite goggatjies kan vang!
Die hangmandjies het verander in kanon koeëls en ons sou maklik ‘n oorlog met hulle kon wen! Hulle is nog steeds vereis.
Ek vind dit jammer dat ons nie meer voorbereid op die weersomstandighede in hierdie eiland is nie, hulle het darem nou sokkies vir die karbande uitgebring wat help maar volgens die kenners kan ons nie met Europese/Kanadese bande hier ry nie want ons teer is te sag en dit sal die paaie opvreet!
Ek is met vakansie en het ‘n gruwelike verkoue by die werk gekry en sukkel om dit uit my borskas te hou want ek weet as dit sak is ek in die moeilikheid!
Bly om te hoor dat die troue goed afgeloop het nou wag ons maar geduldig op ‘n foto!
Hessie, jy werk so hard aan die volgende troue ,ek wonder wat jy vir jou eie dogters gaan doen eendag! Baie trots op jou!
Behalwe vir die beroerde begroting en die geldelike ellende waarin ons , ons bevind gaan die lewe aan. Ons het net 1 gans verkoop 2 loop tot net voor Nuwejaar nog en die ander is nou pasêla, gedurende die koue en die sneeu het Barry oneindig tyd gespandeer om seker te maak dat die groot voëls goed versorg is en ek dink die plesier is nou daaruit en hy het nie meer lus daarvoor nie! Ons is ook baie beperk in ons bewegings want ons moet 4nm weer terug wees om die kinders in die bed te sit!
Ek soek naarstiglik na ‘n orrel, digitale een wat aangepas is vir ‘n kerk , kan een vanuit Duitsland, Italië, VSA en Uk kry en dan 1 in Cork, Nooit kon dink dat dit is so moeilik sou wees om so ‘n instrument te bekom nie! Speel maar nog steeds my klawerbord Sondae! Sondae is nog steedsmy beste dag van die week en ek sien so uit na die sielsvoeding!
Helene van Oubaas en Gerda verjaar en ek hoop sy geniet die dag!
Ons nuutse lid van die familie moet nou seker op die familie register geplaas word ,dus moet Georg alle besonderhede aan Gerda stuur!
Dit kom nou vinnig nader, die langste nag en die die kortste dag,dit is alreeds stik donker teen ½ 5 en eers lig teen 8vm dus wonder ek hoeveel daglig ure ons dan die 21ste sal hê maar gelukkig draai die spul dan en die dae word langer en die nagte korter, kan nie wag nie!
Het daaraan gedink om maar ‘n diesel te koop maar die pryse is byna onbereikbaar en dan dompel ek myself weer in karskuld vir 5 jaar en het nie regtig daar voor lus nie!
Lukas Liam Dunne ons kleinseun is die punt van onse harte en ons sal hom volgende Sondag sien,met sy doop! kry gereeld fotos en hy is regtig ‘n pragtige seuntjie!
Nou ja geniet die sonskyn die hitte en die somer!
Aan die wat gaan reis wees tog versigtig op die paaie! Gerlof en Sandra wat Kanada toe gaan, geniet die samesyn!
Aan die wat tuis bly wees altyd op jul hoede!
Liefde groete
Barry en Christina -waar daar geen wind waai nie en die son deur die wolke probeer breek en die sneeu gesmelt het!
greetings from a very cold Ireland
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Liewe almal !
My week was effe deurmekaar , moes oor bly in Mullingar een dag want dit het teveel gesneeu en die vorige keer terug huis toe het my 2 ure geneem en ek was te moeg! Die hospitaal het my met 'n bed voorsien en ek het deur die geraas geslaap! Nie goed nie maar dit was warm en ek was veilig!
Een nag af tussen 6: 3 aan diens 1 af en 3 aan diens! Ek sluit ook fotos in van hoe dit by ons lyk as dit -10grade celsius is!!!! Dit is nou vanmore, die ander fotos was laas week geneem Vrydag!
Vir die van julle warm kry en kla oor die hitte, tel jul seeninge !
Dit het allamintig gesneeu en toe begin smelt en daarna kom die groot vries! Ons gly nou rond want ry is moeilik!
Ek het nie by skryf uitgekom nie maar hoop dat dit met jul almal goed en veilig gaan!
wees gegroet vanuit 'n bibberende Ierland
Barry en Christina en 14 ganse , 1 is verkoop!!!!
To the English speaking family and friends!
We have really experienced the cold of cold! My schedule has been tough with 3 nights on, 1 off, and 3 on again I did not get to write!Ii was stranded in Mullingar one day and slept over in the hospital , it was noisy but warm and I was safe! The snow was just too much to risk as it took me 2hrs to get home last Tuesday morning!
The ice in the water tank was about 6" thick!
The last photos was taken this morning -10 degrees !
all those complaining about heat, count your blessings!
We hope that you all are wll and safe!
Barry & Christina in a shivering Ireland
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Afrikaans 1st then the English!
Liewe almal !
My week was effe deurmekaar , moes oor bly in Mullingar een dag want dit het teveel gesneeu en die vorige keer terug huis toe het my 2 ure geneem en ek was te moeg! Die hospitaal het my met 'n bed voorsien en ek het deur die geraas geslaap! Nie goed nie maar dit was warm en ek was veilig!
Een nag af tussen 6: 3 aan diens 1 af en 3 aan diens! Ek sluit ook fotos in van hoe dit by ons lyk as dit -10grade celsius is!!!! Dit is nou vanmore, die ander fotos was laas week geneem Vrydag!
Vir die van julle warm kry en kla oor die hitte, tel jul seeninge !
Dit het allamintig gesneeu en toe begin smelt en daarna kom die groot vries! Ons gly nou rond want ry is moeilik!
Ek het nie by skryf uitgekom nie maar hoop dat dit met jul almal goed en veilig gaan!
wees gegroet vanuit 'n bibberende Ierland
Barry en Christina en 14 ganse , 1 is verkoop!!!!
To the English speaking family and friends!
We have really experienced the cold of cold! My schedule has been tough with 3 nights on, 1 off, and 3 on again I did not get to write!Ii was stranded in Mullingar one day and slept over in the hospital , it was noisy but warm and I was safe! The snow was just too much to risk as it took me 2hrs to get home last Tuesday morning!
The ice in the water tank was about 6" thick!
The last photos was taken this morning -10 degrees !
all those complaining about heat, count your blessings!
We hope that you all are wll and safe!
Barry & Christina in a shivering Ireland
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Winter groete van Ierland
27 Nov’10
Saterdag!
Liewe familie en vriende,
Die 1cm sneeu lê nog daar buite ,temperature het darem nou tot 0 gestyg en ons het net ‘n blerts sneeu gekry maar ander dele lê goed toe onder die sneeu kombers! ‘n hele 28 dae vroeër as verlede jaar!
Daarby saam skyn die son heerlik en die hemele is helder blou!
Ek het regtig nie nuus nie dus gaan die maar net ‘n kennisgewing wees!
Hulle tap bloed uit stene by die werk en hulle is stadig maar seker besig om die kaf van die koring te skei. Gemiddeld 58 pasiente ‘n dag deur die 4 teaters met net 30 beddens! Soms lê daar 3 pasiente deur die loop van die dag in een bed! Jy kry skaars kans om die bed aftevee moenie praat van afwas nie en dan klou die lakens byna aan die nat matras voor die volgende pasient wat alreeds’n ½ uur in die gang sit, ‘n bed kry!
Operasies gaan aan tot na 22h00 en die dag personeel werk hulle agterstewes af ,sal niks sê van die nag personeel nie! ons is net 2 verplaagsters per skof en jy doen alles, daar is nie ‘n helper nie, jy doen observasies, gee pyn verligitng en medikasie intra veneuse antibiotika, let op na dreinering, gee tee en rooster brood en soms bietjie meer veral die mans is rasend honger na byna 18 uur van vas.Die kombuis word netso in wanorde gelos vir die skoon makers om te kom doen maar soms is daar nie ‘n koppie of piering vir die nagstaf beskikbaar nie(die skoonmakers maak eers die teater skoon voor hulle saal toe kom) dan was jy nog skottelgoed tussen in ook want die skottelgoed masjien werk alreeds oortyd!Soms kom die saal so teen 2uur die oggend tot stilte en dan begin die klokkies weer ‘n uur later lui want die wat pyn verligting gekry het teen 9nm is weer aan die kerm! Mensig maar ons werk regtig hard.Jy word elke nag ‘n jaar ouer!
Genoeg gekla ek het ‘n werk en kry betaling daar is baie wat sonder werk sit en honger is!
Die tuin lyk aaklig en netsowel dat ons nie nuwe plantjies ingesit het nie want dan sou die ook verpletter gewees het!
Nou sit ons met die ganse, Barry is nou op die punt om hulle wegtegee maar niemand wil hulle hê nie want dis te moeilik om hulle te pluk! Ek het gister ‘n advertensie in die plaaslike koerant laat plaas en sal maar sien gebeur Woensdag as die koerant sy verskyning maak!
Die politiek is nie in die modder nie maar in ‘n sisput! Ons eiland is nou die eiendom van IMF ( Internasionale Monotêre Fonds)en die EU se finansiele bestuurders na €85 biljoen as lening aan die eiland beskikbaar gestel is om ons uit die ellnde te help!
Maandag hou hulle vergadering by die kerk oor die instrument vir beleiding van die gemeente, ek het my mening gegee maar kannie by die vergadering wees nie want ek werk! Sal maar sien wat word! Intussen oefen en speel ek maar op my klawerbord.
Heerlik om ‘n briefie van Kathleen te kry, byna ‘n jaar se nuus in een, dit word baie gewaardeer, Nou moet ek sê sy is die enigste een van wie ek ooit hoor!(broerskinders se kinders) My adres lys sal drasties vermager in 2011.
Finbarr, Amanda en die vreugde van ons lewens, Lukas Liam kom môre die dag by ons deur bring en ons kan nie wag nie! Hy begin al op sy boude rondskuif netsoos pa gedoen het, eet alles wat hy in die hande kan kry en ons wag in spanning op die tande wat hom opdraandes gee!
Gisteroggend met ontbyt sien ons net hoe die klein voëltjies vinnig skarrel vir skuilikng en daar voor ons oë sit die valk toe op die dwarsboom van die saadhouer! Ek kon nie die kamera gou genoeg in die hande kry nie en hy vlieg weg toe ek die deur oop maak! Hy was seker so 5 tree van ons af!
Vamore het ons ‘n magdom van voeltjies wat kom eet want met die gras toe onder die sneeu en die bessies ook nou op ‘n einde kry hulle koud en is honger!
Verjaardae is min, Nine in Kanada verjaaar Maandag en Elmarie die 2de Desember! Baie goeie wense aan jul albei en ons hoop die jaar wat kom is goed!As daar iemand anders is warrvan ek nie weet nie beste wense vir julle ook!
Ons het heerlik Koffie gedrink aan huis(pragtig geleë op ‘n heuwel met lieflike uitsig) van Arenda en haar man wat reeds ?8 jaar hier in Ierland woon en een van haar ander SA vriendinne ontmoet ek toe ook byna 9 jaar lank in Ierlandwoon, Bianca. Ons SA Dokters vroue is oppag terug , hulle hunker nou sterk na die son en ek hoop Rina kom die ellende van die borskas in die sonnige SA te bowe! Ordentlike medisyne!!!!Veilige reis! Dis altyd so lekker om bymekaar te kom, en die keer het ons ook nog KOEKSISTERS GEHAD!!!!
Oooooooooooooo! Dit was darem baie lekker! Baie dankie Bianca!
Het niks gehoor van eksamen uitslae nie en neem aan dat dit met almal goed gegaan het en dat julle volgende jaar weer studeer!of werk gekry het!
Hoop ook die getroude paartjie op die plaas in Reitz is baie gelukkig!
Hou julle oë oop en wees beraad!
Groete vanuit ‘n ysige koue, sonnige Ierland!
Barry en Christina
Saterdag!
Liewe familie en vriende,
Die 1cm sneeu lê nog daar buite ,temperature het darem nou tot 0 gestyg en ons het net ‘n blerts sneeu gekry maar ander dele lê goed toe onder die sneeu kombers! ‘n hele 28 dae vroeër as verlede jaar!
Daarby saam skyn die son heerlik en die hemele is helder blou!
Ek het regtig nie nuus nie dus gaan die maar net ‘n kennisgewing wees!
Hulle tap bloed uit stene by die werk en hulle is stadig maar seker besig om die kaf van die koring te skei. Gemiddeld 58 pasiente ‘n dag deur die 4 teaters met net 30 beddens! Soms lê daar 3 pasiente deur die loop van die dag in een bed! Jy kry skaars kans om die bed aftevee moenie praat van afwas nie en dan klou die lakens byna aan die nat matras voor die volgende pasient wat alreeds’n ½ uur in die gang sit, ‘n bed kry!
Operasies gaan aan tot na 22h00 en die dag personeel werk hulle agterstewes af ,sal niks sê van die nag personeel nie! ons is net 2 verplaagsters per skof en jy doen alles, daar is nie ‘n helper nie, jy doen observasies, gee pyn verligitng en medikasie intra veneuse antibiotika, let op na dreinering, gee tee en rooster brood en soms bietjie meer veral die mans is rasend honger na byna 18 uur van vas.Die kombuis word netso in wanorde gelos vir die skoon makers om te kom doen maar soms is daar nie ‘n koppie of piering vir die nagstaf beskikbaar nie(die skoonmakers maak eers die teater skoon voor hulle saal toe kom) dan was jy nog skottelgoed tussen in ook want die skottelgoed masjien werk alreeds oortyd!Soms kom die saal so teen 2uur die oggend tot stilte en dan begin die klokkies weer ‘n uur later lui want die wat pyn verligting gekry het teen 9nm is weer aan die kerm! Mensig maar ons werk regtig hard.Jy word elke nag ‘n jaar ouer!
Genoeg gekla ek het ‘n werk en kry betaling daar is baie wat sonder werk sit en honger is!
Die tuin lyk aaklig en netsowel dat ons nie nuwe plantjies ingesit het nie want dan sou die ook verpletter gewees het!
Nou sit ons met die ganse, Barry is nou op die punt om hulle wegtegee maar niemand wil hulle hê nie want dis te moeilik om hulle te pluk! Ek het gister ‘n advertensie in die plaaslike koerant laat plaas en sal maar sien gebeur Woensdag as die koerant sy verskyning maak!
Die politiek is nie in die modder nie maar in ‘n sisput! Ons eiland is nou die eiendom van IMF ( Internasionale Monotêre Fonds)en die EU se finansiele bestuurders na €85 biljoen as lening aan die eiland beskikbaar gestel is om ons uit die ellnde te help!
Maandag hou hulle vergadering by die kerk oor die instrument vir beleiding van die gemeente, ek het my mening gegee maar kannie by die vergadering wees nie want ek werk! Sal maar sien wat word! Intussen oefen en speel ek maar op my klawerbord.
Heerlik om ‘n briefie van Kathleen te kry, byna ‘n jaar se nuus in een, dit word baie gewaardeer, Nou moet ek sê sy is die enigste een van wie ek ooit hoor!(broerskinders se kinders) My adres lys sal drasties vermager in 2011.
Finbarr, Amanda en die vreugde van ons lewens, Lukas Liam kom môre die dag by ons deur bring en ons kan nie wag nie! Hy begin al op sy boude rondskuif netsoos pa gedoen het, eet alles wat hy in die hande kan kry en ons wag in spanning op die tande wat hom opdraandes gee!
Gisteroggend met ontbyt sien ons net hoe die klein voëltjies vinnig skarrel vir skuilikng en daar voor ons oë sit die valk toe op die dwarsboom van die saadhouer! Ek kon nie die kamera gou genoeg in die hande kry nie en hy vlieg weg toe ek die deur oop maak! Hy was seker so 5 tree van ons af!
Vamore het ons ‘n magdom van voeltjies wat kom eet want met die gras toe onder die sneeu en die bessies ook nou op ‘n einde kry hulle koud en is honger!
Verjaardae is min, Nine in Kanada verjaaar Maandag en Elmarie die 2de Desember! Baie goeie wense aan jul albei en ons hoop die jaar wat kom is goed!As daar iemand anders is warrvan ek nie weet nie beste wense vir julle ook!
Ons het heerlik Koffie gedrink aan huis(pragtig geleë op ‘n heuwel met lieflike uitsig) van Arenda en haar man wat reeds ?8 jaar hier in Ierland woon en een van haar ander SA vriendinne ontmoet ek toe ook byna 9 jaar lank in Ierlandwoon, Bianca. Ons SA Dokters vroue is oppag terug , hulle hunker nou sterk na die son en ek hoop Rina kom die ellende van die borskas in die sonnige SA te bowe! Ordentlike medisyne!!!!Veilige reis! Dis altyd so lekker om bymekaar te kom, en die keer het ons ook nog KOEKSISTERS GEHAD!!!!
Oooooooooooooo! Dit was darem baie lekker! Baie dankie Bianca!
Het niks gehoor van eksamen uitslae nie en neem aan dat dit met almal goed gegaan het en dat julle volgende jaar weer studeer!of werk gekry het!
Hoop ook die getroude paartjie op die plaas in Reitz is baie gelukkig!
Hou julle oë oop en wees beraad!
Groete vanuit ‘n ysige koue, sonnige Ierland!
Barry en Christina
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Winter greetings form Ireland
Saturday 20 Nov’10
Good day to all, family and friends!
Congratulations to Jaco and Stenelle who are getting married tomorrow!!! God’s riches blessing we pray upon you!
Happy birthday to the twins Paul and Mendel, Jeanne, and Renate(P+H) who will be older by 1 year this coming week!!
May it be a lovely day for all of you!
The light is on otherwise I cannot see the keyboard. It is dry and not too cold but the cloud cover is heavy! 6 Degrees, with a light breeze, no extremes during this week!
Been to the butcher, he does not want the geese as people do not eat goose over Christmas and it is difficult to pluck! Plan B is to put an ad in the paper and see what happens otherwise we will phone Mat who we got the geese from and found out what and where to now! I think Barry is quietly glad the butcher did not want them because I will be lost without them!
I have to take all the leave allocated to me and cannot carry it over to 2011 which means I have more holidays than what I work BUT the days I do work I know that I am not 25 anymore, although the mind still hovers in the vicinity of ‘Young’!
Every muscle, bone and joint were pulled into one massive cramp after a night of special attention to 5 patients who had big operations, during the day the work was divided by 2 nurses but come night , you have to perform miracles!
There are a few lost primroses flowering otherwise a very dull colour scheme outside Inside though the orchid have 24 flowers on and is a great pleasure to look at!
We have made the front pages of the world’s newspapers with the IMF and the EU and some or other dignitaries visiting this bankrupt country. The 4 year plan to safe us will be announced sometime next week but we fear for the worst! As Arnolda cannot understand the things that are going on in the name of safety in the airports so we cannot understand how the Prime Minister and the bank managers can earn more than Barak Obama and many more high officials, Those who brought the Celtic Tiger into life, and robbed the country of all its assets have fled and live everywhere else but in Ireland! They are protected by the law and live wonderful lives!People are desperate and already there has been several suicides and family murders!
The new owner of the hospital where I work is planning a big change and we hope and pray that there will still be work for us next year!
There are some of the recipients of my emails that have gone very quiet and I hope that they are all well! Thank you to all who so regularly write, I enjoy every sentence! I think that most of the exams are now something of the past and hope for the very best results!
The rugby is on this afternoon we first have to shout for the Springboks and then for Ireland, I just fear for our blood pressures!
The Psalm and Hymns are all practised and I am ready for the best day of the week, the organ has given notice and I am presently taking my key board to church until the church committee have made a decision!
Our grandson Lukas is the joy of his parents and his grandparents! He will be christened on 19th of Dec! We will under protest drive to Dublin again! Wish it was nearer!
We were horrified by the murders in Vivo and the Indian honeymoon bride and the publicity it received especially the Indian girl, was not to South Africa’s advantage! This brings me back to the propaganda films which you in SA never see, and it was quite natural for the visitors to go and see what Guguletto looks like and many other places where a person living in SA never would enter at night! It makes me very sad as there must be still so much beauty left for visitors to enjoy and now it has been tarnished!
Therefore please be diligent in keeping watch!
Warm regards to you all from us in Cranleymore
Good day to all, family and friends!
Congratulations to Jaco and Stenelle who are getting married tomorrow!!! God’s riches blessing we pray upon you!
Happy birthday to the twins Paul and Mendel, Jeanne, and Renate(P+H) who will be older by 1 year this coming week!!
May it be a lovely day for all of you!
The light is on otherwise I cannot see the keyboard. It is dry and not too cold but the cloud cover is heavy! 6 Degrees, with a light breeze, no extremes during this week!
Been to the butcher, he does not want the geese as people do not eat goose over Christmas and it is difficult to pluck! Plan B is to put an ad in the paper and see what happens otherwise we will phone Mat who we got the geese from and found out what and where to now! I think Barry is quietly glad the butcher did not want them because I will be lost without them!
I have to take all the leave allocated to me and cannot carry it over to 2011 which means I have more holidays than what I work BUT the days I do work I know that I am not 25 anymore, although the mind still hovers in the vicinity of ‘Young’!
Every muscle, bone and joint were pulled into one massive cramp after a night of special attention to 5 patients who had big operations, during the day the work was divided by 2 nurses but come night , you have to perform miracles!
There are a few lost primroses flowering otherwise a very dull colour scheme outside Inside though the orchid have 24 flowers on and is a great pleasure to look at!
We have made the front pages of the world’s newspapers with the IMF and the EU and some or other dignitaries visiting this bankrupt country. The 4 year plan to safe us will be announced sometime next week but we fear for the worst! As Arnolda cannot understand the things that are going on in the name of safety in the airports so we cannot understand how the Prime Minister and the bank managers can earn more than Barak Obama and many more high officials, Those who brought the Celtic Tiger into life, and robbed the country of all its assets have fled and live everywhere else but in Ireland! They are protected by the law and live wonderful lives!People are desperate and already there has been several suicides and family murders!
The new owner of the hospital where I work is planning a big change and we hope and pray that there will still be work for us next year!
There are some of the recipients of my emails that have gone very quiet and I hope that they are all well! Thank you to all who so regularly write, I enjoy every sentence! I think that most of the exams are now something of the past and hope for the very best results!
The rugby is on this afternoon we first have to shout for the Springboks and then for Ireland, I just fear for our blood pressures!
The Psalm and Hymns are all practised and I am ready for the best day of the week, the organ has given notice and I am presently taking my key board to church until the church committee have made a decision!
Our grandson Lukas is the joy of his parents and his grandparents! He will be christened on 19th of Dec! We will under protest drive to Dublin again! Wish it was nearer!
We were horrified by the murders in Vivo and the Indian honeymoon bride and the publicity it received especially the Indian girl, was not to South Africa’s advantage! This brings me back to the propaganda films which you in SA never see, and it was quite natural for the visitors to go and see what Guguletto looks like and many other places where a person living in SA never would enter at night! It makes me very sad as there must be still so much beauty left for visitors to enjoy and now it has been tarnished!
Therefore please be diligent in keeping watch!
Warm regards to you all from us in Cranleymore
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Mid November groete van Ierland
Saterdag 13 Nov’10
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!!!
Ek moes nou iets ekstra oor my skouers gooi want dit het skielik kouer geword hier in die middel van die dag! 4grade op die moment- vanoggend het die temp darem tot 6 gestyg maar o weë, ek kla nie, maar dis koud . Ons het stil gesit vir ‘n paar uur want die scrabble spel van gistermiddag moes afgehandel word en natuurlik moes ‘n 2de spel daarop volg. Ons behoort die beste Scrabble spelers ter wereld te wees maar twyfel of ons die eerste rondte in die dorp sal wen! Barry is hard besig om vuurhour en turf intedra om die vuur aan die gang te kry,ons was aanvanklik nie koud nie en die son het geskyn maar intussen het ‘n dowwe grysheid die Ierse aarde oorval en ligte moes aangeskakel word! Eintlik het ons nog nie regtig winter beleef nie hier en daar ‘n oggend met ryp en -2 maar dan skyn die son en maak op vir alles!
Die afgelope week het gepaard gegaan met hewige storm weer,golwe van 50vt hoog en die weskus het sleg deurgeloop ook groot dele van die middelland het erge oorstromings beleef,winde van 110-130kpu. Groot ontwrigting vir dele waar eletrisiteit af was vir lange ure en die omstandighede vir herstel was baie gevaarlik!
Ek moet nou die klok vir 2 weke terug draai en dis byna te ver omte onthou!
Sondag(more) 2 weke gelede het die orrel in die kerk die gees gegaf, hy kraak al vir die afgelope 2 jaar soms meer soms minder maar daardie Sondag was sy laaste snikke en ons het met predikant as voorsinger maar deur die Psalme en Gesange geworstel. My werkweke was buite gewoon vol 8 nagte gewerk met ‘n breek van 2 tussenin- ek het omtrent op auto gefunksioneer! Intussen was dit Sondag en beteken dat ek laat bed toe gaan en dan tot 6nm slaap om deur die nag tekankom ,ook moes ons my klawerbord saam neem kerk toe en daar opstel sodat ons musiek kon hê! Die luidsprekers is klein en ek moes die volume byne op vol draai om klank dwarsdeur die kerk te kon kry, en dieselfde geld vir môre. Intussen het die Bokke teen Ierland gespeel met sulke onbekende wit pakkies aan, dit het my regtig nie aangestaan nie, weg was die bekende groen en geel,maar ek neem aan daar moet seker ‘n goeie rede voor wees! Vooruitgang! Hulle het neffens maar wel gewen! En dit het effe opgemaak vir die wit!
Ek het teen Donderdag middag 3 uur vir die eerste keer weer daglig gesien en son skyn ervaar maar waar ons voor die venster gesit het kon ons die veranderende weerpatroon maklik opmerk dit het omtrent 15 minute geneem vir die blou lug om na donker byna swart te verander met die wind wat die wolke teen ‘n hewige spoed laat rol en tuimel het en terselfdertyd gooi daardie einste wolke die Ierse aarde papsopnat!! Groot dik druppels wat spat as dit die grond of die venster tref en 7 minute later is alles verby die wind stil, die lug helder blou en die son skyn! 10 minute later word die hele patroon weer herhaal!.
My hart was baie seer Donderdag oggend toe een van ons SA dokters Martin Kelly ons totsien gesê het , hy sê die assuransie wat hy moet betaal en die vliegkaartjies en byna 2/3des minder gevalle maak dit nou nie meer winsgewend nie en nouse dae word al die besoekende dokters ook hier met belasting getref en dit veroorsaak ‘n groot gap in hul verdienings !
Hy het altyd vir my dingetjies gebring en nou is dit ook op ‘n einde!
Nou ja die voëltjies leef goed want hulle word goed gevoed deur baas Barry en ons sal niks sê van die ganse nie hulle is verwen verby! As ek soggens inry staan hulle by die hek en wag, hulle hoor die kar kom en staan reg vir dagsê tyd, hulle is groot en vet en die tyd raak kort om hulle by ‘n slagter te kry en Barry skrams elke keer weg as ek die onderwerp aanraak! Ek sien al hoe ons volgende jaar met 50 ganse sit!!!!
Die tuin is lelik grou en onaansienlik die mandjies moet almal uitgegooi word en met winter gesiggies beplant word maar ons kom net nie daarby uit nie, ek werk nog 4 weke ,dan is ek met verlof vir ‘n maand en sal dan plan maak! Die 100de affodille ,sommige van verlede jaar en die nuwes van die jaar is reeds besig om hulle punte bo die grond uittestoot ,veels te vroeg en as die swart ryp kom gaan hulle baie seer kry sal maar toemaak met strooi!
Ek kan omtrent nie glo dat dit nog so lekker warm in Kanada is nie- en ons tref elke stert van ongure weer wat verby trek! Selfs Gerlof-hulle spring meeste van die slegte weer vry, hulle woon net buite die band van ellende!
Arnolda ek het saam met jou heimwee en verstaan presies hoe jy voel, ek praat maar met onse Lukas Afrikaans en hoop dat hy dit wel eendag sal baas raak maar soos almal van ons wat buite SA woon ,is die taal verlore as die ouers en groot ouers dit nie volhou nie!
Dit is natuurlik vroeg donker hier net so na 5 nm trek die donkerte sy kombers oor ons ,soms as die lug oop is is die sterre skitterend mooi in die pikgitswarte nag maar ander kere kan jy die swaarheid van die wolke voel!
En ‘n eienaardige pink skynsel verskyn dan op die horison,baie mooi maar erie!
Hierdie eiland se mense glo aan die snaakste goed , die verpleegster wat saam met my werk kry ‘n uitslag in haar nek wat pynlik is en word gediagnoseer as’ shingles’ en toe is na die vrou toe met die ‘cure’ toe. Ek dom wat ek is ,vra ewe onskuldig “ what on earth does that mean; she has the cure?” baie geskok word ek toe meegedeel dat sy die ‘cure’ gegee is deur een of ander gawe en sy vryf haar trou ring oor die uitslag en dan gaan dit weg, sy moet dit wel ‘n paar keer doen maar dan verdwyn dit.....en die ergste van alles is die uitslag is regtig weg.....maar ek skryf dit maar toe aan dat dit nie ‘shingles’ was nie net ‘n uitslag! Die mense hier lei ook vreeslik aan psoriases,elke 3de persoon het hierdie uitslag...kannie onthou dat die mense in SA daaraan gelei het nie! Hier en daar een maar hier is dit soos ‘n aansteeklike siekte!
Ek sien die dermatoloog Maandag oggend vir die brandsiekte en melaatsheid op my been wat begin het met ‘n netel prik en daarna ‘n perde vlieg se steek en elke keer wanneer die gesondheid ‘n lae vlak bereik breek die ellende op my been erger uit en nou lyk dit plein sleg!
Baie dankie Elsje dat jy uiteindelik geantwoord het ek wou naderhand moed opgee maar ek hoop van harte jy voel beter!
Baie het al klaar eksamen geskryf en die jaar is aan sy einde ek hoop van harte dat dit met almal goed gegaan het!Annalize verjaar more en dan ook Attie (snr) die 16de en Hanlie die 19de Veels geluk met jul jaardig wording en mag die Here julle almal ryklik seen!
Hier steel hulle nie net klein goedjies nie maar ‘n groot ontwikkelaar is voor verlede nag op die sleepwas gelaai en weggery-€15000 en die sleepwa €3000
Vanmore of liewer laasnag het 3, 21jariges ‘n skopgraaf gesteel en was besig om die ATM(gatindiemuurmasjien) uit tebreek toe die Garda(polisie) op hulle afkom die bank is erg beskadig maar die ATM is veilig en hulle in die tronk!
Politieke nuus is gevaarlik en die resessie het nou in depressie verander en dit gaan vrot met die arme eiland se finansies en ons dank die Here elke dag vir ons seëninge, dat ons nooit uitspattig geleef het nie en dat ek ‘n goeie werk het!Al is my salaris byna die helfte minder as 5 jaar gelede kom ons nog goed oor die weg!baie mense is besig om hul huise te verloor en die getal mense voor die welsynskantore groei elke dag! Soveel besighede moes toemaak sommige wat baie jare van swaerkry oorleef het maar nou nie die mas kan opkom nie!
Ek was baie bevoorregt dat 2 van die SA’se vriendinne en een van die Dr’s wat in Midoc werk by my kom tee drink het in die hospitaal 2 weke gelede ek het net ‘n paar pasiente gehad en het hulle uitgenooi en dit was heerlik! Baie dankie Cilna, Rina en Wessel?
Ek het genoeg kwyt geraak vir 2 weke en hoop dat dit met julle almal goed sal gaan tot my volgende skrywe! Baie dankie vir al die welkome briefies!!! Fotos!!!! En sommer ‘n lyntjie om my iets te vertel! Is daar ‘n troue aan die kom? In die Vrystaat?
Hou hulle deure gesluit, laat die honde julle mooi oppas!
Liefde groete vanuit ‘n koue November middag in Cranleymore!
Barry & Christina
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!!!
Ek moes nou iets ekstra oor my skouers gooi want dit het skielik kouer geword hier in die middel van die dag! 4grade op die moment- vanoggend het die temp darem tot 6 gestyg maar o weë, ek kla nie, maar dis koud . Ons het stil gesit vir ‘n paar uur want die scrabble spel van gistermiddag moes afgehandel word en natuurlik moes ‘n 2de spel daarop volg. Ons behoort die beste Scrabble spelers ter wereld te wees maar twyfel of ons die eerste rondte in die dorp sal wen! Barry is hard besig om vuurhour en turf intedra om die vuur aan die gang te kry,ons was aanvanklik nie koud nie en die son het geskyn maar intussen het ‘n dowwe grysheid die Ierse aarde oorval en ligte moes aangeskakel word! Eintlik het ons nog nie regtig winter beleef nie hier en daar ‘n oggend met ryp en -2 maar dan skyn die son en maak op vir alles!
Die afgelope week het gepaard gegaan met hewige storm weer,golwe van 50vt hoog en die weskus het sleg deurgeloop ook groot dele van die middelland het erge oorstromings beleef,winde van 110-130kpu. Groot ontwrigting vir dele waar eletrisiteit af was vir lange ure en die omstandighede vir herstel was baie gevaarlik!
Ek moet nou die klok vir 2 weke terug draai en dis byna te ver omte onthou!
Sondag(more) 2 weke gelede het die orrel in die kerk die gees gegaf, hy kraak al vir die afgelope 2 jaar soms meer soms minder maar daardie Sondag was sy laaste snikke en ons het met predikant as voorsinger maar deur die Psalme en Gesange geworstel. My werkweke was buite gewoon vol 8 nagte gewerk met ‘n breek van 2 tussenin- ek het omtrent op auto gefunksioneer! Intussen was dit Sondag en beteken dat ek laat bed toe gaan en dan tot 6nm slaap om deur die nag tekankom ,ook moes ons my klawerbord saam neem kerk toe en daar opstel sodat ons musiek kon hê! Die luidsprekers is klein en ek moes die volume byne op vol draai om klank dwarsdeur die kerk te kon kry, en dieselfde geld vir môre. Intussen het die Bokke teen Ierland gespeel met sulke onbekende wit pakkies aan, dit het my regtig nie aangestaan nie, weg was die bekende groen en geel,maar ek neem aan daar moet seker ‘n goeie rede voor wees! Vooruitgang! Hulle het neffens maar wel gewen! En dit het effe opgemaak vir die wit!
Ek het teen Donderdag middag 3 uur vir die eerste keer weer daglig gesien en son skyn ervaar maar waar ons voor die venster gesit het kon ons die veranderende weerpatroon maklik opmerk dit het omtrent 15 minute geneem vir die blou lug om na donker byna swart te verander met die wind wat die wolke teen ‘n hewige spoed laat rol en tuimel het en terselfdertyd gooi daardie einste wolke die Ierse aarde papsopnat!! Groot dik druppels wat spat as dit die grond of die venster tref en 7 minute later is alles verby die wind stil, die lug helder blou en die son skyn! 10 minute later word die hele patroon weer herhaal!.
My hart was baie seer Donderdag oggend toe een van ons SA dokters Martin Kelly ons totsien gesê het , hy sê die assuransie wat hy moet betaal en die vliegkaartjies en byna 2/3des minder gevalle maak dit nou nie meer winsgewend nie en nouse dae word al die besoekende dokters ook hier met belasting getref en dit veroorsaak ‘n groot gap in hul verdienings !
Hy het altyd vir my dingetjies gebring en nou is dit ook op ‘n einde!
Nou ja die voëltjies leef goed want hulle word goed gevoed deur baas Barry en ons sal niks sê van die ganse nie hulle is verwen verby! As ek soggens inry staan hulle by die hek en wag, hulle hoor die kar kom en staan reg vir dagsê tyd, hulle is groot en vet en die tyd raak kort om hulle by ‘n slagter te kry en Barry skrams elke keer weg as ek die onderwerp aanraak! Ek sien al hoe ons volgende jaar met 50 ganse sit!!!!
Die tuin is lelik grou en onaansienlik die mandjies moet almal uitgegooi word en met winter gesiggies beplant word maar ons kom net nie daarby uit nie, ek werk nog 4 weke ,dan is ek met verlof vir ‘n maand en sal dan plan maak! Die 100de affodille ,sommige van verlede jaar en die nuwes van die jaar is reeds besig om hulle punte bo die grond uittestoot ,veels te vroeg en as die swart ryp kom gaan hulle baie seer kry sal maar toemaak met strooi!
Ek kan omtrent nie glo dat dit nog so lekker warm in Kanada is nie- en ons tref elke stert van ongure weer wat verby trek! Selfs Gerlof-hulle spring meeste van die slegte weer vry, hulle woon net buite die band van ellende!
Arnolda ek het saam met jou heimwee en verstaan presies hoe jy voel, ek praat maar met onse Lukas Afrikaans en hoop dat hy dit wel eendag sal baas raak maar soos almal van ons wat buite SA woon ,is die taal verlore as die ouers en groot ouers dit nie volhou nie!
Dit is natuurlik vroeg donker hier net so na 5 nm trek die donkerte sy kombers oor ons ,soms as die lug oop is is die sterre skitterend mooi in die pikgitswarte nag maar ander kere kan jy die swaarheid van die wolke voel!
En ‘n eienaardige pink skynsel verskyn dan op die horison,baie mooi maar erie!
Hierdie eiland se mense glo aan die snaakste goed , die verpleegster wat saam met my werk kry ‘n uitslag in haar nek wat pynlik is en word gediagnoseer as’ shingles’ en toe is na die vrou toe met die ‘cure’ toe. Ek dom wat ek is ,vra ewe onskuldig “ what on earth does that mean; she has the cure?” baie geskok word ek toe meegedeel dat sy die ‘cure’ gegee is deur een of ander gawe en sy vryf haar trou ring oor die uitslag en dan gaan dit weg, sy moet dit wel ‘n paar keer doen maar dan verdwyn dit.....en die ergste van alles is die uitslag is regtig weg.....maar ek skryf dit maar toe aan dat dit nie ‘shingles’ was nie net ‘n uitslag! Die mense hier lei ook vreeslik aan psoriases,elke 3de persoon het hierdie uitslag...kannie onthou dat die mense in SA daaraan gelei het nie! Hier en daar een maar hier is dit soos ‘n aansteeklike siekte!
Ek sien die dermatoloog Maandag oggend vir die brandsiekte en melaatsheid op my been wat begin het met ‘n netel prik en daarna ‘n perde vlieg se steek en elke keer wanneer die gesondheid ‘n lae vlak bereik breek die ellende op my been erger uit en nou lyk dit plein sleg!
Baie dankie Elsje dat jy uiteindelik geantwoord het ek wou naderhand moed opgee maar ek hoop van harte jy voel beter!
Baie het al klaar eksamen geskryf en die jaar is aan sy einde ek hoop van harte dat dit met almal goed gegaan het!Annalize verjaar more en dan ook Attie (snr) die 16de en Hanlie die 19de Veels geluk met jul jaardig wording en mag die Here julle almal ryklik seen!
Hier steel hulle nie net klein goedjies nie maar ‘n groot ontwikkelaar is voor verlede nag op die sleepwas gelaai en weggery-€15000 en die sleepwa €3000
Vanmore of liewer laasnag het 3, 21jariges ‘n skopgraaf gesteel en was besig om die ATM(gatindiemuurmasjien) uit tebreek toe die Garda(polisie) op hulle afkom die bank is erg beskadig maar die ATM is veilig en hulle in die tronk!
Politieke nuus is gevaarlik en die resessie het nou in depressie verander en dit gaan vrot met die arme eiland se finansies en ons dank die Here elke dag vir ons seëninge, dat ons nooit uitspattig geleef het nie en dat ek ‘n goeie werk het!Al is my salaris byna die helfte minder as 5 jaar gelede kom ons nog goed oor die weg!baie mense is besig om hul huise te verloor en die getal mense voor die welsynskantore groei elke dag! Soveel besighede moes toemaak sommige wat baie jare van swaerkry oorleef het maar nou nie die mas kan opkom nie!
Ek was baie bevoorregt dat 2 van die SA’se vriendinne en een van die Dr’s wat in Midoc werk by my kom tee drink het in die hospitaal 2 weke gelede ek het net ‘n paar pasiente gehad en het hulle uitgenooi en dit was heerlik! Baie dankie Cilna, Rina en Wessel?
Ek het genoeg kwyt geraak vir 2 weke en hoop dat dit met julle almal goed sal gaan tot my volgende skrywe! Baie dankie vir al die welkome briefies!!! Fotos!!!! En sommer ‘n lyntjie om my iets te vertel! Is daar ‘n troue aan die kom? In die Vrystaat?
Hou hulle deure gesluit, laat die honde julle mooi oppas!
Liefde groete vanuit ‘n koue November middag in Cranleymore!
Barry & Christina
Sunday, October 31, 2010
End Autumn Irish Greetings
Saturday 30 Oct’10
Good day to all, Family and friends,
The sun is shining and it is wind still, it is still fairly early in the day and there will surely be a change before this letter is finished!
The last 3 days was rain, rain and specks of sunlight in between and again rain! The Southerly wind was warm but strong!
The leaves fall like snowflakes and the colours warm red to golden yellow! Beautiful!
A rather hectic week for us! Sunday after church we left for Dublin, I should really Castleknock as it is a suburb far out of the hub of Dublin and easily assessable! All went well and we had a lovely afternoon with our grandson Lukas! He was just 6 months old on Saturday. He eats well, shows his preferences very clearly but Amanda is very strict and he gets just the best of everything, home cooked and lots of veggies and fruit! He can laugh, so inspiring you to laugh as well! Wonderfully content and happy child! All praise to the parents!
The garden is out of bounce at the moment! We did notice that some of the daffodils that were left in the ground are now visible, the baskets need dire attention but with all the rain we decided not to waste money and will wait for the early Spring!
Monday was a dull day with the sun just appearing for moments and the wind blowing us off our feet! Tuesday was preparation day as we decided after long deliberations to leave on Wednesday @9am for Cork! Barry has been putting this visit off for many years and it had to be done! Booked a hotel room for the night in Kinsale on the little harbour, very lovely and still full of visitors!
The 1st part of the journey was old road with some highway in between but we got onto the motorway at Port Loaish and from thereon we drove straight to Cork, here is a stretch of road of about 162 kilometres with not one petrol station or restroom off the motorway, you have to take a turnoff into a town to be able to fill your car or have a cup of coffee! The road is very good and 1 ½ hrs later we entered the tunnel under the sea to get into the outer suburbs of Cork Journey time from front door to 1st stop 3hrs and 10 min. Google predicted another 35 min but we did not use that!
The place has changed so much since our last proper visit in 1997( the visit in 2003 was just 2 nights and spent with the family then, no sightseeing.) As we were early we enjoyed a leisure drive to the coastal village of Kinsale where the hotel was and enjoyed the wonderful autumn colours small roads zigzagging through woody areas and small villages with enormous housing estates – the beauty of the hills destroyed for progress and greed! We had tea with Barry’s brother Frank and his wife Breda and had a good chat, which was on our way, left then on the 2nd part of the journey so surprised at the development! The village of Kinsale is on the sea and I love the sea! Unfortunately it rained and we had to wait for a good hour before we could explore the small and narrow streets!
Barry remembered it as it was years ago and he was very sad on the one side but also impressed with the growth! The hills covered now with housing estates and the beauty of the countryside destroyed.
We had dinner with Sharon and the twins Christopher and Nicholas at the hotel, the very best behaved young boys, very well mannered and a pleasure to have a conversation with. We last saw them at the age of 8 and now they are 15jrs old! Doing well at school and partaking in community activities to the full! Very talented as well! All honours to Sharon for bringing up these boys so wonderfully, what a pleasure it was to see and talk to them!
Thursday morning we did the nostalgic tour of where Barry grew up, Douglas, the old house made way for a highway, although some places were still standing! Like the Toomey’s house across the road! Visiting familiar places now unrecognisable! Frank and Breda went with us to the cemetery and we visited the grave of Barry’s parents and other family members who passed away!
After a lovely lunch with them we hit the road again and while putting in petrol, with the pump not working we read the notice. Pay before you get petrol, difficult as I like to fill up my car before a long journey and now you have to guess- they must have had a lot of people putting in petrol and drive off! Little bit inconvenient but we had enough to get us home!
The Lord granted us once again save travelling mercies and we were home at ¼ to 5. The geese were totally mad with gladness for seeing us! That was the first time they were ever left alone for a night! They survived and were none the better off for staying outside for the night! We did plan it like that as the night was going to be very mild and we knew they would be fine outside!
They do restrict our movements in many ways and we seriously consider selling them if not all, at least some!
Just back from a visit to the village where I had to get some cortisone cream and Periton antihistamine for my face as that came up again; as we were travelling back I could feel the tingling going on in the left cheek. I am so highly allergic and all we can think of is that I rubbed cheeks with many people and on Thursday morning we also met Linda, Frank and Breda’s daughter and she might have had a cream on her face with anti ageing component in, which I am super sensitive to, even any of the other ladies with make-up on could have caused it! Just my left cheek!! In the chemist just after I put my card back in my bag I heard a mighty bang behind me and there at the door an old lady good over 80yrs fell! She hit her head on the cement and her glasses cut her nose, she was slightly heavy and had 2 swollen feet and knees matching, I did my good deed for the day and after some 1st aid and the assistance of the Pharmacist we got her up onto a chair, cleaned the face and steri-stripped the cuts, cleaned the bruises and applied some dressings! Taking her history she told me she had a knee replacement in July and that the knee is now very sore! I checked every thing thoroughly and when I was happy that she was well and proper orientated we helped her into the car which her son brought nearer and with advice of getting to an A&E or Midoc a.s.a.p they left! Barry wondered what happened to me as I am usually back to the car before he paid for his paper and bread!
Thank the Lord she was fine when she left and a good ½ later I was back in the car!
The weather as promised is starting to change and temp of 8 degrees might drop as the sun is disappearing fast behind the clouds! Sometimes it even rises when clouds take over, but we are well prepared for the winter and after 2 days of -2 already behind ours back we do not mind, it has to come and tonight we can sleep an hour longer as we enter winter time! I think it is foolish and not good for your health but the authorities have other concerns! The fire gets lit early afternoon and is very warm and cosy!
Thank you for all the lovely letters in the post, I sincerely appreciate them and read them over and over! Haya, Hessie, Arnolda, Gerlof, Nine, Leopold, Paul in VdBijl, Joy in Brisbane, Gerhard in Mazibuku, Sue, and thank you for the “Sambok” Zumbuck ointment Annarie en Nico!!!!! It is on the way, it was confirmed!
In brackets!:
[We had a very lovely get- together of the SA friends with Marthie’s birthday and great was the “ gezoem van die bye” the humming of the bee’s the way we were talking! Memel, Newcastle, represented! It was great!]
Laurel, Nanette, Karin, Isabel and my dear cousin Retha!. We do think of all those who are not well and sincerely hope that healing is taking place, physically or mentally! And in faith! I am not good with face book and do not entertain it often and therefore hope that the rest of the family are well.
Birthdays according to my records is Sam in Melbourne on the 8th
May your year be excellent! Any-one else our best wishes! For those who are studying , do well! An update on how Nicole fared in Miss Teen Roodepoort would be lovely!
Tomorrow is the very best day of the week! Hymns and Psalms practised and our own minister back in the pulpit we look forward to food for our souls!
I waffled now long enough, Gerlof, I hope you and Sandra enjoy your granddaughter as much as we enjoy our grandson! They are without a doubt very special!
Watch your steps, lock the doors and stay safe!
Greetings from us in Cranleymore, full of warmth and good wishes!
Barry & Christina
Good day to all, Family and friends,
The sun is shining and it is wind still, it is still fairly early in the day and there will surely be a change before this letter is finished!
The last 3 days was rain, rain and specks of sunlight in between and again rain! The Southerly wind was warm but strong!
The leaves fall like snowflakes and the colours warm red to golden yellow! Beautiful!
A rather hectic week for us! Sunday after church we left for Dublin, I should really Castleknock as it is a suburb far out of the hub of Dublin and easily assessable! All went well and we had a lovely afternoon with our grandson Lukas! He was just 6 months old on Saturday. He eats well, shows his preferences very clearly but Amanda is very strict and he gets just the best of everything, home cooked and lots of veggies and fruit! He can laugh, so inspiring you to laugh as well! Wonderfully content and happy child! All praise to the parents!
The garden is out of bounce at the moment! We did notice that some of the daffodils that were left in the ground are now visible, the baskets need dire attention but with all the rain we decided not to waste money and will wait for the early Spring!
Monday was a dull day with the sun just appearing for moments and the wind blowing us off our feet! Tuesday was preparation day as we decided after long deliberations to leave on Wednesday @9am for Cork! Barry has been putting this visit off for many years and it had to be done! Booked a hotel room for the night in Kinsale on the little harbour, very lovely and still full of visitors!
The 1st part of the journey was old road with some highway in between but we got onto the motorway at Port Loaish and from thereon we drove straight to Cork, here is a stretch of road of about 162 kilometres with not one petrol station or restroom off the motorway, you have to take a turnoff into a town to be able to fill your car or have a cup of coffee! The road is very good and 1 ½ hrs later we entered the tunnel under the sea to get into the outer suburbs of Cork Journey time from front door to 1st stop 3hrs and 10 min. Google predicted another 35 min but we did not use that!
The place has changed so much since our last proper visit in 1997( the visit in 2003 was just 2 nights and spent with the family then, no sightseeing.) As we were early we enjoyed a leisure drive to the coastal village of Kinsale where the hotel was and enjoyed the wonderful autumn colours small roads zigzagging through woody areas and small villages with enormous housing estates – the beauty of the hills destroyed for progress and greed! We had tea with Barry’s brother Frank and his wife Breda and had a good chat, which was on our way, left then on the 2nd part of the journey so surprised at the development! The village of Kinsale is on the sea and I love the sea! Unfortunately it rained and we had to wait for a good hour before we could explore the small and narrow streets!
Barry remembered it as it was years ago and he was very sad on the one side but also impressed with the growth! The hills covered now with housing estates and the beauty of the countryside destroyed.
We had dinner with Sharon and the twins Christopher and Nicholas at the hotel, the very best behaved young boys, very well mannered and a pleasure to have a conversation with. We last saw them at the age of 8 and now they are 15jrs old! Doing well at school and partaking in community activities to the full! Very talented as well! All honours to Sharon for bringing up these boys so wonderfully, what a pleasure it was to see and talk to them!
Thursday morning we did the nostalgic tour of where Barry grew up, Douglas, the old house made way for a highway, although some places were still standing! Like the Toomey’s house across the road! Visiting familiar places now unrecognisable! Frank and Breda went with us to the cemetery and we visited the grave of Barry’s parents and other family members who passed away!
After a lovely lunch with them we hit the road again and while putting in petrol, with the pump not working we read the notice. Pay before you get petrol, difficult as I like to fill up my car before a long journey and now you have to guess- they must have had a lot of people putting in petrol and drive off! Little bit inconvenient but we had enough to get us home!
The Lord granted us once again save travelling mercies and we were home at ¼ to 5. The geese were totally mad with gladness for seeing us! That was the first time they were ever left alone for a night! They survived and were none the better off for staying outside for the night! We did plan it like that as the night was going to be very mild and we knew they would be fine outside!
They do restrict our movements in many ways and we seriously consider selling them if not all, at least some!
Just back from a visit to the village where I had to get some cortisone cream and Periton antihistamine for my face as that came up again; as we were travelling back I could feel the tingling going on in the left cheek. I am so highly allergic and all we can think of is that I rubbed cheeks with many people and on Thursday morning we also met Linda, Frank and Breda’s daughter and she might have had a cream on her face with anti ageing component in, which I am super sensitive to, even any of the other ladies with make-up on could have caused it! Just my left cheek!! In the chemist just after I put my card back in my bag I heard a mighty bang behind me and there at the door an old lady good over 80yrs fell! She hit her head on the cement and her glasses cut her nose, she was slightly heavy and had 2 swollen feet and knees matching, I did my good deed for the day and after some 1st aid and the assistance of the Pharmacist we got her up onto a chair, cleaned the face and steri-stripped the cuts, cleaned the bruises and applied some dressings! Taking her history she told me she had a knee replacement in July and that the knee is now very sore! I checked every thing thoroughly and when I was happy that she was well and proper orientated we helped her into the car which her son brought nearer and with advice of getting to an A&E or Midoc a.s.a.p they left! Barry wondered what happened to me as I am usually back to the car before he paid for his paper and bread!
Thank the Lord she was fine when she left and a good ½ later I was back in the car!
The weather as promised is starting to change and temp of 8 degrees might drop as the sun is disappearing fast behind the clouds! Sometimes it even rises when clouds take over, but we are well prepared for the winter and after 2 days of -2 already behind ours back we do not mind, it has to come and tonight we can sleep an hour longer as we enter winter time! I think it is foolish and not good for your health but the authorities have other concerns! The fire gets lit early afternoon and is very warm and cosy!
Thank you for all the lovely letters in the post, I sincerely appreciate them and read them over and over! Haya, Hessie, Arnolda, Gerlof, Nine, Leopold, Paul in VdBijl, Joy in Brisbane, Gerhard in Mazibuku, Sue, and thank you for the “Sambok” Zumbuck ointment Annarie en Nico!!!!! It is on the way, it was confirmed!
In brackets!:
[We had a very lovely get- together of the SA friends with Marthie’s birthday and great was the “ gezoem van die bye” the humming of the bee’s the way we were talking! Memel, Newcastle, represented! It was great!]
Laurel, Nanette, Karin, Isabel and my dear cousin Retha!. We do think of all those who are not well and sincerely hope that healing is taking place, physically or mentally! And in faith! I am not good with face book and do not entertain it often and therefore hope that the rest of the family are well.
Birthdays according to my records is Sam in Melbourne on the 8th
May your year be excellent! Any-one else our best wishes! For those who are studying , do well! An update on how Nicole fared in Miss Teen Roodepoort would be lovely!
Tomorrow is the very best day of the week! Hymns and Psalms practised and our own minister back in the pulpit we look forward to food for our souls!
I waffled now long enough, Gerlof, I hope you and Sandra enjoy your granddaughter as much as we enjoy our grandson! They are without a doubt very special!
Watch your steps, lock the doors and stay safe!
Greetings from us in Cranleymore, full of warmth and good wishes!
Barry & Christina
Laat herfs groete uit Ierland
18 Oktober’10
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!!!
Saterdag was ‘n pragtige dag en dit was soos ‘n ‘totsiens’ aan die mooi weer van herfstyd! Gister en vandag was donker en grys, nie te koud nie maar die wind geniepsig! Die herfs kleure is asemberowend mooi!
Ons het laat middag vir die eerste keer die vuur aangesteek en nou sit ons gesellig voor die kaggel! Ek het bietjie slegte dienstye gehad en toe ek Saterdag wakker word kon ek net ‘n koppie tee drink voor ons die pad gevat het om ‘n landgoed veiling te besigtig.
My kar kan die pad na Old Castle sonder my aan die stuur beredder want ons ry net soveel keer na die veiling kamers as wat ek werk toe ry! Die here huis het aan Oliver Plunket behoort , gebore 1625 op die landgoed , later vermoor en onthoof en sy kop is nog te siene in een of ander museum.Die landgoed is tussen die heuwels en valleie van County Meath geleë! Baie mooi! Die oorspronklike huis bestaan nie meer nie net die Romynse pilare vir die ingang vanuit die 12de eeu staan nog en ‘n latere gebou wat nog steeds in gebruik is, is waar die veiling plaas gevind het! Majestieus!
Verder gaan dit dit maar hopskots met my en die ontsteking in my kakebeen en is ek weer op 2 antibiotikas om ‘n einde aan die ellende te bring! Nine ek het gedink ek ‘gaan’ so sleg het ek gevoel, ek wens dit nie my grootste vyand toe nie!
My orgideë blom en is te pragtig! Die 2de blom periode vir die rose het ‘n pragtige dos pink rose teen die muur vertoon. Ons het van die potte leeggemaak en die grond in ‘n nuutgemaakte blom bedding gegooi en môre sal ons omtrent 50 affodille daar plant. Die diep potte se grond vries gedurende die winter en die dalias se bolle vrot dan en ons vergeet elke keer om hulle uit te grawe en in die donkerte te bere tot somer tyd.
Ons gans kinders is pragtig! Hulle kan ‘n lang gesprek met my voer ,ek sien hulle min veral as ek werk maar hulle lewe soos konings en koninginne ek bring ou brood wat weggegooi is vir hulle en dit is vir hulle heerlik ,hulle is nie gepla dat daar effe muf aan sit nie!
Ons het ‘n muis plaag ! met die dat ons nie meer ‘n kat het nie het hulle huis gebou onder die turf en hout in die skuur. Barry het nou 11 tot dood veroordeel met die slagyster en vrot kaas! Hulle hou baie van die gans kos en kom snags hulle knuppel dik eet! As daar kleintjies was sal hulle nou dooi want daar is nie meer ouers oor om kos te gee nie. Baie sielig maar dit is nou maar soos dit is.
Ons kan net nie besluit wat om met die ganse te doen nie, verkoop of aan hou nie! As ons hulle hou beteken dit dat ons nooit kan weggaan nie wat ook nie goed is nie! Maar ons het baie geheg aan hulle geraak!
In my vorige brief het ek genoem van die klein ystervarkie(hedgehog) wat onder die strooi geslaap het, dié het inmiddels weer verdwyn. Daar sal seker ander nag diertjies in die omgewing wees want hier is niks wat hulle sal verwilder nie!
Ons sal die komende Sondag DV na kerk Dublin toe ry om ons kleinseun te gaan besoek, Finbarr en Amanda ry elke maand hierna toe, nou is dit ons beurt om ‘n middag by hulle deurtebring.
Ek sit met die skoot rekenaar voor die kaggel, heerlik warm en knus! Die water in die tenk kook behoortlik en elke nou en dan moet ons ‘n kraan oopdraai en beitjie water uit die tenk laat sodat koue water kan inloop en sodoende verhoed ons dat ‘n ontploffing. Ons dink ook aan Paul en Hanlie en hoop van harte dat dit gou beter sal gaan met Paul!
Ons het gelees op die komper nuus van die sneeu op die Drakens en Lesoto berge,snaakse lente vir SA! Ons staan op die rant van winter, dae is baie korter en in 2 weke draai ons die klok nog ‘n uur terug, ons het selfs ryp gehad die afgelope week!
Soos Gerlof het ons ook die wonderlike redding van die Chilliaanse mynwerkers tot op die laaste man dopgehou.
Ek is op soek na Sambok salf, as daar iemand van die SA vriendinne Ierland toe kom ,sal ek dit baie waardeer my been is besig om stadig maar seker aan die brandsiekte en melaatsheid omtekom. Die eerste letsel was na ‘n netel aan my geraak het en nou het dit oorgegaan na kroniese dermatitis en niks van die Ierse salwe wil werk nie! Ek gee op. Ek het opgehou lemoene eet ,volg nou ‘n graanvrye dieet maar dit maak geen verskil nie. Die bloedtoetse wat hulle geneem het neem 3 weke om terug tekom, ek wonder of hulle dit maan toe stuur vir ontleding!
Ons dink baie spesiaal aan Isabel en hoop dat die uitslag van die angiogram goed sal wees en dat alles met ‘n pilletjie beheer kan word en niks drasties verkeerd is nie!
Dit is altyd vir my van groot vreugde om ‘n briefie van die familie en vriende te kry ,dankie Nine, Gerlof, Isabel, Retha wat gereeld skryf, en nou en dan ‘n verdwaalde brief uit Delft wat altyd uitstekende leestof is! Selfs net ‘n lyntjie of 2 gee my darem ‘n idee of dit nog wel is met julle! ‘n paar nuwe epos adresse word nou bygevoeg en ek hoop julle sal laat of julle die brief gekry het. Caylin kan jy my Elsje se epos adres stuur, sy het dit vir my oor die foon gegee maar dit was duidelik verkeerd want ek het na 5 eposse nog niks van hulle gehoor nie!
Wees altyd versigtig en onthou die gek om die hoek!
Ek het niks meer om te skryf nie en ‘University Challenge’ is nou aan die beurt en ek geniet die program baie dus groet ek met laat herfs groete.(Exeter Universiteit het gewen!)
Barry en Christina
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!!!
Saterdag was ‘n pragtige dag en dit was soos ‘n ‘totsiens’ aan die mooi weer van herfstyd! Gister en vandag was donker en grys, nie te koud nie maar die wind geniepsig! Die herfs kleure is asemberowend mooi!
Ons het laat middag vir die eerste keer die vuur aangesteek en nou sit ons gesellig voor die kaggel! Ek het bietjie slegte dienstye gehad en toe ek Saterdag wakker word kon ek net ‘n koppie tee drink voor ons die pad gevat het om ‘n landgoed veiling te besigtig.
My kar kan die pad na Old Castle sonder my aan die stuur beredder want ons ry net soveel keer na die veiling kamers as wat ek werk toe ry! Die here huis het aan Oliver Plunket behoort , gebore 1625 op die landgoed , later vermoor en onthoof en sy kop is nog te siene in een of ander museum.Die landgoed is tussen die heuwels en valleie van County Meath geleë! Baie mooi! Die oorspronklike huis bestaan nie meer nie net die Romynse pilare vir die ingang vanuit die 12de eeu staan nog en ‘n latere gebou wat nog steeds in gebruik is, is waar die veiling plaas gevind het! Majestieus!
Verder gaan dit dit maar hopskots met my en die ontsteking in my kakebeen en is ek weer op 2 antibiotikas om ‘n einde aan die ellende te bring! Nine ek het gedink ek ‘gaan’ so sleg het ek gevoel, ek wens dit nie my grootste vyand toe nie!
My orgideë blom en is te pragtig! Die 2de blom periode vir die rose het ‘n pragtige dos pink rose teen die muur vertoon. Ons het van die potte leeggemaak en die grond in ‘n nuutgemaakte blom bedding gegooi en môre sal ons omtrent 50 affodille daar plant. Die diep potte se grond vries gedurende die winter en die dalias se bolle vrot dan en ons vergeet elke keer om hulle uit te grawe en in die donkerte te bere tot somer tyd.
Ons gans kinders is pragtig! Hulle kan ‘n lang gesprek met my voer ,ek sien hulle min veral as ek werk maar hulle lewe soos konings en koninginne ek bring ou brood wat weggegooi is vir hulle en dit is vir hulle heerlik ,hulle is nie gepla dat daar effe muf aan sit nie!
Ons het ‘n muis plaag ! met die dat ons nie meer ‘n kat het nie het hulle huis gebou onder die turf en hout in die skuur. Barry het nou 11 tot dood veroordeel met die slagyster en vrot kaas! Hulle hou baie van die gans kos en kom snags hulle knuppel dik eet! As daar kleintjies was sal hulle nou dooi want daar is nie meer ouers oor om kos te gee nie. Baie sielig maar dit is nou maar soos dit is.
Ons kan net nie besluit wat om met die ganse te doen nie, verkoop of aan hou nie! As ons hulle hou beteken dit dat ons nooit kan weggaan nie wat ook nie goed is nie! Maar ons het baie geheg aan hulle geraak!
In my vorige brief het ek genoem van die klein ystervarkie(hedgehog) wat onder die strooi geslaap het, dié het inmiddels weer verdwyn. Daar sal seker ander nag diertjies in die omgewing wees want hier is niks wat hulle sal verwilder nie!
Ons sal die komende Sondag DV na kerk Dublin toe ry om ons kleinseun te gaan besoek, Finbarr en Amanda ry elke maand hierna toe, nou is dit ons beurt om ‘n middag by hulle deurtebring.
Ek sit met die skoot rekenaar voor die kaggel, heerlik warm en knus! Die water in die tenk kook behoortlik en elke nou en dan moet ons ‘n kraan oopdraai en beitjie water uit die tenk laat sodat koue water kan inloop en sodoende verhoed ons dat ‘n ontploffing. Ons dink ook aan Paul en Hanlie en hoop van harte dat dit gou beter sal gaan met Paul!
Ons het gelees op die komper nuus van die sneeu op die Drakens en Lesoto berge,snaakse lente vir SA! Ons staan op die rant van winter, dae is baie korter en in 2 weke draai ons die klok nog ‘n uur terug, ons het selfs ryp gehad die afgelope week!
Soos Gerlof het ons ook die wonderlike redding van die Chilliaanse mynwerkers tot op die laaste man dopgehou.
Ek is op soek na Sambok salf, as daar iemand van die SA vriendinne Ierland toe kom ,sal ek dit baie waardeer my been is besig om stadig maar seker aan die brandsiekte en melaatsheid omtekom. Die eerste letsel was na ‘n netel aan my geraak het en nou het dit oorgegaan na kroniese dermatitis en niks van die Ierse salwe wil werk nie! Ek gee op. Ek het opgehou lemoene eet ,volg nou ‘n graanvrye dieet maar dit maak geen verskil nie. Die bloedtoetse wat hulle geneem het neem 3 weke om terug tekom, ek wonder of hulle dit maan toe stuur vir ontleding!
Ons dink baie spesiaal aan Isabel en hoop dat die uitslag van die angiogram goed sal wees en dat alles met ‘n pilletjie beheer kan word en niks drasties verkeerd is nie!
Dit is altyd vir my van groot vreugde om ‘n briefie van die familie en vriende te kry ,dankie Nine, Gerlof, Isabel, Retha wat gereeld skryf, en nou en dan ‘n verdwaalde brief uit Delft wat altyd uitstekende leestof is! Selfs net ‘n lyntjie of 2 gee my darem ‘n idee of dit nog wel is met julle! ‘n paar nuwe epos adresse word nou bygevoeg en ek hoop julle sal laat of julle die brief gekry het. Caylin kan jy my Elsje se epos adres stuur, sy het dit vir my oor die foon gegee maar dit was duidelik verkeerd want ek het na 5 eposse nog niks van hulle gehoor nie!
Wees altyd versigtig en onthou die gek om die hoek!
Ek het niks meer om te skryf nie en ‘University Challenge’ is nou aan die beurt en ek geniet die program baie dus groet ek met laat herfs groete.(Exeter Universiteit het gewen!)
Barry en Christina
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Greetings from a 'warm' Ireland
Saturday 9 October’10
Good day to all, family and friends!
It is with sadness that we as family remember our dear cousin and friend Aggie Dewey who passed away earlier in the week! Our sympathies to her children, grand children and family. We remember her always smiling and ready to help!
For family members that do not know, Aggie was the daughter of our dear tante Hetta van Breda, who was a sister to my father( Gerrie Eloff).Elsje is her sister and Hurter her brother(Hanlie in Dar Es’father.)
Weather pattern has gone high-wire this week. The AZORES get the blame for everything but I am not sure where this warm southerly winds have their origin from but instead of having the start of winter everything has been delayed, temperatures are daily above 15 and do not drop below 10 at night. Forecast for today when the fog lift will be 21 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!Hope sincerely the sun manages to get through!
The week past had its ups and downs. It seems unfair that your own tooth can poison you but that is exactly what happened to me! I never do anything in half measures, I go full-out! This famous tooth going back 18 months, lost its filling and I mentioned that it was going to be removed by a Specialist Oral Surgeon on Thursday but to spice things up a bit I started to feel unexplainably awful on Monday afternoon just before my rest prior to going to work that night. Thought nothing of it and shrugged the rigors off as tiredness.[I cleaned the house that morning without my faithful Dirty Devil( the vacuum cleaner)as it gave notice and I swept all the carpets with the broom. You kind of have to clean the carpets even if you do not get the dust out as we live in the country and we walk in every possible kind of muck, mud, stones, goose manure etc.]When I got up after shivering for 2 ½ hrs in bed, under a winter duvet, with severe pain over the liver area nausea out of this world, I realize something is drastically wrong! Between spasm I phoned the surgeon who did the lap choli and he said to get to the hospital a.s.a.p. with a temp of 38.2(my normal temp is usually 35.6).
They were once again wonderful in helping me, I jumped the queue and was attended to almost immediately.! Every possible blood test was done blood gasses you name it and then when the doctor eventually stopped to take the history, as I know stopped vomiting and could converse, they realised that I was toxic from the infection in the tooth and that the Erythromycin (allergic to Penicillin) which I took made me sick and did nothing for the tooth infection! Realizing that I have an appointment for Thursday they immediately started on Intra Venous Antibiotics, there I found myself as sick as a dog with temperatures flying between 39-40 for the 1st 24 hrs with every joint aching and every muscle sore. It felt as if the toxins were pouring from my skin, I felt sticky and smelly with the most awful taste in my mouth, no toothpaste or mouth rinse helped! Thank the Lord that they picked it up quick enough and by Thursday morning 6am I received the last 3 doses prescribed antibiotic via the 3rd cannula inserted during these few days. I had no usable veins left by then.
Barry picked me up from the hospital at 10am and we were 1½ hrs early for the appointment. I looked at the clock in the surgeon’s treatment room and at 12.35 the tooth was out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could not believe it! My first ever tooth to be pulled!
He only takes out difficult teeth and impacted teeth. He knew exactly what to do and did it well! I kept on bleeding for a while as I was on Clexane (prevents clots) while in hospital, but eventually could go to bed at eleven that night knowing that my ordeal was over! Snuggled up to my own pillow and slept through the night!
Apart from the enormous gap in my teeth (no one can see it, I just know about it) I have recovered100% and take care of mouth washes and salt water rinses. religiously!
I thank all my South African friends who visited and brought lovely gifts and essentials like rooibostea!
Back home Barry came to a stand-still; he does not re-act well on me being hospitalized! He stayed at the phone in case I may call, He did look after his geese children but that was all. He also cooked for himself and survived.
Yesterday he performed all the tasks of the week in one day, while pulling out the straw for the geese he noticed a strange brown prickly ball under the straw? A Hedgehog, all curled up and fast asleep! We do not know how long he /she have been there? We thought it was too early for hibernation and as they forage usually during the night we hoped that he was just resting. Fortunately Barry did not poke him with the garden fork! Where there is one there will be another one, they usually stay in pairs! Lovely! The grass was also cut after nearly 3 weeks of growth; it was just too wet to dare go into the forest! It looks lovely today, cared for and manicured! The “ Estate”( which is about 2 acres) is in good shape! We do not say anything about the baskets or pot plants. The orchid with the 3 stems of flowers is in process of opening, I am so exited!!!! The hothouse plants are flourishing!
The sale of the Hospital to VMF Group made the front page of the Westmeath Examiner, the local paper and the rumour going round is that this man Mark Gordon has €10million to spend to make this a state of the art hospital and clinical facility! Great news!!!!! He must have kept the money under the bed because it definitely did not come from a bank!?
On the political front all is not kosher, they fight with each other, with the opposition, with back benchers and with the voters the enormous amounts of money that has been squandered is unbelievable, and no one is to blame and the whole world is laughing at this Buffoon Government with a Prime Minister that has lost the respect of the country! Very sad! I can understand why Paul urges us to pray for those in power as they do need it desperately!
Tomorrow crowns the week!!! The very best day out of 7!!!! All the hymns are well practised and we are looking forward to the next soul enriching sermon. It is unbelievable that we here in Corboy parish are so privileged to have a man of God, gifted with scripture explanation and in my life time I have heard many a preacher and good ones believe me, but this man is exceptional. I have urged him to let me have the last series of sermons in a word document but he is so humble, he feels it is not good enough!
Well my special prayers go to 3 families, and they will know who they are- that the work started in the hearts of members of these families it will grow and flourish under the care of the Holy Spirit. Those who are feeling that life is unfair and those who feel that they cannot cope! Trust and obey!
Mother and son got through the 1st week of separation and Amanda were challenged with now being a mother, partner and house-wife. PF(Finbarr) is working very hard and long hours and we pray for success in his business, Little Lukas enjoys the attention of devoted women, young and older and flourish apparently under it all! He is just smiles when he gets home, eats well and sleeps well! Model child!
Birthdays are my friend Linda today, Hildegard on the 12th and Jaco van M the 14th.
May you have a wonderful, happy day and may the year ahead be filled with good experiences, many surprises, joy and good health!!!!!
Always lovely to hear from those who write regularly and those who does not write so often!
Take care of your safety, home, road and where-ever you find yourselves. We were devastated by the shootings at Northgate.
The Commonwealth Games shows SA with 7 gold medals! We are very proud!
Warm regards from us in Cranleymore!
Barry & Christina Dunne
Good day to all, family and friends!
It is with sadness that we as family remember our dear cousin and friend Aggie Dewey who passed away earlier in the week! Our sympathies to her children, grand children and family. We remember her always smiling and ready to help!
For family members that do not know, Aggie was the daughter of our dear tante Hetta van Breda, who was a sister to my father( Gerrie Eloff).Elsje is her sister and Hurter her brother(Hanlie in Dar Es’father.)
Weather pattern has gone high-wire this week. The AZORES get the blame for everything but I am not sure where this warm southerly winds have their origin from but instead of having the start of winter everything has been delayed, temperatures are daily above 15 and do not drop below 10 at night. Forecast for today when the fog lift will be 21 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!Hope sincerely the sun manages to get through!
The week past had its ups and downs. It seems unfair that your own tooth can poison you but that is exactly what happened to me! I never do anything in half measures, I go full-out! This famous tooth going back 18 months, lost its filling and I mentioned that it was going to be removed by a Specialist Oral Surgeon on Thursday but to spice things up a bit I started to feel unexplainably awful on Monday afternoon just before my rest prior to going to work that night. Thought nothing of it and shrugged the rigors off as tiredness.[I cleaned the house that morning without my faithful Dirty Devil( the vacuum cleaner)as it gave notice and I swept all the carpets with the broom. You kind of have to clean the carpets even if you do not get the dust out as we live in the country and we walk in every possible kind of muck, mud, stones, goose manure etc.]When I got up after shivering for 2 ½ hrs in bed, under a winter duvet, with severe pain over the liver area nausea out of this world, I realize something is drastically wrong! Between spasm I phoned the surgeon who did the lap choli and he said to get to the hospital a.s.a.p. with a temp of 38.2(my normal temp is usually 35.6).
They were once again wonderful in helping me, I jumped the queue and was attended to almost immediately.! Every possible blood test was done blood gasses you name it and then when the doctor eventually stopped to take the history, as I know stopped vomiting and could converse, they realised that I was toxic from the infection in the tooth and that the Erythromycin (allergic to Penicillin) which I took made me sick and did nothing for the tooth infection! Realizing that I have an appointment for Thursday they immediately started on Intra Venous Antibiotics, there I found myself as sick as a dog with temperatures flying between 39-40 for the 1st 24 hrs with every joint aching and every muscle sore. It felt as if the toxins were pouring from my skin, I felt sticky and smelly with the most awful taste in my mouth, no toothpaste or mouth rinse helped! Thank the Lord that they picked it up quick enough and by Thursday morning 6am I received the last 3 doses prescribed antibiotic via the 3rd cannula inserted during these few days. I had no usable veins left by then.
Barry picked me up from the hospital at 10am and we were 1½ hrs early for the appointment. I looked at the clock in the surgeon’s treatment room and at 12.35 the tooth was out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could not believe it! My first ever tooth to be pulled!
He only takes out difficult teeth and impacted teeth. He knew exactly what to do and did it well! I kept on bleeding for a while as I was on Clexane (prevents clots) while in hospital, but eventually could go to bed at eleven that night knowing that my ordeal was over! Snuggled up to my own pillow and slept through the night!
Apart from the enormous gap in my teeth (no one can see it, I just know about it) I have recovered100% and take care of mouth washes and salt water rinses. religiously!
I thank all my South African friends who visited and brought lovely gifts and essentials like rooibostea!
Back home Barry came to a stand-still; he does not re-act well on me being hospitalized! He stayed at the phone in case I may call, He did look after his geese children but that was all. He also cooked for himself and survived.
Yesterday he performed all the tasks of the week in one day, while pulling out the straw for the geese he noticed a strange brown prickly ball under the straw? A Hedgehog, all curled up and fast asleep! We do not know how long he /she have been there? We thought it was too early for hibernation and as they forage usually during the night we hoped that he was just resting. Fortunately Barry did not poke him with the garden fork! Where there is one there will be another one, they usually stay in pairs! Lovely! The grass was also cut after nearly 3 weeks of growth; it was just too wet to dare go into the forest! It looks lovely today, cared for and manicured! The “ Estate”( which is about 2 acres) is in good shape! We do not say anything about the baskets or pot plants. The orchid with the 3 stems of flowers is in process of opening, I am so exited!!!! The hothouse plants are flourishing!
The sale of the Hospital to VMF Group made the front page of the Westmeath Examiner, the local paper and the rumour going round is that this man Mark Gordon has €10million to spend to make this a state of the art hospital and clinical facility! Great news!!!!! He must have kept the money under the bed because it definitely did not come from a bank!?
On the political front all is not kosher, they fight with each other, with the opposition, with back benchers and with the voters the enormous amounts of money that has been squandered is unbelievable, and no one is to blame and the whole world is laughing at this Buffoon Government with a Prime Minister that has lost the respect of the country! Very sad! I can understand why Paul urges us to pray for those in power as they do need it desperately!
Tomorrow crowns the week!!! The very best day out of 7!!!! All the hymns are well practised and we are looking forward to the next soul enriching sermon. It is unbelievable that we here in Corboy parish are so privileged to have a man of God, gifted with scripture explanation and in my life time I have heard many a preacher and good ones believe me, but this man is exceptional. I have urged him to let me have the last series of sermons in a word document but he is so humble, he feels it is not good enough!
Well my special prayers go to 3 families, and they will know who they are- that the work started in the hearts of members of these families it will grow and flourish under the care of the Holy Spirit. Those who are feeling that life is unfair and those who feel that they cannot cope! Trust and obey!
Mother and son got through the 1st week of separation and Amanda were challenged with now being a mother, partner and house-wife. PF(Finbarr) is working very hard and long hours and we pray for success in his business, Little Lukas enjoys the attention of devoted women, young and older and flourish apparently under it all! He is just smiles when he gets home, eats well and sleeps well! Model child!
Birthdays are my friend Linda today, Hildegard on the 12th and Jaco van M the 14th.
May you have a wonderful, happy day and may the year ahead be filled with good experiences, many surprises, joy and good health!!!!!
Always lovely to hear from those who write regularly and those who does not write so often!
Take care of your safety, home, road and where-ever you find yourselves. We were devastated by the shootings at Northgate.
The Commonwealth Games shows SA with 7 gold medals! We are very proud!
Warm regards from us in Cranleymore!
Barry & Christina Dunne
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Groete vanuit 'n sopnat Ierland
Saterdag 18 Sept’10
Tyd vlieg!
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!
Dit het letterlik die ganse dag gereën, Gemiddelde temperatuur vir vandag 9-11 grade! Dit was nie ‘n slegte week nie maar het al beter beleef dit is nou weersgewys!
Die kinders is so uur gelede weg en al die skottelgoed is gewas en weggepak nadat ons alle grense van ordentlikheid oorskrei het! Dit is nou wat eet betref!
‘n Biefstuk, groot, goed kg + ½,(weet nie watter deel van die bees nie want hier is die opsny van ‘n bees totaal verskillend van SA se slagters!) want kyk, Barry glo nie daaraan om afteskeep as die kinders kom nie! Dus eenmaal in 4-5 weke word alle reëls vergeet en smul ons gulsig aan alles wat op die tafel verskyn! Ek probeer om alles vantevore voorteberei sodat ek nie tyd in die kombuis hoef deurtebring as hulle hier is nie, want elke oomblik is baie kosbaar! het ook 'n sjokolade koek gebak eerste in 5 jaar! vir die 2 mans in my huis wat in September verjaar!
So het ons dan ‘n heerlike dag met Lukas en sy ouers deurgebring , fotos 47 van hulle geneem, kan byna film maak so goed volg hulle opmekaar!
Lukas is ‘n oulike seuntjie en daar is geen gebrek aan grysstof nie, Kan D a d a sê( seker per ongeluk maar jy hoor dit tog duidelik!) en glimlag breed as hy sy pa sien- volgende week 5 mnde! Lag uit sy maag as jy ‘n storie vertel! Wys met sy vinger na die lig! Dis nou nie vir enig iemand anders belangrik nie maar vir ons as groot ouers is alles wonderlik!
Die plante is daarmee heen! Dae van reën en sterk winde het alles verweer en ons het skaars herfs gehad toe winter sommer ongenooid by die deur inval!
Die dae is aansienlik korter en die nagte heelwat langer.Groei tyd is verby en ek was net betyds om alles wat buite was in my voorportaal te huisves vir die winter! Dit word wel koud daar in die nag maar daar is darem geen ryp nie en bedags is dit goed belig en as die son skyn is dit ‘n bonus!
My orgidee het 3 stingels met blomme aan! Ongewoon want die plant blom gewoonlik net 1x ‘n jaar en dit sal die 2de keer wees dié jaar! Ek kry ook van my SA Vriendin Marthie wat by Home Base werk die byna weggooi plante en het al ‘n hele klompie mooi dinge bymekaar. My 5 lemoen bome kom mooi aan en ek is baie trots op hulle(van pitte op watte gegroei). Hierdie keer bly hulle binne tot hulle vrugte dra!,al neem dit 10 jaar!
Ons werk hard as die teater aan die gang is maar maak nog steeds elke 2de naweek toe! Sal in die loop van volgende week meer hoor van die moontlike kopers wanneer ek met my instrukteurs vennoot Dublin toe moet gaan vir opleiding in die wetlike aspekte van Irish Heart Foundation vereistes vir die lisensie wat uiteindelik aan ons toegestaan is om CPR aantebied! Haar pa is die voorstitter van die ‘Board’ en woon 6 mnde van die jaar in hul vakansie huis naby Knysna.( goeie aanknopingspunt)
Die gans familie loop nou almal saam 15 van hulle en is pragtig! Wonder nou net wat ons met hulle gaan doen!
Nuus is maar bitter min en môre is Sondag, vir my die beste dag van die week, alle Psalme en Gesange reeds goed ge-oefen en ons sien baie uit na ons geestelike voedsel!
Volgende Sondag is Oes gedenk diens, ek werk, maar hoop om genoeg slaap intekry tussen deur! Die diens is eers 3.30nm wat beteken ek kan vanaf 8.30vm (as ek betyds uit die saal kom en sonder verkeer kan huistoe ry) - 2.30nm slaap , Sondag aande is nie gewoonlik baie besig nie en die moontlikheid dat die saal op no 99 toegemaak sal word is baie hoog!
Verjaardae, as ek dit reg het is dit Adelbert se verjaardag die 20ste Veels Geluk en mag jou jaar baie voorspoedig wees!
Die 22ste dink ons aan Nine en gesin met oorlede Br paul se verjaardag herdenking!
Daar is sommige van die broers kinders wat lank laas geskryf het en ons hoop maar dit gaan goed met hulle, hoop ook dat Arnolda en Kie se terug reis na Calgary sonder probleme sal afloop!Nine sal ook seker nou tuis wees!
Groete van huis tot huis!
Barry & Christina vanuit ‘n sopnat Cranleymore!
Tyd vlieg!
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende!
Dit het letterlik die ganse dag gereën, Gemiddelde temperatuur vir vandag 9-11 grade! Dit was nie ‘n slegte week nie maar het al beter beleef dit is nou weersgewys!
Die kinders is so uur gelede weg en al die skottelgoed is gewas en weggepak nadat ons alle grense van ordentlikheid oorskrei het! Dit is nou wat eet betref!
‘n Biefstuk, groot, goed kg + ½,(weet nie watter deel van die bees nie want hier is die opsny van ‘n bees totaal verskillend van SA se slagters!) want kyk, Barry glo nie daaraan om afteskeep as die kinders kom nie! Dus eenmaal in 4-5 weke word alle reëls vergeet en smul ons gulsig aan alles wat op die tafel verskyn! Ek probeer om alles vantevore voorteberei sodat ek nie tyd in die kombuis hoef deurtebring as hulle hier is nie, want elke oomblik is baie kosbaar! het ook 'n sjokolade koek gebak eerste in 5 jaar! vir die 2 mans in my huis wat in September verjaar!
So het ons dan ‘n heerlike dag met Lukas en sy ouers deurgebring , fotos 47 van hulle geneem, kan byna film maak so goed volg hulle opmekaar!
Lukas is ‘n oulike seuntjie en daar is geen gebrek aan grysstof nie, Kan D a d a sê( seker per ongeluk maar jy hoor dit tog duidelik!) en glimlag breed as hy sy pa sien- volgende week 5 mnde! Lag uit sy maag as jy ‘n storie vertel! Wys met sy vinger na die lig! Dis nou nie vir enig iemand anders belangrik nie maar vir ons as groot ouers is alles wonderlik!
Die plante is daarmee heen! Dae van reën en sterk winde het alles verweer en ons het skaars herfs gehad toe winter sommer ongenooid by die deur inval!
Die dae is aansienlik korter en die nagte heelwat langer.Groei tyd is verby en ek was net betyds om alles wat buite was in my voorportaal te huisves vir die winter! Dit word wel koud daar in die nag maar daar is darem geen ryp nie en bedags is dit goed belig en as die son skyn is dit ‘n bonus!
My orgidee het 3 stingels met blomme aan! Ongewoon want die plant blom gewoonlik net 1x ‘n jaar en dit sal die 2de keer wees dié jaar! Ek kry ook van my SA Vriendin Marthie wat by Home Base werk die byna weggooi plante en het al ‘n hele klompie mooi dinge bymekaar. My 5 lemoen bome kom mooi aan en ek is baie trots op hulle(van pitte op watte gegroei). Hierdie keer bly hulle binne tot hulle vrugte dra!,al neem dit 10 jaar!
Ons werk hard as die teater aan die gang is maar maak nog steeds elke 2de naweek toe! Sal in die loop van volgende week meer hoor van die moontlike kopers wanneer ek met my instrukteurs vennoot Dublin toe moet gaan vir opleiding in die wetlike aspekte van Irish Heart Foundation vereistes vir die lisensie wat uiteindelik aan ons toegestaan is om CPR aantebied! Haar pa is die voorstitter van die ‘Board’ en woon 6 mnde van die jaar in hul vakansie huis naby Knysna.( goeie aanknopingspunt)
Die gans familie loop nou almal saam 15 van hulle en is pragtig! Wonder nou net wat ons met hulle gaan doen!
Nuus is maar bitter min en môre is Sondag, vir my die beste dag van die week, alle Psalme en Gesange reeds goed ge-oefen en ons sien baie uit na ons geestelike voedsel!
Volgende Sondag is Oes gedenk diens, ek werk, maar hoop om genoeg slaap intekry tussen deur! Die diens is eers 3.30nm wat beteken ek kan vanaf 8.30vm (as ek betyds uit die saal kom en sonder verkeer kan huistoe ry) - 2.30nm slaap , Sondag aande is nie gewoonlik baie besig nie en die moontlikheid dat die saal op no 99 toegemaak sal word is baie hoog!
Verjaardae, as ek dit reg het is dit Adelbert se verjaardag die 20ste Veels Geluk en mag jou jaar baie voorspoedig wees!
Die 22ste dink ons aan Nine en gesin met oorlede Br paul se verjaardag herdenking!
Daar is sommige van die broers kinders wat lank laas geskryf het en ons hoop maar dit gaan goed met hulle, hoop ook dat Arnolda en Kie se terug reis na Calgary sonder probleme sal afloop!Nine sal ook seker nou tuis wees!
Groete van huis tot huis!
Barry & Christina vanuit ‘n sopnat Cranleymore!
Greeting from a Cool Ireland
27 Sept’10 Monday
Good day to all, family and friends,
I think the sunshine, blue blue skies and wind stillness, have confused me totally! Morning temperatures have dropped to 4!!!!! The previous week was miserable, just not nice, and when the sun did shine the wind was bitterly cold and very unpleasant. It is not that I am moaning because I do not the mind cold and wet, and neither do I mind the wind but I do prefer sunshine!!!!!!!!
We are just back from a tour through the Estate! I have not been able to take a good look at all around for more than a week!
Worked awkward hours, was called in when the hospital was supposed to be closed and then had to stay open for 2 medical cases, and no one was available.
Back to the tour! The lawnmower now with 5 years of hard labour on its card, gave notice. The frame work just collapsed on Barry and with ingenuity he fixed the thing but cannot change cutting levels now and therefore the grass was cut 10 days ago at a high level and looks like a forest all round! We will have to invest next spring in a new machine!
The hedge is still lovely with all the wild roses now hanging with rich red rose-hip knobs ,the autumn berries hanging heavy and very red ,which is apparently not a good sign for the winter, but looks good all the same!
The baskets and flower pots are not to be discussed! A sight for sore eyes!
We will endeavour to put it right later in the week when I will have some time off! If the weather holds!!!! Hopefully!!!!! It is a massive job, as all the pots will have to be emptied of their soil, re-composted; all the bulbs sorted and replanted. And the rest discarded.
The fence on the far side of the geese camp, allows some sun in now that 2 trees were cut down and the grass which has been waterlogged for the last 5 1/2 years have now dried out and looks better, next year the rest of the trees will come down! The grass in that field does not need cutting as our white little lawnmowers are doing their job perfectly!
There is no vegetable garden at present, and the rhubarb will have to be replanted and fenced off next year they belonged to the geese and were trampled to nothing! To be able to extend the shed Barry moved the one apple tree further back and they are all going into dormant state for the winter ahead!
Well the roses presented me with a surprise, the 2nd crop of pink roses are covering the wall and looks lovely! The gladiolas, which were waiting for, turned out to be miniature Gladiolas with crinkled edges very pretty but delicate and they suffered severely with the rain of the last 2 weeks!
The swallows are gone, the second lot of fledglings were just about 4 weeks old and we hope they survive the long journey to Africa!
The house birds sits like monkeys sunning themselves in the sun and wait for Barry to put the oats out every morning and then the flock in their hundreds for a nibble onto the back wall!
The government has issued a decree that the millions of crows, mag- pies and other black undignified feathered friends may be shot if becoming a pestilence, now we have been getting rid of them, for a time already ,as they will easily pick up a gosling and devour it! Then it was done in secret but now we can do it without feeling bad! We do not shoot them but gives them nice little treats which give them a tummy ache, which they do not like and then they fly past!!!!!
The trees have started to shed their leaves and other has started to turn to the most magnificent kaleidoscope of winter colours ranging from bright yellow to dark maroon!
Indoors I have the pleasure of my geraniums and the orchid which is going to flower with 3 stems of 10 flowers each! Unreal!!! 2nd time this year!
My hothouse is coming along fine (the front pallor which is not in use) where green and red peppers are growing and some other plants I rescued from near death!after given to me by my dear friend Marthie!
Ireland has gone through some rough patches regarding our Prime Minister who, true to tradition seemed to have had a ‘good’ night some 10 days ago and then had an early morning radio interview and did not come over very presentable, causing him to publicly apologize for not being up to scratch, but now they are making fun of him on U Tube and in the USA.
It brings us into the lime light for the wrong reasons and on top of it all he earns more a year than Barak Obama!!!! There may be an election looming before long with polls dropping his popularity into the mud! Such a pity that people in high office does not get a special course in public behaviour and conduct, it would prevent situation like this!
Yesterday was surely one of the best Sundays this year; Corboy parish of the Presbyterian Church Ireland had their Harvest festival and thanksgiving service. The sermon was conducted by a very well known missionary and retired? moderator of the church also known to quite a lot of people in SA where he visited, Dr John Dixon. It was good, nutritious feeding of the soul! I was extremely privileged to play the organ for the occasion and had some of my retired work friends as well as SA friends attending! I appreciated it so very much Marthie , Annarie& Nico!!!!
Then I went to work and got through the night with 4 hours sleep in 34 hours!
Birthdays are scarce in my book, but in case to those who does read this far and happens to be a year older! Happy Birthday!
I know that there are all over the world some-one studying for an exam! Do your best and enjoy the great gift of being able to study! There are so many intellectually disabled people in this country that your heart bleeds for them. Never knew but one of the anaesthetist working at the hospital has 2 such children, we are as family and friends very thankful for all children born healthy and very intelligent into this world!
I thank all those who wrote lovely newsy letters since my last reminder! Thank you also for those who live far away that stays in regular contact, especially Joy in Australia, I do appreciate it very much!
I read about ’ Oupa Koos’ passing away and do not know who this is, please help! Could it be anybody I should know?????
I have come to the end of my waffling and hope that this letter will find you all in good health and spirits!
Always take care
Love and regards from us to you
Barry& Christina where the sun is just setting as a fireball in the west after a magnificent day! Cool but ever so good!
Good day to all, family and friends,
I think the sunshine, blue blue skies and wind stillness, have confused me totally! Morning temperatures have dropped to 4!!!!! The previous week was miserable, just not nice, and when the sun did shine the wind was bitterly cold and very unpleasant. It is not that I am moaning because I do not the mind cold and wet, and neither do I mind the wind but I do prefer sunshine!!!!!!!!
We are just back from a tour through the Estate! I have not been able to take a good look at all around for more than a week!
Worked awkward hours, was called in when the hospital was supposed to be closed and then had to stay open for 2 medical cases, and no one was available.
Back to the tour! The lawnmower now with 5 years of hard labour on its card, gave notice. The frame work just collapsed on Barry and with ingenuity he fixed the thing but cannot change cutting levels now and therefore the grass was cut 10 days ago at a high level and looks like a forest all round! We will have to invest next spring in a new machine!
The hedge is still lovely with all the wild roses now hanging with rich red rose-hip knobs ,the autumn berries hanging heavy and very red ,which is apparently not a good sign for the winter, but looks good all the same!
The baskets and flower pots are not to be discussed! A sight for sore eyes!
We will endeavour to put it right later in the week when I will have some time off! If the weather holds!!!! Hopefully!!!!! It is a massive job, as all the pots will have to be emptied of their soil, re-composted; all the bulbs sorted and replanted. And the rest discarded.
The fence on the far side of the geese camp, allows some sun in now that 2 trees were cut down and the grass which has been waterlogged for the last 5 1/2 years have now dried out and looks better, next year the rest of the trees will come down! The grass in that field does not need cutting as our white little lawnmowers are doing their job perfectly!
There is no vegetable garden at present, and the rhubarb will have to be replanted and fenced off next year they belonged to the geese and were trampled to nothing! To be able to extend the shed Barry moved the one apple tree further back and they are all going into dormant state for the winter ahead!
Well the roses presented me with a surprise, the 2nd crop of pink roses are covering the wall and looks lovely! The gladiolas, which were waiting for, turned out to be miniature Gladiolas with crinkled edges very pretty but delicate and they suffered severely with the rain of the last 2 weeks!
The swallows are gone, the second lot of fledglings were just about 4 weeks old and we hope they survive the long journey to Africa!
The house birds sits like monkeys sunning themselves in the sun and wait for Barry to put the oats out every morning and then the flock in their hundreds for a nibble onto the back wall!
The government has issued a decree that the millions of crows, mag- pies and other black undignified feathered friends may be shot if becoming a pestilence, now we have been getting rid of them, for a time already ,as they will easily pick up a gosling and devour it! Then it was done in secret but now we can do it without feeling bad! We do not shoot them but gives them nice little treats which give them a tummy ache, which they do not like and then they fly past!!!!!
The trees have started to shed their leaves and other has started to turn to the most magnificent kaleidoscope of winter colours ranging from bright yellow to dark maroon!
Indoors I have the pleasure of my geraniums and the orchid which is going to flower with 3 stems of 10 flowers each! Unreal!!! 2nd time this year!
My hothouse is coming along fine (the front pallor which is not in use) where green and red peppers are growing and some other plants I rescued from near death!after given to me by my dear friend Marthie!
Ireland has gone through some rough patches regarding our Prime Minister who, true to tradition seemed to have had a ‘good’ night some 10 days ago and then had an early morning radio interview and did not come over very presentable, causing him to publicly apologize for not being up to scratch, but now they are making fun of him on U Tube and in the USA.
It brings us into the lime light for the wrong reasons and on top of it all he earns more a year than Barak Obama!!!! There may be an election looming before long with polls dropping his popularity into the mud! Such a pity that people in high office does not get a special course in public behaviour and conduct, it would prevent situation like this!
Yesterday was surely one of the best Sundays this year; Corboy parish of the Presbyterian Church Ireland had their Harvest festival and thanksgiving service. The sermon was conducted by a very well known missionary and retired? moderator of the church also known to quite a lot of people in SA where he visited, Dr John Dixon. It was good, nutritious feeding of the soul! I was extremely privileged to play the organ for the occasion and had some of my retired work friends as well as SA friends attending! I appreciated it so very much Marthie , Annarie& Nico!!!!
Then I went to work and got through the night with 4 hours sleep in 34 hours!
Birthdays are scarce in my book, but in case to those who does read this far and happens to be a year older! Happy Birthday!
I know that there are all over the world some-one studying for an exam! Do your best and enjoy the great gift of being able to study! There are so many intellectually disabled people in this country that your heart bleeds for them. Never knew but one of the anaesthetist working at the hospital has 2 such children, we are as family and friends very thankful for all children born healthy and very intelligent into this world!
I thank all those who wrote lovely newsy letters since my last reminder! Thank you also for those who live far away that stays in regular contact, especially Joy in Australia, I do appreciate it very much!
I read about ’ Oupa Koos’ passing away and do not know who this is, please help! Could it be anybody I should know?????
I have come to the end of my waffling and hope that this letter will find you all in good health and spirits!
Always take care
Love and regards from us to you
Barry& Christina where the sun is just setting as a fireball in the west after a magnificent day! Cool but ever so good!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Vroeg September groete
Saterdag 4 Sept’10
Liewe Familie en vriende,
Helaas het die briljante weer op ‘n einde gekom toe ons vanoggend teen 06h30 vanoggend die reen druppels op die dak van die hospitaal hoor val!
Dae van ongekende warm sonskyn min wind en blou lug het ons elke oggend gegroet! Ongelooflik heerlik.Julle dink en wonder seker hoekom is ons so beheb met die weer. Julle wat in die suidelike halfrond bly en ook die Kanadese inwoners ervaar meestal sonskyn en heerlike ekstra warm somers daarteenoor beleef ons hier in Europa ,die middelpunt van elke moontlike ongure weerstelsels denkbaar. As die ADHORES nie iets bytedrae het nie kom die Noordpoolse stertwinde hier ‘n draai maak en soms ,skuif daar ‘n lae-druk stelsels in net om ons net bietjie meer jaloers te maak! Sonskyn is hier van meer waarde as goud!
As die son skyn en ek slaap nie, kry jy my buite, almal wil weet of ek in Spanje was,maar leedvermakering lig ek hulle in dat ek my pragtige kleur in my estate te Cranleymore verkry het! Hahahaha!
Barry gaan deur’n” surge” van enorme energie uitbarstings en sedert my laaste skrywe het hy met die hulp van die Poolse werker en sy seun die skuur vergroting binne 3 dae gebou en toe begin hy die foute regmaak om die huis , foute wat gemaak is toe ons die verandering aan die huis gedoen het 4 jaar gelede. Water het gereeld aan die noorde kant van die huis opgedam het want die idiote wat die sement gegooi het, vir die wat nog kon onthou, 2 ton sement in 4 ure het die helling van die sement verkeerde kant toe laat neig ,instede van die water weghou van die huis, het dit opgedam. Barry het ‘n gat gemaak in die muurtjie maar as dit reen , mense, dan reen dit en die gat kon nie die water hanteer nie en ons het meer kere ons eie swembad gehad aan die koue kant van die huis!Nou is die muur weggebreek en die water kan nou vrylik wegvloei. Alles is weer netjies gepleister en sal mettertyd geverf word!
Die heining om die huis se houtpale het nooit ‘n beurt gekry toe ons hier gekom het nie en het met die jare totaal gevrot en die is nou hernu 24 pale geplant en die draad heining styf getrek en ons is nou weer netjies in ons plek! In die onderveld verhoed die heining, deur jare oue bome, dat die son daar skyn en nou het hy ook een van die groot bome afgesaag, opgesaag, opgekap en in die skuur gepak alles in 7 werksdae! Die pole het elke sent wat hulle betaal is dubbel en dwars verdien!
Ek sit in die binne sitkamer en kyk tussendeur na ‘n film wat nog nie van te vore gewys is van 2/9 ‘n Mens vergeet van sulke dinge met tye en om weer daarna te kyk in ongereddigeerde films van verslaggewers en gewone mense is verskriklik! Ons leef so veilig in ons klein plekkie dat sulke verskriklke terroristiese dinge byna ondenklik is.
Ons 5 swaeltjies in die nes is nou te groot vir die nes en sit op die balke maar het nognie gevlieg nie maar daar is omtrent ‘n vergadering van ouer swaeltjies hier seker 5 pare!ons vermoed dat hulle die nuwe skuur kom inspekteur, vir volgende April! Die ander voeltjies is vet want hulle eet net so vinnig aan die gans kos as wat die ganse eet!
Ons het ook die klein gans kamp opgebreek en vir die eerste keer in 2 maande die gras daar kon sny. Die nuwe deel van die skuur huisves die 3 kleintjies en hul ma terwyl die res nog in die donkie huis slaap! Ons het 2x probeer om die kleuters by die tieners te voeg maar dit byna op ellende uitgeloop en die gans met die meeste swart “Toulouse” is die geniepstigste van almal en pik die ou kleintjies tot hulle skree! Haastig moes ons hulle red, maar nou skei ‘n ogiesdraad heining die 2 groepe. Die tieners en 3 van die ma’s en Prins Scruffie kry nou gereelde swem ure en wei andersins in die veld terwyl Mary en haar 3 kuikens die water besigtig en bietjie ongehinderd kan wei!
Van blomme praat ons nie want alles maak gereed vir hul winter slaap . Elke nou en dan besluit Barry om alles water te gee en dan begin die pronkertjies weer opnuut blom! Wag geduldig vir die swaard-lelies,en die 2de drag rose!
Die blare van die “ash” bome het begin val en dit sal seker nie meer lank wees nie dan sal ons begin koud kry!
By die werk is ‘n gerug dat die hospitaal in die proses van eienaar verwisselling is , maar daar is ook die ondersoek van die groot baas wat aangekla is vir ‘bullying’ en die vrou van die EU werk baie harder as wat die ‘board’ gedink het, en sommige werkers se onderhoude strek van 4-6 ure! Die nuwe eienaars wil eers sien en hoor wat die uitkoms is voor hulle ‘n finale offer maak!
Die nonne se kasarm van ‘n huis vorder fluks, hulle is reeds dakhoogte en hoop om Feb intetrek en nou kan ons alles sien ontplooi voor ons oe!
Die inspeksie HIQA wat ouetehuise inspekteur het die nonne 3 jaar gegee om die ouetehuis optegradeer of hulle verloor hul lisensie!.
Verder gaan dit baie goed Ons Kleinseun Lukas groei ongelooflik vinnig , hy het ‘n lang rug en is ‘n regte seuntjie! Sit byna alleen hy het mooiste hande wat ek nog aan ‘n kind gesien het! Ek kry elke 2-3 dae ‘n foto en kan so sy groot word dop hou!
More is Sondag en ons sien uit na ‘n preek van ons eie predikant! Psalme en gesange goed ge-oefen. Die beste dag van die week!
Verjaardae is maar dun in my boek Michael Knight verjaar die 5de maar hy weet seker nie eers meer wie ons is nie! Hy is die man van Anette(Br Mendel se oudste dogter). Ons dink ook aan Maryke se kinders want sy sou die 5de haar verjaardag gevier het, miskien kan Paul ook ons gedagtes aan br Mendel en Anke laat weet.!
Ons lees van die die stakings in SA en die ellendes in Mozambiek! Dit was eens ons mees geliefde vakansie plek! Die Polana Hotel in Maputu!
Nou ja met Gerlof en Sandra terug in Exeter en Arnolda en Kie op toer deur die suide van Australie wens ons almal die aller beste toe vir die week! Dankie vir jou briefie Haya , jou sus Hessie het baie lank laas geskryf!
Wees altyd versigtig!
Groete
Barry en Christina vanuit Cranleymore
Liewe Familie en vriende,
Helaas het die briljante weer op ‘n einde gekom toe ons vanoggend teen 06h30 vanoggend die reen druppels op die dak van die hospitaal hoor val!
Dae van ongekende warm sonskyn min wind en blou lug het ons elke oggend gegroet! Ongelooflik heerlik.Julle dink en wonder seker hoekom is ons so beheb met die weer. Julle wat in die suidelike halfrond bly en ook die Kanadese inwoners ervaar meestal sonskyn en heerlike ekstra warm somers daarteenoor beleef ons hier in Europa ,die middelpunt van elke moontlike ongure weerstelsels denkbaar. As die ADHORES nie iets bytedrae het nie kom die Noordpoolse stertwinde hier ‘n draai maak en soms ,skuif daar ‘n lae-druk stelsels in net om ons net bietjie meer jaloers te maak! Sonskyn is hier van meer waarde as goud!
As die son skyn en ek slaap nie, kry jy my buite, almal wil weet of ek in Spanje was,maar leedvermakering lig ek hulle in dat ek my pragtige kleur in my estate te Cranleymore verkry het! Hahahaha!
Barry gaan deur’n” surge” van enorme energie uitbarstings en sedert my laaste skrywe het hy met die hulp van die Poolse werker en sy seun die skuur vergroting binne 3 dae gebou en toe begin hy die foute regmaak om die huis , foute wat gemaak is toe ons die verandering aan die huis gedoen het 4 jaar gelede. Water het gereeld aan die noorde kant van die huis opgedam het want die idiote wat die sement gegooi het, vir die wat nog kon onthou, 2 ton sement in 4 ure het die helling van die sement verkeerde kant toe laat neig ,instede van die water weghou van die huis, het dit opgedam. Barry het ‘n gat gemaak in die muurtjie maar as dit reen , mense, dan reen dit en die gat kon nie die water hanteer nie en ons het meer kere ons eie swembad gehad aan die koue kant van die huis!Nou is die muur weggebreek en die water kan nou vrylik wegvloei. Alles is weer netjies gepleister en sal mettertyd geverf word!
Die heining om die huis se houtpale het nooit ‘n beurt gekry toe ons hier gekom het nie en het met die jare totaal gevrot en die is nou hernu 24 pale geplant en die draad heining styf getrek en ons is nou weer netjies in ons plek! In die onderveld verhoed die heining, deur jare oue bome, dat die son daar skyn en nou het hy ook een van die groot bome afgesaag, opgesaag, opgekap en in die skuur gepak alles in 7 werksdae! Die pole het elke sent wat hulle betaal is dubbel en dwars verdien!
Ek sit in die binne sitkamer en kyk tussendeur na ‘n film wat nog nie van te vore gewys is van 2/9 ‘n Mens vergeet van sulke dinge met tye en om weer daarna te kyk in ongereddigeerde films van verslaggewers en gewone mense is verskriklik! Ons leef so veilig in ons klein plekkie dat sulke verskriklke terroristiese dinge byna ondenklik is.
Ons 5 swaeltjies in die nes is nou te groot vir die nes en sit op die balke maar het nognie gevlieg nie maar daar is omtrent ‘n vergadering van ouer swaeltjies hier seker 5 pare!ons vermoed dat hulle die nuwe skuur kom inspekteur, vir volgende April! Die ander voeltjies is vet want hulle eet net so vinnig aan die gans kos as wat die ganse eet!
Ons het ook die klein gans kamp opgebreek en vir die eerste keer in 2 maande die gras daar kon sny. Die nuwe deel van die skuur huisves die 3 kleintjies en hul ma terwyl die res nog in die donkie huis slaap! Ons het 2x probeer om die kleuters by die tieners te voeg maar dit byna op ellende uitgeloop en die gans met die meeste swart “Toulouse” is die geniepstigste van almal en pik die ou kleintjies tot hulle skree! Haastig moes ons hulle red, maar nou skei ‘n ogiesdraad heining die 2 groepe. Die tieners en 3 van die ma’s en Prins Scruffie kry nou gereelde swem ure en wei andersins in die veld terwyl Mary en haar 3 kuikens die water besigtig en bietjie ongehinderd kan wei!
Van blomme praat ons nie want alles maak gereed vir hul winter slaap . Elke nou en dan besluit Barry om alles water te gee en dan begin die pronkertjies weer opnuut blom! Wag geduldig vir die swaard-lelies,en die 2de drag rose!
Die blare van die “ash” bome het begin val en dit sal seker nie meer lank wees nie dan sal ons begin koud kry!
By die werk is ‘n gerug dat die hospitaal in die proses van eienaar verwisselling is , maar daar is ook die ondersoek van die groot baas wat aangekla is vir ‘bullying’ en die vrou van die EU werk baie harder as wat die ‘board’ gedink het, en sommige werkers se onderhoude strek van 4-6 ure! Die nuwe eienaars wil eers sien en hoor wat die uitkoms is voor hulle ‘n finale offer maak!
Die nonne se kasarm van ‘n huis vorder fluks, hulle is reeds dakhoogte en hoop om Feb intetrek en nou kan ons alles sien ontplooi voor ons oe!
Die inspeksie HIQA wat ouetehuise inspekteur het die nonne 3 jaar gegee om die ouetehuis optegradeer of hulle verloor hul lisensie!.
Verder gaan dit baie goed Ons Kleinseun Lukas groei ongelooflik vinnig , hy het ‘n lang rug en is ‘n regte seuntjie! Sit byna alleen hy het mooiste hande wat ek nog aan ‘n kind gesien het! Ek kry elke 2-3 dae ‘n foto en kan so sy groot word dop hou!
More is Sondag en ons sien uit na ‘n preek van ons eie predikant! Psalme en gesange goed ge-oefen. Die beste dag van die week!
Verjaardae is maar dun in my boek Michael Knight verjaar die 5de maar hy weet seker nie eers meer wie ons is nie! Hy is die man van Anette(Br Mendel se oudste dogter). Ons dink ook aan Maryke se kinders want sy sou die 5de haar verjaardag gevier het, miskien kan Paul ook ons gedagtes aan br Mendel en Anke laat weet.!
Ons lees van die die stakings in SA en die ellendes in Mozambiek! Dit was eens ons mees geliefde vakansie plek! Die Polana Hotel in Maputu!
Nou ja met Gerlof en Sandra terug in Exeter en Arnolda en Kie op toer deur die suide van Australie wens ons almal die aller beste toe vir die week! Dankie vir jou briefie Haya , jou sus Hessie het baie lank laas geskryf!
Wees altyd versigtig!
Groete
Barry en Christina vanuit Cranleymore
Friday, August 27, 2010
End August Irish Greeting
Wednesday 25th Aug’10
Good day to all, family and friends,
I am cheating as this letter will be a few days late and will cover 2 weeks.
The weather has been playing cat and mouse with us, Moments go by and you think AaaaaaHhhhhhhhhhhh!! Summer is back and the next moment you have to run for cover as the heavens will open without notice and you will be drenched, and suddenly it is cold! You reach for the cardigan again just to remove it an hour later when the sun is bright and beautiful in the blue, blue skies!
The temperatures has been falling steadily at night time and at some stage last week it must have dropped below (7)the marker set for the thermostat to kick in at the hospital and the heaters went on full blast, we nearly suffocated and the poor patients had all a free sauna, they say you do not get cold from something like that but I definitely did as I dripped most of the night and the fan was on and you walk passed soaked in perspiration ,cool down for a while and then moments later you are so hot that your clothes are sticking to you! I was also very generous and gave this not requested cold to Barry, and as a man he was much sicker from it than me, fortunately we are both on the road to recovery!
We were ever so privileged to have Finbarr(PF) or Patrick as he is known to all in Ireland, Amanda and our grandson Lukas visiting on Sunday! I could not come near him but that took nothing away from his charm! He is a boy through and through! He knows his own mind and if you do not act quick enough he will let you know in no uncertain terms! His development is far beyond the milestones and there is surely enough gray-matter for a profession in high places!!!!He is absolutely gorgeous!
Flowers looks really not good, only waiting on the gladiolas, some of the Dahlias have opened and brought some colour! Others are drowned or dying! Tomatoes are finished and we had a good crop this year, still a few green ones hanging on the dying storks! Roses may have a second sprout of flowers but if the cold come suddenly, that will also be something of the past!
Birds, by the 100s eating the gosling crumbs and the oats giving to them by Barry, brings us great joy! The late baby swallows peep over the edge of their nest in the donkey house, always hungry and ready to be fed! Hope they make it before the winter come, they still have to leave the nest, put body weight on before they can fly to SA!!!that is another good 4 weeks or more!
The geese are like children, if you do not give attention they make sure we are aware of their existence. The noise is unreal! The teenagers cannot cackle yet but are on the way with an in between noise that can be heard for a mile! The 3 goslings are nearly a month old and will soon be introduced to the rest of the family! Prince Scruffie, keeps guard over Mary and the 3 goslings as if he gets paid to do it! He never leaves her side, he on that side of the fence and she on this side! They keep the grass short and that pleases Barry to no limits as he can omit cutting the lower field, it is a big job and he is not getting younger!
We have the Polish worker and his son who is visiting from Poland working on the extension of the shed, digging the holes for the railway sleepers, cementing them in and then the framework for the roof and the wooden fence poles as walls, it will be used for shelter for the geese and turf or wood for the winter. The older shed is just not big enough. The donkey house far too small for the geese family! 2 will be going to a friend maybe next week that leaves us with 8 young geese and 5 older ones.
We are very fortunate to be counted in at the church for the wood that will come available. The church grounds are surrounded by 60-100 year old pine trees and has grown far too high. The roots are disturbing the graves as well as the foundations of the church and has ruined the stone wall around the church, so, sad as it is, the trees have to come down! It is also a health and safety risk with high winds and storms.
At work things have improved a little after the ballot was accepted for 5% hours and pay cut instead of the less 18% we were working under for the last 2 years! Worked has picked up and means that we are now working 3+4nights in a fortnight and sometimes more, all overtime has to be paid and not given as time over!
There has also been an inquiry into the professional attitude of the Manager and Nursing Director of the Hospital who sometimes would use abusive language, raised voice and unreasonable expectations especially from the theatre staff. The woman, conducting the interviews have had experience with such disturbing behaviour in the EU and we hope sincerely that matters will improve!
Last but not least on the list are those who have received exam results and I am waiting to hear how it went with Christiaan’s leaving cert results! The SA children and students are nearing their last quarter of the year and we wish them well!
Here I am thinking of Nicole, Stephan, Nico, Elaine, Reuben, all still at school. Mieanka?, has returned to JHB and I hope she will be happy!
And off course all the students at University!
I am also thinking very specially of my friend Trish and hope sincerely that she will get this letter and know that she is always in my prayers!
Glad that Rob and Thilo are back in Saudi Safely and enjoyed their trip to the USA.
Arnolda and Garth in Australia and the big trek through the desert, enjoy the get-together with the sons!
Gerlof and Sandra are due home soon and I hope they have a safe journey back!
My friend Marthie is visiting her Mom and family in SA and I hope she enjoys every minute of it! I hope she left here with only hand luggage as the orders and requests from all of us were plentiful!!!!
Cilna looking forward to you next visit, a pity you could not come with this time!
Gerda, have not heard from you since you left but hope that you are keeping well! The rest of the SA friends I will hopefully see with our weekly coffee date sometime soon!
Birthdays! Martie R is having a birthday on the 26th, Rachelle had her birthday Yesterday and I hope that the New year will be full of wonderful surprises and good health! Rachelle’s mom has been visiting and will soon be going back, I sincerely hope that she enjoyed Ireland!
Thank you to all for the good wishes that appeared on face book ,sms(txt)and by emails! Much appreciated!
All the people not feeling so well and children that are sick, I hope you all feel better soon! Haya how are the feet and Cobus’s back?
This then, greetings from Cranleymore where we enjoy cool, no wind but sunny weather today!
Take care, all of you!
Regards from house to house
Barry & Christina
Good day to all, family and friends,
I am cheating as this letter will be a few days late and will cover 2 weeks.
The weather has been playing cat and mouse with us, Moments go by and you think AaaaaaHhhhhhhhhhhh!! Summer is back and the next moment you have to run for cover as the heavens will open without notice and you will be drenched, and suddenly it is cold! You reach for the cardigan again just to remove it an hour later when the sun is bright and beautiful in the blue, blue skies!
The temperatures has been falling steadily at night time and at some stage last week it must have dropped below (7)the marker set for the thermostat to kick in at the hospital and the heaters went on full blast, we nearly suffocated and the poor patients had all a free sauna, they say you do not get cold from something like that but I definitely did as I dripped most of the night and the fan was on and you walk passed soaked in perspiration ,cool down for a while and then moments later you are so hot that your clothes are sticking to you! I was also very generous and gave this not requested cold to Barry, and as a man he was much sicker from it than me, fortunately we are both on the road to recovery!
We were ever so privileged to have Finbarr(PF) or Patrick as he is known to all in Ireland, Amanda and our grandson Lukas visiting on Sunday! I could not come near him but that took nothing away from his charm! He is a boy through and through! He knows his own mind and if you do not act quick enough he will let you know in no uncertain terms! His development is far beyond the milestones and there is surely enough gray-matter for a profession in high places!!!!He is absolutely gorgeous!
Flowers looks really not good, only waiting on the gladiolas, some of the Dahlias have opened and brought some colour! Others are drowned or dying! Tomatoes are finished and we had a good crop this year, still a few green ones hanging on the dying storks! Roses may have a second sprout of flowers but if the cold come suddenly, that will also be something of the past!
Birds, by the 100s eating the gosling crumbs and the oats giving to them by Barry, brings us great joy! The late baby swallows peep over the edge of their nest in the donkey house, always hungry and ready to be fed! Hope they make it before the winter come, they still have to leave the nest, put body weight on before they can fly to SA!!!that is another good 4 weeks or more!
The geese are like children, if you do not give attention they make sure we are aware of their existence. The noise is unreal! The teenagers cannot cackle yet but are on the way with an in between noise that can be heard for a mile! The 3 goslings are nearly a month old and will soon be introduced to the rest of the family! Prince Scruffie, keeps guard over Mary and the 3 goslings as if he gets paid to do it! He never leaves her side, he on that side of the fence and she on this side! They keep the grass short and that pleases Barry to no limits as he can omit cutting the lower field, it is a big job and he is not getting younger!
We have the Polish worker and his son who is visiting from Poland working on the extension of the shed, digging the holes for the railway sleepers, cementing them in and then the framework for the roof and the wooden fence poles as walls, it will be used for shelter for the geese and turf or wood for the winter. The older shed is just not big enough. The donkey house far too small for the geese family! 2 will be going to a friend maybe next week that leaves us with 8 young geese and 5 older ones.
We are very fortunate to be counted in at the church for the wood that will come available. The church grounds are surrounded by 60-100 year old pine trees and has grown far too high. The roots are disturbing the graves as well as the foundations of the church and has ruined the stone wall around the church, so, sad as it is, the trees have to come down! It is also a health and safety risk with high winds and storms.
At work things have improved a little after the ballot was accepted for 5% hours and pay cut instead of the less 18% we were working under for the last 2 years! Worked has picked up and means that we are now working 3+4nights in a fortnight and sometimes more, all overtime has to be paid and not given as time over!
There has also been an inquiry into the professional attitude of the Manager and Nursing Director of the Hospital who sometimes would use abusive language, raised voice and unreasonable expectations especially from the theatre staff. The woman, conducting the interviews have had experience with such disturbing behaviour in the EU and we hope sincerely that matters will improve!
Last but not least on the list are those who have received exam results and I am waiting to hear how it went with Christiaan’s leaving cert results! The SA children and students are nearing their last quarter of the year and we wish them well!
Here I am thinking of Nicole, Stephan, Nico, Elaine, Reuben, all still at school. Mieanka?, has returned to JHB and I hope she will be happy!
And off course all the students at University!
I am also thinking very specially of my friend Trish and hope sincerely that she will get this letter and know that she is always in my prayers!
Glad that Rob and Thilo are back in Saudi Safely and enjoyed their trip to the USA.
Arnolda and Garth in Australia and the big trek through the desert, enjoy the get-together with the sons!
Gerlof and Sandra are due home soon and I hope they have a safe journey back!
My friend Marthie is visiting her Mom and family in SA and I hope she enjoys every minute of it! I hope she left here with only hand luggage as the orders and requests from all of us were plentiful!!!!
Cilna looking forward to you next visit, a pity you could not come with this time!
Gerda, have not heard from you since you left but hope that you are keeping well! The rest of the SA friends I will hopefully see with our weekly coffee date sometime soon!
Birthdays! Martie R is having a birthday on the 26th, Rachelle had her birthday Yesterday and I hope that the New year will be full of wonderful surprises and good health! Rachelle’s mom has been visiting and will soon be going back, I sincerely hope that she enjoyed Ireland!
Thank you to all for the good wishes that appeared on face book ,sms(txt)and by emails! Much appreciated!
All the people not feeling so well and children that are sick, I hope you all feel better soon! Haya how are the feet and Cobus’s back?
This then, greetings from Cranleymore where we enjoy cool, no wind but sunny weather today!
Take care, all of you!
Regards from house to house
Barry & Christina
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Ierse groete!
Saterdag 14 Aug’10
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende,
( 19h20 en die hemele is blou en die son skyn! Tyd van versending!)
Bewolk maar geen reen ,dit het eintlik lank laas gereen ,ons sit net onder hierdie kombers, met baie lae en kleure, van wolk massas, wat soms vinnig deur die wind aangejaag word en soms hang hulle net.
Temperature het definitief in die teenoorgestelde rigting begin beweeg. Oggend temp is nou 12-14 en dit word selde warmer as 16, miskien 17 as die son per ongeluk ‘n gaatjie kry om deur te skyn, snags kan dit tot 7 val, dit voorspel net een ding, herfs is om die draai!
Net terug van LIDL dit is ons Supermark waar ons 99% van ons proviant koop, en ons het in die vrugte bakke vanoggend:-!
Navel lemoene uit SA
Gala Appels uit SA
Pomelos uit SA
Bananas uit Columbia
Druiwe(swartkorrels) uit Italie
Gladde perkskes-Nectarines uit Spanje
Ek leef mos van vrugte en groente weet ongelukkig nie waar die groentes vandaan kom nie, Hulle het die klawer teken op dus neem ek aan dit is Iers! Met die dat ek soos ‘n brandsiek runderpest sieke gelyk het , het ek nie ‘n voet buite die hek gesit as dit nie brood nodig was nie! Mense wat my nie ken nie sou maar net gedink het, ‘ag siestog sy lyk nie te goed nie’ maar almal wat my ken het hul asems opgetrek en met groot oë gestaar!
Ek lyk aansienlik beter en kan darem weer my neus tussen my wange bespeur, maar ek was totaal toegeswel 2 dae kon ek nie my regter oog eers oopkry nie! Gelukkig het die Dr se medisyne gehelp en ook my smeek gebede dat ek ek weer gesond sal word sodat ek kan gaan werk, en nie letsels op my gesig moet oorhou nie.
Ons is erg bevoorregt om die voëllewe van naby te bekyk.
Vanoggend hardloop die ‘blackbird’ wyfie vinnig heen en weer op die gras wat gister gesny is en draai haar koppie en sy luister en sodra die wurpie sy verskyning maak gryp sy hom gou-gou, dis te wonderlik om te sien hoe sy telke male luister! Daar is gereeld ‘n geveg aan die gang oor wie se grasperk dit nou eintlik is! Die arme ‘red robin’ word soms wreed deur die ander groter voëls verjaag. Ons het ook ‘n piep klein voëltjie opgemerk, so klein dat hy, toe hy nie die einde van einde van die heining kon kry, nie deur die ogiesdraad gewurm het,dit het na ‘n ‘fly catcher’ gelyk maar ons is nie seker nie!Letterlik 100e voeltjies besoek ons daagliks want ons het die gans kuiken kos en die oats wat hulle trek, Baie bessies is aan die ryp word en hulle het ook ons appels begin pik en ons moes noodgedwonge die 5 appels wat toe oor was pluk en ek sal hulle maar vir Barry kook en met vla opdien môre as poeding! Die swaeltjies het ‘n 2de broeisel van 4 eiers in die donkiehuis en sal eersdaags uitgebroei wees! Hoop hulle word groot voor die koue kom!
Die boere is besig om gras vir ‘n 2de keer te sny en bale te maak dus is al die paaie vol trekters en sleep waens en baal masjiene,baie gevaarlik!
Ons het hierdie jaar ons hitte verskaffende materiaal, turf, gekoop, ons het baie somme gemaak en uiteindelik het Barry ge-kwibbel tot hy die prys gehad het waar hy dit met vrymoedigheid kon betaal en ons skuur is vol! Om warm te kan bly in die winter is seker byna meer belangrik as om te eet!
Die man van wie ons die turf gekoop het, het 11 kinders waarvan 7 seuns is en hulle is almal op die ‘Doil’ Hy het nie ‘n tand in sy mond nie en is stok doof, Jy moet so hard skree dat die mense in die dorp hoor wat ons sê! Hy bring gereeld 4 van die seuns saam en omdat dit nie meer in Barry se lyf sit om 2 tons turf te pak nie doen die 4 seuns dit dan vir ‘n eksta fooitjie! Hulle is ook almal bo 35!
Sou ons dit self gedoen het word dit ‘n erge beslommernis want ons het nie ‘n sleepwaentjie nie en moet dan betaal om dit hier te kry ,alhoewel dit goedkoper is om dit van die bog(G uitgespreek soos vir ‘gold’ in Engels) te koop, te stapel en te laat droog word, styg die koste geweldig vir die vervoer daarvan! As ek nou eendag geld het koop ek ‘n trekter en ‘n groot sleep wa om alles wat ek wil verskuif of vervoer self te doen! Hahaha...
Ons het heerlik koffie gedrink by een van die Suid Afrikaanse vroue in Mullingar. Hulle wag dat hul huis klaar gebou word en intussen huur hulle ‘n enorme groot huis in ‘n baie mooi buurt! Ons het ook ‘n hekel les gehad, ek het net gekyk want ek had toe nie ‘n hekelpen nie! Heerlike melktert en sjokolade koek ge-eet wat die dogters gebak het! Nogmaals baie dankie Marna vir die gasvryheid! Ons wens ook Mathie ‘n voorspoedige reis na SA toe en dat sy die tydjie saam met haar ma baie sal geniet!
Ons gans familie is op die oomblik pragtig, die tieners is parmantig gemaklik met ons, Barry is hul bron van voedsel en hulle is baie lief vir hom, Gister het ek ‘n hele gesprek met die klomp gevoer terwyl hulle net so hard antwoord. Hul piep-piep het nou verander na wap-wap-wap net die k wat nog vermis word. Hul ogies het almal ligte rooi kringe om en die oog kleur is vinnig besig om van swart na lig blou te veranter! Hulle is nou byna so groot soos hul ma’s en tantes! Toulouse, die een tiener wat meer vreemde eieskappe as die res het is nou nie ‘n mooi gans nie maar ons het net so lief!
Die kleintjies is nou 2 weke oud en doen al die dinge wat hul boeties ,sussies ens gedoen het! Wonderlik hoe vinnig hulle groei en onafhanklik begin wei en kosbak toe hardloop! Hulle sit net soos die tieners ook in die waterbak! Die tieners is baie lief vir die water en soms is daar 4-5 in die tenk op dieselfde tyd! As hulle uitklouter moet ons omtrent die tenk weer opvul, so het die watervlak gesak!
Ons het ten spyte van die bewolkte weer tog ‘n paar heerlike ure buite deurgebring vandag! Die wind het nie gewaai nie en dit maak die wêreld se verskil!
Môre is Sondag en die beste dag van die week! Psalme en Gesange reeds goed ge-oefen en ons hoop dat ons more lekker sal sing! Ons besoekende prediker verlede week was van Monaghan en het ‘n uitstekende preek gelewer! ‘n mens loop so sielsverrykkend uit die kerk en het sommer hoop vir die ellendes wat die week mag bring! Ons Hemelse Vader is goed vir ons!
Ons dink baie spesiaal aan Isabel en kinders met oorlede broer Gerhard se verjaardag herdenking!
Paul in Australie verjaar die 20ste! Hoop jou verjaardag verloop met dawerende gejuig! Ryke seeninge jou toegebid jongman!
Ons kleinseun word ook 4 mnde oud, tog eienaardig hoe hy reeds 16weke oud is maar nog nie 4 mnde nie! Hy is ‘n oulike ,vriendelike en hoogs intellegente knapie! Ons sien hulle volgende week en kan nie wag nie!
Ons lees met weemoed van die moorde en bid vir almal se veiligheid! Ek weet daar is duisende mooi dinge wat ook in die land gebeur maar ‘n mens se hart voel tog maar baie seer!
Hoop van harte dat Nine en kleindogter hul reis geniet, Haya , hoop dat jou voete goed herstel en dat Cobus se rug beter is! Gerlof ,Sandra en MarieJanke- geniet leke moment julle tyd in SA vlieg verby!
Intussen is die dag verby en ek moet gaan opskep!
Almal wat werk soek was vandag by die deur! En die elektrisiën het nooit teruggekom nie nou moet ons maar ‘n ander een soek! Nog geen eleltrisiteit in die skuur nie!
Hiermee dan bewolte groete met die son strale wat so elke nou en dan skitterend deur breek!
Liefde groete van ons hier in Cranleymore
Barry & Christina
Goeie dag allemaal, familie en vriende,
( 19h20 en die hemele is blou en die son skyn! Tyd van versending!)
Bewolk maar geen reen ,dit het eintlik lank laas gereen ,ons sit net onder hierdie kombers, met baie lae en kleure, van wolk massas, wat soms vinnig deur die wind aangejaag word en soms hang hulle net.
Temperature het definitief in die teenoorgestelde rigting begin beweeg. Oggend temp is nou 12-14 en dit word selde warmer as 16, miskien 17 as die son per ongeluk ‘n gaatjie kry om deur te skyn, snags kan dit tot 7 val, dit voorspel net een ding, herfs is om die draai!
Net terug van LIDL dit is ons Supermark waar ons 99% van ons proviant koop, en ons het in die vrugte bakke vanoggend:-!
Navel lemoene uit SA
Gala Appels uit SA
Pomelos uit SA
Bananas uit Columbia
Druiwe(swartkorrels) uit Italie
Gladde perkskes-Nectarines uit Spanje
Ek leef mos van vrugte en groente weet ongelukkig nie waar die groentes vandaan kom nie, Hulle het die klawer teken op dus neem ek aan dit is Iers! Met die dat ek soos ‘n brandsiek runderpest sieke gelyk het , het ek nie ‘n voet buite die hek gesit as dit nie brood nodig was nie! Mense wat my nie ken nie sou maar net gedink het, ‘ag siestog sy lyk nie te goed nie’ maar almal wat my ken het hul asems opgetrek en met groot oë gestaar!
Ek lyk aansienlik beter en kan darem weer my neus tussen my wange bespeur, maar ek was totaal toegeswel 2 dae kon ek nie my regter oog eers oopkry nie! Gelukkig het die Dr se medisyne gehelp en ook my smeek gebede dat ek ek weer gesond sal word sodat ek kan gaan werk, en nie letsels op my gesig moet oorhou nie.
Ons is erg bevoorregt om die voëllewe van naby te bekyk.
Vanoggend hardloop die ‘blackbird’ wyfie vinnig heen en weer op die gras wat gister gesny is en draai haar koppie en sy luister en sodra die wurpie sy verskyning maak gryp sy hom gou-gou, dis te wonderlik om te sien hoe sy telke male luister! Daar is gereeld ‘n geveg aan die gang oor wie se grasperk dit nou eintlik is! Die arme ‘red robin’ word soms wreed deur die ander groter voëls verjaag. Ons het ook ‘n piep klein voëltjie opgemerk, so klein dat hy, toe hy nie die einde van einde van die heining kon kry, nie deur die ogiesdraad gewurm het,dit het na ‘n ‘fly catcher’ gelyk maar ons is nie seker nie!Letterlik 100e voeltjies besoek ons daagliks want ons het die gans kuiken kos en die oats wat hulle trek, Baie bessies is aan die ryp word en hulle het ook ons appels begin pik en ons moes noodgedwonge die 5 appels wat toe oor was pluk en ek sal hulle maar vir Barry kook en met vla opdien môre as poeding! Die swaeltjies het ‘n 2de broeisel van 4 eiers in die donkiehuis en sal eersdaags uitgebroei wees! Hoop hulle word groot voor die koue kom!
Die boere is besig om gras vir ‘n 2de keer te sny en bale te maak dus is al die paaie vol trekters en sleep waens en baal masjiene,baie gevaarlik!
Ons het hierdie jaar ons hitte verskaffende materiaal, turf, gekoop, ons het baie somme gemaak en uiteindelik het Barry ge-kwibbel tot hy die prys gehad het waar hy dit met vrymoedigheid kon betaal en ons skuur is vol! Om warm te kan bly in die winter is seker byna meer belangrik as om te eet!
Die man van wie ons die turf gekoop het, het 11 kinders waarvan 7 seuns is en hulle is almal op die ‘Doil’ Hy het nie ‘n tand in sy mond nie en is stok doof, Jy moet so hard skree dat die mense in die dorp hoor wat ons sê! Hy bring gereeld 4 van die seuns saam en omdat dit nie meer in Barry se lyf sit om 2 tons turf te pak nie doen die 4 seuns dit dan vir ‘n eksta fooitjie! Hulle is ook almal bo 35!
Sou ons dit self gedoen het word dit ‘n erge beslommernis want ons het nie ‘n sleepwaentjie nie en moet dan betaal om dit hier te kry ,alhoewel dit goedkoper is om dit van die bog(G uitgespreek soos vir ‘gold’ in Engels) te koop, te stapel en te laat droog word, styg die koste geweldig vir die vervoer daarvan! As ek nou eendag geld het koop ek ‘n trekter en ‘n groot sleep wa om alles wat ek wil verskuif of vervoer self te doen! Hahaha...
Ons het heerlik koffie gedrink by een van die Suid Afrikaanse vroue in Mullingar. Hulle wag dat hul huis klaar gebou word en intussen huur hulle ‘n enorme groot huis in ‘n baie mooi buurt! Ons het ook ‘n hekel les gehad, ek het net gekyk want ek had toe nie ‘n hekelpen nie! Heerlike melktert en sjokolade koek ge-eet wat die dogters gebak het! Nogmaals baie dankie Marna vir die gasvryheid! Ons wens ook Mathie ‘n voorspoedige reis na SA toe en dat sy die tydjie saam met haar ma baie sal geniet!
Ons gans familie is op die oomblik pragtig, die tieners is parmantig gemaklik met ons, Barry is hul bron van voedsel en hulle is baie lief vir hom, Gister het ek ‘n hele gesprek met die klomp gevoer terwyl hulle net so hard antwoord. Hul piep-piep het nou verander na wap-wap-wap net die k wat nog vermis word. Hul ogies het almal ligte rooi kringe om en die oog kleur is vinnig besig om van swart na lig blou te veranter! Hulle is nou byna so groot soos hul ma’s en tantes! Toulouse, die een tiener wat meer vreemde eieskappe as die res het is nou nie ‘n mooi gans nie maar ons het net so lief!
Die kleintjies is nou 2 weke oud en doen al die dinge wat hul boeties ,sussies ens gedoen het! Wonderlik hoe vinnig hulle groei en onafhanklik begin wei en kosbak toe hardloop! Hulle sit net soos die tieners ook in die waterbak! Die tieners is baie lief vir die water en soms is daar 4-5 in die tenk op dieselfde tyd! As hulle uitklouter moet ons omtrent die tenk weer opvul, so het die watervlak gesak!
Ons het ten spyte van die bewolkte weer tog ‘n paar heerlike ure buite deurgebring vandag! Die wind het nie gewaai nie en dit maak die wêreld se verskil!
Môre is Sondag en die beste dag van die week! Psalme en Gesange reeds goed ge-oefen en ons hoop dat ons more lekker sal sing! Ons besoekende prediker verlede week was van Monaghan en het ‘n uitstekende preek gelewer! ‘n mens loop so sielsverrykkend uit die kerk en het sommer hoop vir die ellendes wat die week mag bring! Ons Hemelse Vader is goed vir ons!
Ons dink baie spesiaal aan Isabel en kinders met oorlede broer Gerhard se verjaardag herdenking!
Paul in Australie verjaar die 20ste! Hoop jou verjaardag verloop met dawerende gejuig! Ryke seeninge jou toegebid jongman!
Ons kleinseun word ook 4 mnde oud, tog eienaardig hoe hy reeds 16weke oud is maar nog nie 4 mnde nie! Hy is ‘n oulike ,vriendelike en hoogs intellegente knapie! Ons sien hulle volgende week en kan nie wag nie!
Ons lees met weemoed van die moorde en bid vir almal se veiligheid! Ek weet daar is duisende mooi dinge wat ook in die land gebeur maar ‘n mens se hart voel tog maar baie seer!
Hoop van harte dat Nine en kleindogter hul reis geniet, Haya , hoop dat jou voete goed herstel en dat Cobus se rug beter is! Gerlof ,Sandra en MarieJanke- geniet leke moment julle tyd in SA vlieg verby!
Intussen is die dag verby en ek moet gaan opskep!
Almal wat werk soek was vandag by die deur! En die elektrisiën het nooit teruggekom nie nou moet ons maar ‘n ander een soek! Nog geen eleltrisiteit in die skuur nie!
Hiermee dan bewolte groete met die son strale wat so elke nou en dan skitterend deur breek!
Liefde groete van ons hier in Cranleymore
Barry & Christina
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Greetings from the Emerald Island
Saturday 7 Aug ‘10
Good day to all, family and friends!
Met Eireann or something to that spelling promised that the heavens will open sometime today, no.... unfortunately not to let the sun in but with buckets, of rain water. Admitting that the sun did shine for 60 min when we got up this morning, it is now nearly dark inside and we have to switch the lights on to read or do something specific! According to records, I do not know who keep these records , they never consulted me, and I have records of everyday’s weather for the last 5 years, the sun shone less in July 2010 than in the last 10 Julys.
August has not started much better we are at day 7 and we have not had a full 12 hours sunshine yet in these 7 days! Summer is coming to an end and very quickly!
Vegetation flourish in the wet weather in some ways and in other they totally disintegrate, the 2 tomatoes plants standing in the rain but with leaves too dense the water does not reach the soil and in spite of all the rain we still have to water many plants and baskets!
In our garden we have one ornamental plum tree and one green plum tree entwined, or may be grafted, who will know but in the 5½ years we saw no fruit of any kind , but this year the branches are heavy with a different kind of plum , looks like cherry ,lovely red in colour when ripe and sweet! So with ladder and rake we intend to gather all the fruit from the highest branches to make jam!. These fruit is from the green tree, there are also fruit on the maroon tree but the fruit stays hard and also looks just like a cherry but tasting it , it is plum like!
The lower field was cut on Thursday and looks good, we do that only once or twice a year the geese does graze it down well but with all the rain it becomes like a forest!
Barry does most things himself and I assist just by being at his side. Last Saturday he wanted to sharpen a knife in the workshop and found the grinder not working, thought the plug fuse must be gone, { here all electrical appliances are equipped with a fuse in the plug, you just change the fuse } hoping to get back to it later but he did not! Coming back from church last Sunday he fetched food for the geese and find it smelling awful in the workshop ,looked around and saw the freezer defrosted and the whole place under water!
Quickly took the little bit left in the freezer out, still fairly frozen and moved it to the fridge in the house for cooking later, that day or Monday but then we realized that there is no electricity at all in the shed. With elementary knowledge of electricity and the DIY digest we went to the Shop and got a tester, after many hours of doing exactly as they suggest we established that all is not well and suddenly the whole house’s electricity went! After a hour I phoned ESB , wonderful, it was not the 2 of us causing it but the complete shut down over 10 -15km radius! What a relief!
A colleague of mine living 12 miles away is an electrician and he came round on our request and found that there is a break in the conduction from the house to the workshop! The cable being buried under 3ft cement for the last 5 years makes digging it up an impossibility! Typical Irish he will pitch here Monday or Tuesday afternoon with some very good excuse! He promised to be here today but the day is gone and no Cìaron......
In the mean time we also travelled to Dublin for the Nuclear Cardiac stress test which turned out to be more than a stress test for the heart but also in endurance and patience! What- ever could go wrong, did and after 50 min of lying with his arms above his head tied down in the scanning tunnel Barry went through agony as he has a shoulder held together with love and tender care as he tore most of his shoulder muscles some time ago! He also got panicky in the tunnel and vowed not to go back whatever the outcome. Lo and behold the phone rang Thursday, the cardiologist wants him back for a resting scan but he refused blankly he would have to lay for another 30 mins in the same position and he is just not able for it! That took care of the heart scanning! Disappointment but so it will be!
Last night after our evening meal i discovered that my face is covered in a red hot rash!and spreading fast over large part of my body It is still there and can get worse at any time or subside for a little while but not long! So here we go , the only thing I ate different from all week was Salmon last night and a little beetroot! I eat it at least 1x a week and never had a problem before but even the anti-histamine is not working! Will watch and see!
Our church minister is still on leave and Barry chose the Hymns like last Sunday, ones he can sing, then we know that the 10-12 people there will be able to sing it as well! All well known and well practised! Always the best day of the week!
I am not sure if I will post this letter as I suddenly wondered what on earth do you do with the letter? Delete it as it arrives in the ‘inbox’ most probably
The geese teenagers are lovely graceful young birds Monday 6 weeks old! The goslings a week old and all going according to plan!
I hope that those who are on holiday are having really a good time , those preparing for exams, study well! Those waiting for their results! Everything of the best!
Young Gerhard from Frikkie en Elmarie has a birthday on the 12th I will forward a separate birthday card!
Any-one else having a birthday Many happy returns of the day!
We were only 4 ladies drinking coffee on Friday and as always very pleasant! Marna I hope your cold has improved! Hope the other SA friends are keeping well! Gerda!!. How are you!?
Always lovely to hear from you, Trish I wonder if you get my letters, can you let me know!?
I greet ye all from Cranleymore where the sun plays hide and seeks with us!
Love and kind regards
Barry and Christina
Good day to all, family and friends!
Met Eireann or something to that spelling promised that the heavens will open sometime today, no.... unfortunately not to let the sun in but with buckets, of rain water. Admitting that the sun did shine for 60 min when we got up this morning, it is now nearly dark inside and we have to switch the lights on to read or do something specific! According to records, I do not know who keep these records , they never consulted me, and I have records of everyday’s weather for the last 5 years, the sun shone less in July 2010 than in the last 10 Julys.
August has not started much better we are at day 7 and we have not had a full 12 hours sunshine yet in these 7 days! Summer is coming to an end and very quickly!
Vegetation flourish in the wet weather in some ways and in other they totally disintegrate, the 2 tomatoes plants standing in the rain but with leaves too dense the water does not reach the soil and in spite of all the rain we still have to water many plants and baskets!
In our garden we have one ornamental plum tree and one green plum tree entwined, or may be grafted, who will know but in the 5½ years we saw no fruit of any kind , but this year the branches are heavy with a different kind of plum , looks like cherry ,lovely red in colour when ripe and sweet! So with ladder and rake we intend to gather all the fruit from the highest branches to make jam!. These fruit is from the green tree, there are also fruit on the maroon tree but the fruit stays hard and also looks just like a cherry but tasting it , it is plum like!
The lower field was cut on Thursday and looks good, we do that only once or twice a year the geese does graze it down well but with all the rain it becomes like a forest!
Barry does most things himself and I assist just by being at his side. Last Saturday he wanted to sharpen a knife in the workshop and found the grinder not working, thought the plug fuse must be gone, { here all electrical appliances are equipped with a fuse in the plug, you just change the fuse } hoping to get back to it later but he did not! Coming back from church last Sunday he fetched food for the geese and find it smelling awful in the workshop ,looked around and saw the freezer defrosted and the whole place under water!
Quickly took the little bit left in the freezer out, still fairly frozen and moved it to the fridge in the house for cooking later, that day or Monday but then we realized that there is no electricity at all in the shed. With elementary knowledge of electricity and the DIY digest we went to the Shop and got a tester, after many hours of doing exactly as they suggest we established that all is not well and suddenly the whole house’s electricity went! After a hour I phoned ESB , wonderful, it was not the 2 of us causing it but the complete shut down over 10 -15km radius! What a relief!
A colleague of mine living 12 miles away is an electrician and he came round on our request and found that there is a break in the conduction from the house to the workshop! The cable being buried under 3ft cement for the last 5 years makes digging it up an impossibility! Typical Irish he will pitch here Monday or Tuesday afternoon with some very good excuse! He promised to be here today but the day is gone and no Cìaron......
In the mean time we also travelled to Dublin for the Nuclear Cardiac stress test which turned out to be more than a stress test for the heart but also in endurance and patience! What- ever could go wrong, did and after 50 min of lying with his arms above his head tied down in the scanning tunnel Barry went through agony as he has a shoulder held together with love and tender care as he tore most of his shoulder muscles some time ago! He also got panicky in the tunnel and vowed not to go back whatever the outcome. Lo and behold the phone rang Thursday, the cardiologist wants him back for a resting scan but he refused blankly he would have to lay for another 30 mins in the same position and he is just not able for it! That took care of the heart scanning! Disappointment but so it will be!
Last night after our evening meal i discovered that my face is covered in a red hot rash!and spreading fast over large part of my body It is still there and can get worse at any time or subside for a little while but not long! So here we go , the only thing I ate different from all week was Salmon last night and a little beetroot! I eat it at least 1x a week and never had a problem before but even the anti-histamine is not working! Will watch and see!
Our church minister is still on leave and Barry chose the Hymns like last Sunday, ones he can sing, then we know that the 10-12 people there will be able to sing it as well! All well known and well practised! Always the best day of the week!
I am not sure if I will post this letter as I suddenly wondered what on earth do you do with the letter? Delete it as it arrives in the ‘inbox’ most probably
The geese teenagers are lovely graceful young birds Monday 6 weeks old! The goslings a week old and all going according to plan!
I hope that those who are on holiday are having really a good time , those preparing for exams, study well! Those waiting for their results! Everything of the best!
Young Gerhard from Frikkie en Elmarie has a birthday on the 12th I will forward a separate birthday card!
Any-one else having a birthday Many happy returns of the day!
We were only 4 ladies drinking coffee on Friday and as always very pleasant! Marna I hope your cold has improved! Hope the other SA friends are keeping well! Gerda!!. How are you!?
Always lovely to hear from you, Trish I wonder if you get my letters, can you let me know!?
I greet ye all from Cranleymore where the sun plays hide and seeks with us!
Love and kind regards
Barry and Christina
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Ierse groete!
Sondag 1 Aug’10
Goeie dag almal, familie en vriende!!!!
Die weer is baie wispelturig, ‘n baie bekende ondervinding hier in die groen groen eiland van die Iere! Ons het baie reën gehad die afgelope week maar so tussen deur het die son darem ook sy verskyning gemaak en dan met mening op die Ierse aarde geskyn! As julle na die golf kyk sal julle die groen sien waarvan ek praat!
Die klein blommetjies kan net nie al die water verwerk nie en is stadig maar seker besig om te versuip! Ons aarbeie het na baie weke nou aan hul einde gekom maar op die stoof, hierdie oomblik kook ek gemengde bessie konfyt, rasberries,swart bessies, appelliefies en die laaste aarbeie! Moet elke keer gaan kyk en roer!
Die rose se eerste drag is af en daar is orals nuwe groei en ons hoop om nog ‘n stel rose te hê voor die herfs ons oorval!
Ons dag temperature is net so onder julle laat winter temp, vir ons is dit heerlik maar ek is seker julle dra truie!Vandag is 15 gr wat eintlik lekker is , As ons nou nader aan 12 of 10 beweeg word die truie wel aangetrek!
Ons kleinseun Lukas groei met rasse skrede en is baie oulik! Hou sy eie bottel vas en steek sy tong vir jou uit as jy jou tong uitsteek!
Die spul by die werk het my met ‘n slap riem gevang verlede week ,ek het 5 nagte moes werk en toe ek die laaste nag in die saal kom word ek gou ingelig dat ek oue te huis toe moet gaan! Hulle het die hele week gehad om my intelig maar nee dit word op ‘n slinkse manier op die nippertjie aan jou meegedeel met ‘n notatjie teen die muur. Ek was woedend , nie so seer omdat ek daar moes werk nie maar vir die manier waarop hulle my ingelig het, dit was my 5 de nag en die ander nurse het net Donderdag en Vrdag nag gewerk sy kon maar regtig Vrydag nag daar gaan werk het, ek was regtig moeg teen daardie tyd, maar ek besluit toe dat ek dit positief sal hanteer en besluit dat ek in die Paradys werk en dat ek met dankbaarheid in my hart die werk na die beste van my vermoë sal doen ten spyte van my gemoed! Dit het toe ook baie goed afgeloop en die nag was verby voor ek my oe uit kon vee!
Nou is ek op die plek rus en gaan die eerste paar dae net lui wees en dan sal ek huis begin skoon maak! Ons moet eers Dinsdag Dublin toe vir Barry se Isotope X Strale van die hart en ons sal die hele dag weg wees. Ons het besluit om met die trein na Dublin toe te gaan en dan met ‘n taxi na die hospitaal! Die Luis wat ‘n deftige
tram is en loop van die stasie tot by die hospitaal maar Barry wil onderdood nie daarin klim nie! Ons hoop dat die ondersoek goed sal afloop!
Vandag is daar 2 verjaardae Gerlof wat tans op besoek in SA is en Renate van Mendel my broer.! Veels geluk aan hulle en mag dit ‘n goeie en suksesvolle jaar wees!
Ek weet nie of die jonge lui in SA nog rekord eksamen skryf nie maar in ieder geval hoop ons dat die wat hulle begin voorberei vir die jaar-end eksamen dat dit goed sal gaan! Baie begin in Sept of net daarna ‘n nuwe loopbaan of die volgende jaar op universiteit en ons hoop dat vir almal van julle dit ‘n wonderlike ervaring sal wees! Die dokters wat hul hospitaal jaar doen, (ek weet maar min van hulle af,) Attie jnr, Anneke, Sam,(Kathleen rus nog eers na die geboorte van Isabelle) ons hoop dat hulle baie geleer het so vér en dat hulle uitstekende dokters gaan wees!
Die wat nie belangstel in die gans storie nie . Wees gegroet!
Die jong ganse is môre 5 weke oud is het 18 jaar in 5 weke geleef, hulle is nou geheel-en-al selfstandig, hulle is nou jong ganse met vere en vlerke. Swem sonder toesig en vreet hulle trommeldik!. Hulle word nog so effe deur die ouer lui beskerm maar elke nou en dan waag een van hulle bietjie om weg van die groep te wei! Baie oulik!
Ons het egter baie weemoedig al die eiers van een hen en ook 7 eiers van die 2 de sittende hen verloor maar spog darem met 3 pas uitgebroeide kuikens! Ons dink die eiers was ouer as 10 dae, Ons het hulle gemerk maar volgende jaar sal ons die datum op hulle skryf en versigtig wees ,en nie uit datum eiers onder hulle sit nie!
Ons het baie geleer en verstaan dinge nou effe beter en sal volgende jaar beter ge-organiseerd wees en ook hopelik ‘n broeikas hê! Om hulle groot te maak is niks nie maar hierdie gebroeiery is ‘n konsternasie op die stasie! Ons sal hulle nou van mekaar moet skei, kom die lente,(dis nog maande weg) want die matriarg mag nie sy dogters dek nie en die seuns mag ook nie hul mammas of sussies bykom nie dus ons sal die jong henne met ‘n nuwe mannetjie moet dek , Prins Scruffie behou sy harem van 4 henne! Ons het nou altesaam15 ganse!
Ek heg’n foto aan van die 5 weke oue ganse en die nuut uitgebroeide 3! Ons het ‘n magdom voeltjies wat in die heining leef swaeltjies , tot ‘n ‘Lady Wagtail’ met ‘n poot defek maar voer haar babatjies net so goed as enige ander voëltjie! Die swaeltjies in die donkie huis het hul 2de stel eiers van 4 gelê en begin sit , hulle het dit effe laat gelos maar ons hoop dat hulle dit sal maak!
Ons het vandag ons eie predikant se pa op besoek gehad en hy het baie goed gepreek en ons het heerlik gesing. Barry het die Psalme en Gesange gekies en almal het kom sê dat die keuse wonderlik was....want..... hulle kon dit met oorgawe sing! Dit het ook goed by die diens ingepas!
Nou ja ek het nie eintlik verder nuus nie en groet dus met wense dat Nine en Nine jnr hul reis geniet, Dat Gerlof en Sandra lekker vakansie hou, dat almal wat voorbereiding tref vir troues dit met vreugde doen! Rob en Thilo in VSA geniet dit!
Baie dankie vir al die briefies, dit is altyd so lekker om van julle te hoor! Sue ek wag vir die opname!
Groete met liefde van ons in Cranleymore!
Barry en Christina
Goeie dag almal, familie en vriende!!!!
Die weer is baie wispelturig, ‘n baie bekende ondervinding hier in die groen groen eiland van die Iere! Ons het baie reën gehad die afgelope week maar so tussen deur het die son darem ook sy verskyning gemaak en dan met mening op die Ierse aarde geskyn! As julle na die golf kyk sal julle die groen sien waarvan ek praat!
Die klein blommetjies kan net nie al die water verwerk nie en is stadig maar seker besig om te versuip! Ons aarbeie het na baie weke nou aan hul einde gekom maar op die stoof, hierdie oomblik kook ek gemengde bessie konfyt, rasberries,swart bessies, appelliefies en die laaste aarbeie! Moet elke keer gaan kyk en roer!
Die rose se eerste drag is af en daar is orals nuwe groei en ons hoop om nog ‘n stel rose te hê voor die herfs ons oorval!
Ons dag temperature is net so onder julle laat winter temp, vir ons is dit heerlik maar ek is seker julle dra truie!Vandag is 15 gr wat eintlik lekker is , As ons nou nader aan 12 of 10 beweeg word die truie wel aangetrek!
Ons kleinseun Lukas groei met rasse skrede en is baie oulik! Hou sy eie bottel vas en steek sy tong vir jou uit as jy jou tong uitsteek!
Die spul by die werk het my met ‘n slap riem gevang verlede week ,ek het 5 nagte moes werk en toe ek die laaste nag in die saal kom word ek gou ingelig dat ek oue te huis toe moet gaan! Hulle het die hele week gehad om my intelig maar nee dit word op ‘n slinkse manier op die nippertjie aan jou meegedeel met ‘n notatjie teen die muur. Ek was woedend , nie so seer omdat ek daar moes werk nie maar vir die manier waarop hulle my ingelig het, dit was my 5 de nag en die ander nurse het net Donderdag en Vrdag nag gewerk sy kon maar regtig Vrydag nag daar gaan werk het, ek was regtig moeg teen daardie tyd, maar ek besluit toe dat ek dit positief sal hanteer en besluit dat ek in die Paradys werk en dat ek met dankbaarheid in my hart die werk na die beste van my vermoë sal doen ten spyte van my gemoed! Dit het toe ook baie goed afgeloop en die nag was verby voor ek my oe uit kon vee!
Nou is ek op die plek rus en gaan die eerste paar dae net lui wees en dan sal ek huis begin skoon maak! Ons moet eers Dinsdag Dublin toe vir Barry se Isotope X Strale van die hart en ons sal die hele dag weg wees. Ons het besluit om met die trein na Dublin toe te gaan en dan met ‘n taxi na die hospitaal! Die Luis wat ‘n deftige
tram is en loop van die stasie tot by die hospitaal maar Barry wil onderdood nie daarin klim nie! Ons hoop dat die ondersoek goed sal afloop!
Vandag is daar 2 verjaardae Gerlof wat tans op besoek in SA is en Renate van Mendel my broer.! Veels geluk aan hulle en mag dit ‘n goeie en suksesvolle jaar wees!
Ek weet nie of die jonge lui in SA nog rekord eksamen skryf nie maar in ieder geval hoop ons dat die wat hulle begin voorberei vir die jaar-end eksamen dat dit goed sal gaan! Baie begin in Sept of net daarna ‘n nuwe loopbaan of die volgende jaar op universiteit en ons hoop dat vir almal van julle dit ‘n wonderlike ervaring sal wees! Die dokters wat hul hospitaal jaar doen, (ek weet maar min van hulle af,) Attie jnr, Anneke, Sam,(Kathleen rus nog eers na die geboorte van Isabelle) ons hoop dat hulle baie geleer het so vér en dat hulle uitstekende dokters gaan wees!
Die wat nie belangstel in die gans storie nie . Wees gegroet!
Die jong ganse is môre 5 weke oud is het 18 jaar in 5 weke geleef, hulle is nou geheel-en-al selfstandig, hulle is nou jong ganse met vere en vlerke. Swem sonder toesig en vreet hulle trommeldik!. Hulle word nog so effe deur die ouer lui beskerm maar elke nou en dan waag een van hulle bietjie om weg van die groep te wei! Baie oulik!
Ons het egter baie weemoedig al die eiers van een hen en ook 7 eiers van die 2 de sittende hen verloor maar spog darem met 3 pas uitgebroeide kuikens! Ons dink die eiers was ouer as 10 dae, Ons het hulle gemerk maar volgende jaar sal ons die datum op hulle skryf en versigtig wees ,en nie uit datum eiers onder hulle sit nie!
Ons het baie geleer en verstaan dinge nou effe beter en sal volgende jaar beter ge-organiseerd wees en ook hopelik ‘n broeikas hê! Om hulle groot te maak is niks nie maar hierdie gebroeiery is ‘n konsternasie op die stasie! Ons sal hulle nou van mekaar moet skei, kom die lente,(dis nog maande weg) want die matriarg mag nie sy dogters dek nie en die seuns mag ook nie hul mammas of sussies bykom nie dus ons sal die jong henne met ‘n nuwe mannetjie moet dek , Prins Scruffie behou sy harem van 4 henne! Ons het nou altesaam15 ganse!
Ek heg’n foto aan van die 5 weke oue ganse en die nuut uitgebroeide 3! Ons het ‘n magdom voeltjies wat in die heining leef swaeltjies , tot ‘n ‘Lady Wagtail’ met ‘n poot defek maar voer haar babatjies net so goed as enige ander voëltjie! Die swaeltjies in die donkie huis het hul 2de stel eiers van 4 gelê en begin sit , hulle het dit effe laat gelos maar ons hoop dat hulle dit sal maak!
Ons het vandag ons eie predikant se pa op besoek gehad en hy het baie goed gepreek en ons het heerlik gesing. Barry het die Psalme en Gesange gekies en almal het kom sê dat die keuse wonderlik was....want..... hulle kon dit met oorgawe sing! Dit het ook goed by die diens ingepas!
Nou ja ek het nie eintlik verder nuus nie en groet dus met wense dat Nine en Nine jnr hul reis geniet, Dat Gerlof en Sandra lekker vakansie hou, dat almal wat voorbereiding tref vir troues dit met vreugde doen! Rob en Thilo in VSA geniet dit!
Baie dankie vir al die briefies, dit is altyd so lekker om van julle te hoor! Sue ek wag vir die opname!
Groete met liefde van ons in Cranleymore!
Barry en Christina
Saturday, July 24, 2010
July greetings from Ireland
Saturday 24 July ‘10
Good day to all, family and friends!
Not much has changed since last week weather wise as it is dripping again today, light mist rain, but warm!
Yesterday was a very good day and we cannot complain!
The grass grows and the fields where the farmers had the hay cut stands already high with green green grass!
The flowers cannot take this amount of rain and looked like drowned specimens of some distant fauna and flora planted before the great flood!
The strawberries has come to an end after many weeks of producing excellent fruit!
The rasberries and black currants are starting to ripen and I will cook some jam ! The apples 7 in all, are still hanging and growing ,we are watching them like hawks!
The rhubarb is no more as our dear geese family tramples all over them with little respect! We will have to move them to a safer spot!
I have a busy week ahead of me, work wise, as every surgeon tries to get as much done before the hospital closes for the August maintenance week!
I will have 2 weeks off and would only then have used up my accumilated leave of last year!
Some 3 weeks ago I lost all the fillings out of 1 of my molars, I say ‘all’ as the Polish dentist just keeps on patching the broken parts. But this time it is not to be saved, and I have my appointment with a proper dentist. I have never had a tooth pulled , do not like the injection as I can feel and hear it so clearly in my head,wriggling between the roots of the teeth and against the jaw bone, but without it I will not make it so at 10am on Monday morning I will have my 1st tooth pulled since childhood!
I know of a young man that will be going for an interview this coming week, Christiaan I will be thinking of you and hope it will go well!
Gerlof and Sandra are already in SA and Arnolda & kie seems to be on their way to Perth and then driving to Melbourne!Some distance and we hope that you will enjoy it and that all will go well, When is your departure date?
Nine from Kokanje and her grand daughter ,Nine from Canada are also going on a trip,every-one seems to be on the move,we, on the other hand are staying put the livestock is keeping us from leaving for much longer than 12 hours!!!!
Last Sunday we had the privilegde of having Finbarr and family visiting and we just cannot get enough of our grandson Lukas! He was 3 months old yesterday! He is such a lovely child!
Birthdays for this coming week: Oubaas(Gerhard) in Mazibuku Zambia will be a year older on the 26th,Megan Josling and Thilo on the 27th and Frik on the 31st!
Many happy returns!!!! May it be a lovely memorable day for all of you! Thilo will be somewhere in the USA! Enjoy!
Some time later!
Just back from a pleasurable attendance to our local argricultural show! Charlie is the chairman and Charlie is a member of Corboy congregation. His parents, Sam and Mabel Murphy are part of the foundation of the church, Sam (83yr)and Victor(86yr) are brothers and they went to school in the hall next to the church and it is very important to them that we attend functions like the show. Victor is the president of the Argricultural Show in the Midlands! Sam’s grand daughter studied Forensic something and work in Leeds for the Court pertaining to drugs, any kind of drugs and she rides the horses and do show jumping and we have since we attended the church made an effort to watch her jump and she was jumping today, we were just too late to see her but the show jumping is really lovely, these horses are so big and the jumps so high your heart nearly stops every time they go over an obstacle.
We bought every possible thing with apple and raisons in it! Our evening meal will consists of the ‘brack’ , a fruit loaf, we bought at the Rectory which had a sale for the Boy scouts this morning and apple strudle and raison bread! A little piece of everything!
The animals were beautiful, cows with calfs,bulls, sheep, goats. We should have had Madam and her 7 goslings there but ....we will arrange something for next year. There were enough chickens! Small and large and ducks of all kinds and colours! This is really a rural country show! Undescribable! You have to attend to appreciate it!
Tomorrow is Sunday the best day of the week and Stephen our Minister is back, Last week was somewhat of a disaster. The man who came, first used a book out of another ‘Bible’ He called it the ‘Good News Bible’ I was not so sure about it but the books name is Judith!
I do remember that when Finbarr had to attend his cathecism classes I had to buy a different Bible with 5 extra books in it and I think that was the Bible he was using which meant that no one could follow the reading , That was enough to upset the older generation and then he did not use the microphone and those with impaired hearing were totally left out and that is not on! We could rather have sung 20 Hymns for the 40 min!!!!! The lesson in itself was good but I wonder who heard it!
Stephen will surely hear about it tomorrow!
We go to church for fellowship and to hear the Word of the Lord explained and prayer but when you upset these Irish that are absolutely set in their ways it leaves little harmony although they stayed very polite! The month of August is Stephen’s holiday month and we are then entertained by 4 different preachers I sincerely hope that it will go better!
Those you are not interested in the Goose saga exit now!
The goslings are growing so fast, like mushrooms! By the hour! They are back in their own quarters and settled without problems. Wednesday morning when Barry opened the door and checked on the other 2 hens sitting on the eggs he found all the eggs in the nest of Naomi out of the nest, He could not understand it and put them all neatly back, but later in the day he checked again and she was standing at the back of the nest not sitting at all! He thought that she might like to go out and opened the partitions. Both of them went out but when they came back Mary went to sit on her eggs and Naomi also settle with her on the same nest. It was a catastrophy and we had to get her our of Mary’s nest back into her own!. A hour later we noticed that she is not sitting on the nest but standing at the back. It was now late in the day and Barry decided that he will leave it till the morning! The next morning she flew out of the nest with an egg broken! That was when we realised that she must have realised there is no life in the eggs and abandoned them. 9 eggs lost! Some just plain rotten and others never developed! Very sad! Mary is still sitting and we hold thumbs that she will make it to the end!
The goslings have now started to develop feathers and it is so wonderful to be so near to this process of growth and development! They are a bit top heavy and their tailends are pulling them down which looks very funny, but they are correcting themselves and eventually get it right !!!!
They graze now as a group, Madam, as mother Scruffie who received a few blows agains his heads when he pecks the little ones, Ruthie who lost her chicks some time ago and Naomi the last hen to loose her brood!
Looking after this lot is a fulltime job! We make notes of all the growth points and hope to properly record it for the future! Behaviour as well as problems encountered!
These birds are very strong and trying to move one of them out of a nest is no joke and another time she just flew over the fence wihtout a problem, past Barry and his stick!
The next episode in story will follow soon!
The day turned out to be wonderful! The mist were replaced by bright ,warm stinging sun shine, blue skies and some cloud but brilliant over all! 22 degrees!!!!!!!!!!
The bird population have suddenly increased triple fold and at certain times we could easily have 40 little birds on the wall outside the kitchen! Very lovely!
The Tour de France is coming to an end tomorrow and we will miss it! We followed the entire race with great interest! Headbutting and all!
The whole cabinet is on 2months holiday and all the important reports which should have received their attention have been published and they are shying away from the responsibilities brought to the front through the reports, by shining in their absence!
Parents who are arranging weddings, enjoy it ! Those who have to study, DO IT WELL! Those who are expecting, stay well! Those who are sick, or not able to move as fast as they are used to, get well quickly! Haya I am thinking of you!
I greet ye all from a lovely sunny afternoon in Cranley more!
Barry and Christina
Good day to all, family and friends!
Not much has changed since last week weather wise as it is dripping again today, light mist rain, but warm!
Yesterday was a very good day and we cannot complain!
The grass grows and the fields where the farmers had the hay cut stands already high with green green grass!
The flowers cannot take this amount of rain and looked like drowned specimens of some distant fauna and flora planted before the great flood!
The strawberries has come to an end after many weeks of producing excellent fruit!
The rasberries and black currants are starting to ripen and I will cook some jam ! The apples 7 in all, are still hanging and growing ,we are watching them like hawks!
The rhubarb is no more as our dear geese family tramples all over them with little respect! We will have to move them to a safer spot!
I have a busy week ahead of me, work wise, as every surgeon tries to get as much done before the hospital closes for the August maintenance week!
I will have 2 weeks off and would only then have used up my accumilated leave of last year!
Some 3 weeks ago I lost all the fillings out of 1 of my molars, I say ‘all’ as the Polish dentist just keeps on patching the broken parts. But this time it is not to be saved, and I have my appointment with a proper dentist. I have never had a tooth pulled , do not like the injection as I can feel and hear it so clearly in my head,wriggling between the roots of the teeth and against the jaw bone, but without it I will not make it so at 10am on Monday morning I will have my 1st tooth pulled since childhood!
I know of a young man that will be going for an interview this coming week, Christiaan I will be thinking of you and hope it will go well!
Gerlof and Sandra are already in SA and Arnolda & kie seems to be on their way to Perth and then driving to Melbourne!Some distance and we hope that you will enjoy it and that all will go well, When is your departure date?
Nine from Kokanje and her grand daughter ,Nine from Canada are also going on a trip,every-one seems to be on the move,we, on the other hand are staying put the livestock is keeping us from leaving for much longer than 12 hours!!!!
Last Sunday we had the privilegde of having Finbarr and family visiting and we just cannot get enough of our grandson Lukas! He was 3 months old yesterday! He is such a lovely child!
Birthdays for this coming week: Oubaas(Gerhard) in Mazibuku Zambia will be a year older on the 26th,Megan Josling and Thilo on the 27th and Frik on the 31st!
Many happy returns!!!! May it be a lovely memorable day for all of you! Thilo will be somewhere in the USA! Enjoy!
Some time later!
Just back from a pleasurable attendance to our local argricultural show! Charlie is the chairman and Charlie is a member of Corboy congregation. His parents, Sam and Mabel Murphy are part of the foundation of the church, Sam (83yr)and Victor(86yr) are brothers and they went to school in the hall next to the church and it is very important to them that we attend functions like the show. Victor is the president of the Argricultural Show in the Midlands! Sam’s grand daughter studied Forensic something and work in Leeds for the Court pertaining to drugs, any kind of drugs and she rides the horses and do show jumping and we have since we attended the church made an effort to watch her jump and she was jumping today, we were just too late to see her but the show jumping is really lovely, these horses are so big and the jumps so high your heart nearly stops every time they go over an obstacle.
We bought every possible thing with apple and raisons in it! Our evening meal will consists of the ‘brack’ , a fruit loaf, we bought at the Rectory which had a sale for the Boy scouts this morning and apple strudle and raison bread! A little piece of everything!
The animals were beautiful, cows with calfs,bulls, sheep, goats. We should have had Madam and her 7 goslings there but ....we will arrange something for next year. There were enough chickens! Small and large and ducks of all kinds and colours! This is really a rural country show! Undescribable! You have to attend to appreciate it!
Tomorrow is Sunday the best day of the week and Stephen our Minister is back, Last week was somewhat of a disaster. The man who came, first used a book out of another ‘Bible’ He called it the ‘Good News Bible’ I was not so sure about it but the books name is Judith!
I do remember that when Finbarr had to attend his cathecism classes I had to buy a different Bible with 5 extra books in it and I think that was the Bible he was using which meant that no one could follow the reading , That was enough to upset the older generation and then he did not use the microphone and those with impaired hearing were totally left out and that is not on! We could rather have sung 20 Hymns for the 40 min!!!!! The lesson in itself was good but I wonder who heard it!
Stephen will surely hear about it tomorrow!
We go to church for fellowship and to hear the Word of the Lord explained and prayer but when you upset these Irish that are absolutely set in their ways it leaves little harmony although they stayed very polite! The month of August is Stephen’s holiday month and we are then entertained by 4 different preachers I sincerely hope that it will go better!
Those you are not interested in the Goose saga exit now!
The goslings are growing so fast, like mushrooms! By the hour! They are back in their own quarters and settled without problems. Wednesday morning when Barry opened the door and checked on the other 2 hens sitting on the eggs he found all the eggs in the nest of Naomi out of the nest, He could not understand it and put them all neatly back, but later in the day he checked again and she was standing at the back of the nest not sitting at all! He thought that she might like to go out and opened the partitions. Both of them went out but when they came back Mary went to sit on her eggs and Naomi also settle with her on the same nest. It was a catastrophy and we had to get her our of Mary’s nest back into her own!. A hour later we noticed that she is not sitting on the nest but standing at the back. It was now late in the day and Barry decided that he will leave it till the morning! The next morning she flew out of the nest with an egg broken! That was when we realised that she must have realised there is no life in the eggs and abandoned them. 9 eggs lost! Some just plain rotten and others never developed! Very sad! Mary is still sitting and we hold thumbs that she will make it to the end!
The goslings have now started to develop feathers and it is so wonderful to be so near to this process of growth and development! They are a bit top heavy and their tailends are pulling them down which looks very funny, but they are correcting themselves and eventually get it right !!!!
They graze now as a group, Madam, as mother Scruffie who received a few blows agains his heads when he pecks the little ones, Ruthie who lost her chicks some time ago and Naomi the last hen to loose her brood!
Looking after this lot is a fulltime job! We make notes of all the growth points and hope to properly record it for the future! Behaviour as well as problems encountered!
These birds are very strong and trying to move one of them out of a nest is no joke and another time she just flew over the fence wihtout a problem, past Barry and his stick!
The next episode in story will follow soon!
The day turned out to be wonderful! The mist were replaced by bright ,warm stinging sun shine, blue skies and some cloud but brilliant over all! 22 degrees!!!!!!!!!!
The bird population have suddenly increased triple fold and at certain times we could easily have 40 little birds on the wall outside the kitchen! Very lovely!
The Tour de France is coming to an end tomorrow and we will miss it! We followed the entire race with great interest! Headbutting and all!
The whole cabinet is on 2months holiday and all the important reports which should have received their attention have been published and they are shying away from the responsibilities brought to the front through the reports, by shining in their absence!
Parents who are arranging weddings, enjoy it ! Those who have to study, DO IT WELL! Those who are expecting, stay well! Those who are sick, or not able to move as fast as they are used to, get well quickly! Haya I am thinking of you!
I greet ye all from a lovely sunny afternoon in Cranley more!
Barry and Christina
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