Welcome to my blog. Here I started sharing about my hearing loss but since my cochlear implants in 1999 and 2005 I moved on way beyond hearing loss and in the later posts you will see more about what now makes my world go round! Enjoy and comment please!

Monday, February 11, 2013

BIRTHDAY 10 FEB 2013

TODAY I JUST WANT TO DEVIATE A LITTLE FROM THE  TRAVEL POSTS AND SHARE MY MOST RECENT BIRTHDAY WITH YOU. THIS POST ALSO SERVES TO THANK THE MANY PEOPLE THAT SENT ME MESSAGES YESTERDAY.

I RECEIVED OVER 60 MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK AND LOTS FROM MY FRIENDS ON SAY WHAT CLUB AS WELL AS PRIVATE EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES. I FEAR THAT IF I START ADDING NAMES I WILL LEAVE OUT SOME AND FURTHERMORE I AM STILL RECEIVING "BELATED BIRTHDAY" MESSAGES. 

MY FRIEND JANI AT "FRIENDS, ARTISTS AND POETS" GALLERY ALSO ARRANGED A SUPER CYBER BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ME WHERE MANY MEMBERS OF THE CLUB ALSO RESPONDED AND SHARED PICTURES AND WONDERFUL MESSAGES. 

YOU ALL MADE ME FEEL LOVED AND I REALIZE HOW BLESSED I AM TO HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO CARE. TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU - MY HEARTFELT THANKS FOR FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE THROUGH THE YEARS!

HOW DID I SPEND THE DAY? RATHER QUIET! FOR THE MOST PART I SAT AT MY PC ENJOYING THE MESSAGES AS THEY CAME IN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD! IN FACT THE FIRST MESSAGES ARRIVED ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY.

KALIE AND I ALSO WENT TO OUR FAVOURITE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT. THIS MAY SOUND BORING TO SOME WHO KNOW "OCEAN BASKET" BUT I SIMPLY LOVE THEIR SEAFOOD PLATTER! HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE...KALIE DISHING UP FROM THE SHARED PLATTER...AND THEN A BIT ZOOMED IN ON THE FOOD...

COMING BACK FROM THE RESTAURANT KALIE STOPPED  TO ALLOW ME TO TAKE PICS NEAR OUR HOME WHERE SOMEONE KEEPS ANIMALS -  DONKEYS AND AN EMU, RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE WE LIVE! I NOTICED A DAY OR TWO AGO THAT THERE WAS A NEW BABY DONKEY AND WANTED TO TAKE PICS. 

THE LITTLE ONE WAS INDEED THERE BUT THE MOTHER WAS VERY PROTECTIVE AND DID NOT COME TO THE FENCE WITH THE FOAL LIKE THE OTHERS DID. SHE ALSO KEPT OTHER MEMBERS OF HER CLAN AWAY FROM THE BABY BUT I DID MANAGE A FEW SHOTS THAT I CROPPED AFTERWARDS.

ENJOY THE PICS!

MOM AND BABY


I AM WATCHING YOU!

SOOOOOOOO CUTE!

THE FAMILY

AND THIS IS ME AT 69! 
(SANS A FEW WRINKLES THAT I COULD NOT RESIST CLONING OUT)
WELL FRIENDS THAT'S IT FOR NOW. JUST A FUNNY TO END OFF WITH...

RECENTLY ONE OF MY FRIENDS TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO SOMEONE HOW TO SAY "THANK YOU" IN AFRIKAANS AND HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE WORDS. THE AFRIKAANS IS: "BAIE DANKIE" - SOUNDING MUCH LIKE SAYING: "BUY A DONKEY" :-)

SO FOR NOW I ONCE MORE WANT TO SAY "BUY A DONKEY"!!

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