And some ...

... pictures of my friends from chess ... :o)

These boys aren't giants ... I'm crouching down!!

Playing Chess ...

I play chess on Tuesday afternoons with Auntie Jean and some of the local kids ... since I don't know how to play chess and I don't speak much Afrikaans ... it's quite an adventure! But I love it, and the kids are amazing (not necessarily at chess!).

Marelise's birthday ... take 2 ....

Birthday celebration number 2 ...

the birthday girl with Andrea

Brett and Charis

Charis and Craig

me and Andrea

And my favourites ...

Marelise's birthday ... take 1 ...

Celebrating Marelise's birthday on the actual day ... Happy Birthday to you ...

Marelise

Dinner at Bukhara ...

The Indian restaurant look ...

Marelise, Charis and Andrea

Laughing ...

Ab and Marelise

And the headband ...

And the photographic aid for the night was the headband ...

I don't think I've laughed this much in a long time ... not just at the headbands :-)

Dinner with Claude and Flip ...

Claude

Charis

Me!

Flip

Figs ...

Marelise learned about the proper way to add figs to crackers and cheese ....

And see the joy on her face after a successful fig-etiquette-lesson ... and she passed! Phew :-)

A visit from a giant moth ...

We were very brave ... and acted like girls ... :-)

Quick dash to the beach ... because we can!!

It was blowing a gale at the beach so while we watched while the boys made an epic run to the water ...

... and back ...

Marelise, Charis, Siviwe, Rico

Reading and drinking tea ...

Rico

Robyn

Siviwe

My "Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade" book made the rounds ... it's hilarious!

And some tea drinking ...

Marelise