I realise that I have been very lax in blogging. Many fun things have been happening as well as some traumatic things - so just a normal time in the life of the Kitten.The first week back at work after a long couple of weeks leave is always tough and mine was not only the …
Walkin on Sunshine
I love how my skin feels after I've showered following a day of swimming and sunbathing, my skin tight and just slightly sunburnt. Slipping on something cool and cotton is heavenly. I love that I can have that feeling at my own home without it being limited to going away once a year to a …
Unlucky Thirteen
I must say I am not sorry to see the end of 2013. Maybe it's true that 13 is unlucky? We have had such loss. My children's childhood nanny and 2nd Mom/Grandmom passed away, my stepfather passed away, my son lost 2 kittens, this week a bird died in my care and then today I …
Raga-Fabulous
Like the proverbial fat kid at the candy store we have been peering through the windows of Ragafellows for weeks, watching the changes to the familiar old Cape Dutch building which has been a part of Hout Bay Main Road for the 20 years I have been visiting Hout Bay. It's been transformed completely, stripped …
Spoiled For Choice
Tourist season has arrived in Cape Town. The traffic is busy, the shops more crowded, and the weather is fabulous. We have had several new restaurants pop up. I hope they all succeed as it's lovely to have so many choices as we eat out a lot. This is a 3 day weekend in SA …
Goodbye Tata, Sleep Well
I first moved to South Africa in 1990, the year before Nelson Mandela became president of the ANC and 3 years before he became the 1st black SA president. I was pregnant with Lily, my 3rd child and the country was pregnant with anticipation, a change was in the air. The world was focused on …
African Extremes
South Africa is such a place of vast divergences in life styles of people living very close to each other, especially in our small village of Hout Bay. This was so evident to me this weekend. With the girls in George for the holidays, Norm and I had a cosy weekend in planned, just us …
An Elephant Never Forgets
I remember when I first heard about genetic memory. It was in regards to elephants and that they can locate water holes they have not visited in generations. I guess I never thought about the concept that humans can also exhibit genetic memory until recently. Is it actually genetic memory, or is it a memory …
She Talks To Angels
The week since our party has been full on so I was very happy to see the arrival of the weekend. Sunday we went to Alphenstube. The food was beautifully cooked. I had chicken schnitzel and chips and a side of sauerkraut which I love but seldom have. Norm had a lovely looking big steak …
“I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them Sam-I-Am.”
Halloween has always been one of my favourite holidays. I’ve always loved the freedom of being in a fancy dress outfit. The funny thing is I don’t have a single childhood memory of trick or treating. We lived out in the country side – miles away from much of anything except a few other houses, …
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Kitten in the City 