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Today I said my final farewell to you, my Love, at your favourite spot in Hermanus, the mesmerizing rocks at Kwaaiwater....
30/06/2026

Today I said my final farewell to you, my Love, at your favourite spot in Hermanus, the mesmerizing rocks at Kwaaiwater. Holding my hand and keeping me brave, was precious, kindhearted , the young man we knew from his arrival on this planet; as the picture of his christening almost 29 years ago, shows. Play well with the whales, my Sweetheart. Love you for ever.

For friends and family who would like to join us in honouring my mother’s life:Her memorial service will be live-streame...
05/03/2026

For friends and family who would like to join us in honouring my mother’s life:
Her memorial service will be live-streamed this afternoon from the Gereformeerde Kerk, Sederstraat, Heiderand, Mossel Bay.
The video stream will begin at 14:30 (South African time) and the service will start at 15:00.
You can watch the service here:
https://youtube.com/?si=LTv9M6wJMzZR-4tk
Your presence, even from afar, means a great deal to our family.

Vir familie en vriende wat graag my Mam se diens wil volg:
Haar gedenkdiens sal vanmiddag regstreeks uitgesaai word vanuit die Gereformeerde Kerk, Sederstraat, Heiderand, Mosselbaai.
Die video-uitsending begin om 14:30 (Suid-Afrikaanse tyd) en die diens begin om 15:00.
Die uitsending kan hier gekyk word:
https://youtube.com/?si=LTv9M6wJMzZR-4tk
Dankie vir elkeen wat saam met ons, al is dit van ver af, hierdie oomblik deel.

The memorial service for Nellie Kruger will take place this coming week. Date: Wednesday afternoon 4 March 2026. Venue: ...
03/03/2026

The memorial service for Nellie Kruger will take place this coming week.

Date: Wednesday afternoon 4 March 2026. Venue: Gereformeerde Kerk, Seder Street, Heiderand, Mosselbaai Time: 15:00 Friends and family interested in remote access: Link to the electronic streaming video service will be provided on this group once the arrangements are in place.

The gift that keeps on giving. My beloved goddaughter  is visiting from LA. I spent a few days with her, her sister  and...
03/07/2025

The gift that keeps on giving. My beloved goddaughter is visiting from LA. I spent a few days with her, her sister and friend at their late mother Salome ‘s Bonnievale country house. Fire places, moonshine, marshmallows, cacao ceremony, knitting, musing, cooking, red wine, rainy clouds, children entertaining us with talent concerts… my tank is filled again. 😄

What would I be without my woman friends? A much needed reconnect with my A-team girl   friends .walker and  this weeken...
26/01/2025

What would I be without my woman friends? A much needed reconnect with my A-team girl friends .walker and this weekend. Starting off with a long stroll along the Sea Point Promenade on Friday at sunset. Then a scrumptious dinner at the indescribably beautiful bougainvillea framed Centre courtyard of the Wi******er Hotel. My batteries are recharged and energy levels restored. So grateful.

A memorable Cape final farewell to BEELD newspaper. An event for the pioneers, founding members and following teams of j...
26/01/2025

A memorable Cape final farewell to BEELD newspaper. An event for the pioneers, founding members and following teams of journalists and editors who worked at the paper over the past 50 years. Of course we couldn’t end the event at at 15:00! Too many stories and memories still to share. Ended up with pizzas at with friends , , and The wake went on till late, in typical bittereinders style. Bittersweet day with endless stories of a newspaper that played a formative role in our lives.

How wonderful to find IDEAS / IDEES magazines dating back to 2010 in the   restaurant in Bland Street, Mossel Bay. Enjoy...
16/01/2025

How wonderful to find IDEAS / IDEES magazines dating back to 2010 in the restaurant in Bland Street, Mossel Bay. Enjoying homemade lemonade after digging with neigbour Amanda through my storeroom next door. Big 2025 cleanup loading. Customers love having homemade lemonade and salted caramel cake while flipping through the mags, says manager Rama Nonda.

Ek d**k dit behoort ons vroue van ‘n sekere ouderdom se mantra te wees vir 2025.
10/01/2025

Ek d**k dit behoort ons vroue van ‘n sekere ouderdom se mantra te wees vir 2025.

IT’S TIME

There comes a day, somewhere in the middle of every woman’s life, when Mother Nature herself stands behind us and wraps her arms around our shoulders, whispering

“It’s time.”

“You have taken enough now. It’s time to stop growing up, stop growing older and start growing wilder.

There are adventures still waiting on you and this time, you will enjoy them with the vision of wisdom and the companionship of hindsight, and you will really let go.

It’s time to stop the madness of comparison and the ridicule of schedule and conformity and start experiencing the joys that a life, free of containment and guilt, can bring.”

She will shake your shoulders gently and remind you that you’ve done your bit. You’ve given too much, cared too much, you’ve suffered too much.

You’ve bought the book, as it were, and worn the t-shirt.

Worse, you’ve worn the chains and carried the weight of a burden far too heavy for your shoulders.

“It’s time” she will say.

“Let it go, really let it go and feel the freedom of the fresh, clean spaces within you. Fill them with discovery, love and laughter. Fill yourself so full you will no longer fear what is ahead and instead you will greet each day with the excitement of a child.”

She will remind you that if you choose to stop caring what other people think of you and instead of caring what you think of you, that you will experience a new era of your life you never dreamed possible.

‘It’s time’ she will say…

“to write the ending, or new beginning, of your own story.”

Donna Ashworth from
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