I forgot to post these pics of the fun little Children's park they have at Vergelegen.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Vergelegen: Part 2
I forgot to post these pics of the fun little Children's park they have at Vergelegen.
Vergelegen
Vergelegen Farm is one of my favorite places to go.
It's the sort of place you go when you feel life is too hectic and you need to just get away for a while.
I also like to go there during the different seasons. It's amazing to see the changes.
I remember going there last Spring.
On Tuesday I took my dad and kids there. My dad and I had a cup of coffee and the kids each had a milkshake. Sitting there we had a stunning view.
This carved wooden acorn is actually quite huge! If I went and stood by it, the top of the stem would be shoulder height!
I could never take too many photographs of roses!
Love the pops of red on this tree.
The light..ah the light!
A beautiful camillia
And another...
I'm so torn between whether a yellow rose or a orange rose is my favorite...
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your visit today!
What color rose is your favorite?
It's the sort of place you go when you feel life is too hectic and you need to just get away for a while.
I also like to go there during the different seasons. It's amazing to see the changes.
I remember going there last Spring.
On Tuesday I took my dad and kids there. My dad and I had a cup of coffee and the kids each had a milkshake. Sitting there we had a stunning view.
There is this really cool water fountain-a wine glass! Quite appropriate for a Wine Estate!
I love this amazing lavender!
What color rose is your favorite?
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Crochet : Baby blanket / Snood / itty bitty pieces
Hello lovelies!
My sister commissioned me to make her a baby blanket and a few hats and hair bands for her soon-to-be grand daughter a few months ago.
The blanket took longer than I had wanted to take on it. But then again I am not the fastest at crochet.
I am very happy with it though. The colors are not my personal cup of tea, but I know my sister likes them and chose them. I do love the yarn though-so soft and thick and warm. I decided to crochet the squares together using two of the colors in the blanket. It added to it's coziness and thickness. I finished it off with a row of dc orange and then a thick border of white. (simply 4 rows of dc followed by one edge all the way around of ch5, sl st.
I always struggle with the arrangement of the squares, being careful not to have the same color together either across or down. For a bit of contrast I threw in some squares that had all the colors in.
Here you can see the rows where it is joined at the back, some in pink and some in orange.
I am quite in love with it, even though the colors were not my favorite...it was my best constructed blanket I think and even hubby commented on what a great job I did! *now you say "awww"*
I also made a snood for my niece and an infinity cowl for my sis.
Other random crochet odds and ends include some trim I made for my scrap booking projects.
And a white shelf edging from Simply Crochet magazine.
The edging was just a trial run but I think I am going to make a longer one for my laundry room.
So that is my latest in the crochet world. I also made my daughter a hat which I will post about soon.
What crochet projects are you doing at the moment? If you don't crochet, what other projects do you have on the go?
My sister commissioned me to make her a baby blanket and a few hats and hair bands for her soon-to-be grand daughter a few months ago.
The blanket took longer than I had wanted to take on it. But then again I am not the fastest at crochet.
I am very happy with it though. The colors are not my personal cup of tea, but I know my sister likes them and chose them. I do love the yarn though-so soft and thick and warm. I decided to crochet the squares together using two of the colors in the blanket. It added to it's coziness and thickness. I finished it off with a row of dc orange and then a thick border of white. (simply 4 rows of dc followed by one edge all the way around of ch5, sl st.
I always struggle with the arrangement of the squares, being careful not to have the same color together either across or down. For a bit of contrast I threw in some squares that had all the colors in.
I also made a snood for my niece and an infinity cowl for my sis.
My sister is holding the baby shower this coming weekend but I won't be able to make it, so I sent this crocheted bunting I made for the baby's room. It's not shown in the photo, but I ended up sewing the ribbon to the bunting as it kept shifting.
Other random crochet odds and ends include some trim I made for my scrap booking projects.
And a white shelf edging from Simply Crochet magazine.
The edging was just a trial run but I think I am going to make a longer one for my laundry room.
So that is my latest in the crochet world. I also made my daughter a hat which I will post about soon.
What crochet projects are you doing at the moment? If you don't crochet, what other projects do you have on the go?
Monday, June 10, 2013
Weekend Hiking
Hi there friends.
Weekends in winter are often spent indoors due to a number of reasons:
*It's too cold to go outside
*It's raining too much to go anywhere
*It's warmer and cozier to stay indoors and watch movies, light a fire, read a book, crochet, play cards.
But sometimes the sun bursts out from it's hiding place and we don jackets, scarves, boots and head out for an outing. It's a good thing we did this every now and then or I am sure we would resemble hermit crabs -pasty white skin and all.
Sunday saw such an opportunity after a few days of intense cold and rain.
We went to the Helderberg Hiking Trails and did a good hour and a half hike with the kids. Nothing to intense, a slow ramble through a cold and wet forest, around a pond and then across the vineyards and up the mountain. Our walk was rather disappointingly cut short due to a huge tree that had fallen across the path. It was impossible to walk around as thick thorny bushes grew to the left and right. So we had to turn around and go back.
However this was our rather lovely view from the top of the little hill we climbed. You can see the ocean in the distance.
Beautiful vineyards and farm land
A rather old and sad looking bunch of grapes still clinging awkwardly to the vine!
washed down with a scrumptious pear, apple and cherry pie with custard.
Yum...Winter is definitely something to enjoy!
Weekends in winter are often spent indoors due to a number of reasons:
*It's too cold to go outside
*It's raining too much to go anywhere
*It's warmer and cozier to stay indoors and watch movies, light a fire, read a book, crochet, play cards.
But sometimes the sun bursts out from it's hiding place and we don jackets, scarves, boots and head out for an outing. It's a good thing we did this every now and then or I am sure we would resemble hermit crabs -pasty white skin and all.
Sunday saw such an opportunity after a few days of intense cold and rain.
We went to the Helderberg Hiking Trails and did a good hour and a half hike with the kids. Nothing to intense, a slow ramble through a cold and wet forest, around a pond and then across the vineyards and up the mountain. Our walk was rather disappointingly cut short due to a huge tree that had fallen across the path. It was impossible to walk around as thick thorny bushes grew to the left and right. So we had to turn around and go back.
A rather old and sad looking bunch of grapes still clinging awkwardly to the vine!
Of course wintery weekends always calls for some good old-fashioned home made chicken pie
washed down with a scrumptious pear, apple and cherry pie with custard.
Yum...Winter is definitely something to enjoy!
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