Captured Life of Us

I had the great opportunity to set a table for a magazine and talk about how one can set a table elegant and and cost effective....

In South Africa we like to keep our family air looms hidden deep in cupboards waiting for the right occasion which never comes.... We then pass these gorgeous air looms to the next generation... I say take it out and use it... This Cheese holder with the mouse was from my Grandmother and is so gorgeous that it goes with my Pumpkin patch table I set for a beautiful lunch or dinner...  I used this mouse with  my Alessi salt and pepper set which is modern.... See we can mix the new with the old and create a gorgeous setting to entertain in...
 I decided against flowers and went with these gorgeous Yellow Bunnies from White August.  They just enhanced the theme I was working on...  I used cheap Hessian fabric to cut myself a table cloth and it made the up beautifully and be re-used.  I also used a pumpkin hollowed out as a soup bow in the middle of the tabl…

It's Friday Night and I am sitting at home... The week was a long hard working one....

I felt like watching something Musical and poped in the Live DVD of Britney Spears and that was a mistake.... I have always been a fan but the live DVD was not at all what I expected... Disappointing....

I can always trust Kylie to make me feel good.  She is such a classy, incredibly sexy women.... She is truly a legend to me...  I decided that a concert by her is on my bucket list.... I Just love Kylie Minogue and believe me although the DVD of Showgirl is not a new release it is a MUST see.  She is just excellent in this concert.  The stage, lighting and music is incredible....

Well done to Kylie for being a world class Musician And if you don't have this DVD go and get it.....

Lately it seems like I am always saying good bye to some one or something... This must be the worst month since my Grandmother past away 16 year ago.... I am always emotional in July since this is my birthday month....  I cry at weddings, funerals and airport... It is embarrassing...

I find myself in instant moments of silence thinking of my life and then I get so sad.... Loss is the worst thing that can ever happen to any one... I mean there are some animals that die because of losing their mate... Humans have this great thing called emotion and it can bring great ecstasy and intense moments of sadness...Unfortunately when we experience emotions like sadness through loss it is so intense we can barely stand it...

I can never decide if sudden loss or knowing there will be loss is worse.... I have experience both and I must say knowing there will be loss for me was better it gave me the opportunity to say goodbye...  But as we are human I know that we all see and feel different about …

(My Sister Tokkie: In Skandes of the onder dorp...)
My Blog is all about sharing life in every step captured...
Next to the side of the highway there was a child sitting curled up from hunger and cold... I was wondering where his parents where?  Did he have family why is he all alone out here begging for money?
As I was driving home I realized I don't have a perfect family and it's made up of all these crazy people you see in these pictures...I love them so much they have always been there for me when my world was crashing down around me....
I know we fight sometime, but in times of need we are always as strong as concrete holding each other up....

(My sisters Aliza, Mom Linda and Sister Carien)

(My Sister Linda)
I know that there is no perfect family and we all have those in the family that drive us nuts.... I have a father like that I don't remember him ever being around... He was always to busy... He didn't come to any of my graduation at university or to any of ou…

Alles het sy bepaalde uur, en vir elke saak onder die Hemel is daar 'n tyd:

'n Tyd om gebore te word en 'n tyd om te sterwe, 'n tyd om te plant, 'n tyd om uit te roeiwat geplant is.

'n Tyd om dood te maaken 'n tyd om gesond te maak, 'n tyd om af te breek en 'n tyd om op te bou... 'n tyd om te ween en 'n tyd om te lag, 'n tyd om te weeklaag en 'n tyd om van vreugde rond te spring....

'n Tyd om klippe weg te gooi en 'n tyd om klippe bemekaar te maak, 'n tyd om te omhels en 'n tyd om ver te wees van omhelsing....

'n tyd om te soek en 'n tyd om verlore te raak, 'n tyd om te bewaar en 'n tyd om weg te gooi.... 'n tyd om te skeur en 'n tyd om aan mekaar te werk... 'n tyd om te swyg en 'n tyd om te spreek....

'n tyd om lief te he en 'n tyd om te haat... 'n tyd vir oorlog en 'n tyd vir vrede....

Als het 'n bepaalde tyd ....

Moving... Don't you just hate it... It always feels like I am moving... My life in boxes....

Three years ago my sister and I started living together in Pretoria and it's been a ride... The First apartment we lived in was so noisy... Of course since I was working most nights and weekends I did not hear the noise, but my sister could take it any more.... So we moved...


First we were skeptical about the place we live in, but after all this time here we really made it home...

Suddenly my sister met someone, fell in love and got engaged... and now we have to take our lives and house apart... although I am staying behind so she can start her new life it feels like I am moving again... The house is filled with boxes.

I hate moving and I hate messy space...

I am now counting the days to moving day....

They say it is Forever and we Promise in sickness and in health and till death do us part.... Then why do we walk out and close the door when things get Hard.... Is it because we pick the easy way out or because we do not want to try any more?

I looked at my hand today and saw my finger was bare... Like I was never married... Like I never loved... I missed a ring on my finger that say I belong to someone and that love is for eternity...  A ring is not just "Bling" it is a symbol of love, eternity and Life joined to someone else....

I have advise for those who wants to give up... If there is no abuse and you are just feeling lost in your relationship I want you to try... Look again... Look at why you fell in love with the person you are with...

I once knew a guy and we spoke every night... The conversation was mostly super visual, only occasionally we  spoke about deep things... One night I told him that you know why I speak to you? He said "No"... I said it is bec…