Ok ok!! NOT ‘my’ Ass 
…. ‘an’ Ass!!
(I call him Hardy) 
What a wonderful Birthday gift I got this year!
(Jip, jip – I was spoilt ROTTEN by the big Man too 
– but that’s another story 
)
I got to kiss one of G♥D’s favoured animals…
Isn’t he just the most adorable thing EVER??
Taking into account the multitude of websites available with info/advice/guidance on:
Travelling Safety Tips for Tourists
planning to visit our beloved, sunny South Africa,
I thought who better than a few of our virtual fellow countrymen
we call them b(l)oggers ,
to share their best(est) piece(s) of advice for your safe return home?
Here is mine:
How to survive a LION 
encounter :
1. STOP!! NOW LOOK THE LION STRAIGHT IN THE EYE
2. TAKE ONE STEP TO THE RIGHT (NO!! Not THAT RIGHT – YOUR RIGHT! → )
3. TAKE ONE STEP BACKWARDS ↓
4. TAKE ONE STEP TO THE LEFT ←
5. TAKE ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS ↓
6. …AND ANOTHER TO THE RIGHT… →
7. REPEAT ↓ ← ↓ → until the LION is out of sight
Well, ok – so it doesn’t ALWAYS work – 
BUT the right steps in the right order WILL ensure that you don’t step into your own poop
Oh – and one more thing:
ALWAYS pack an extra pair of pants!!
BE SURE TO READ THE COMMENTS BELOW!!!!
All entered by enthusiastic, hospitalized eeehhhhmmm… hospitable (and living) South Africans from all walks of life with one aim in mind:
To help you make your SA experience as painfree as possible.
Kom julle Allermooistes!! Gooi julle eie two cents’ worth… en doenit tog maar in die rooi taal asb, ja??
(Hierdie is nie verniet my beskeie bydrae tot die sukses van ons toerisme bedryf nie.)
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According to legend – when the very first baby laughed for the very first time,
its giggle broke into a thousand pieces,
and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.
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Now, when a new baby is born, its first laughter becomes a fairy.
But some babies receive a special gift at birth –
they keep it for the rest of their lives
to share
with each and everyone they meet
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Now, if any of you have EVER had the golden opportunity to hear our Wipneus giggle -
You will understand that as long as she’s
A L I V E
and H A P P Y
and H E A L T H Y
Whenever she giggles
she is giving life to yet another little fairy…
to make this world a better place.
~ ☼ ~
I wish YOU, dearest Whoopsiemaaikietjie
a long long life,
health, strength and wellbeing,
happiness and blessings beyond belief
AND hundreds of reasons for a thousand giggles a day!
~ ☼ ~
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y! ♥
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Stap fier en vreesloos die Nuwe Jaar binne, Allermooistes! Soos dit ‘n Koningskind betaam!
Be Blessed in 2010!
XXX
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Oh! lovely voices of the sky
Which hailed the Saviour’s birth,
Please keep on singing way up high,
Your hymn for “Peace on Earth”!
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(Foto hierbo: My pa se tuin Sondagmiddag, 20 Des 2009 – vaagweg in die agtergrond die hange van die wingerd)
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Mein Geliebter Papa, liebe Violette
Endlich ist es nun so weit
Weihnachten die stille Zeit
Hab’ grad’ leis’ an Euch gedacht
Und einen Wunsch für Euch gemacht.
Wir wünschen Euch von ganzem Herzen
Licht, Freude und Hoffnung für die Feiertage
Gruss und Kuss
Eure Birgit… und die ganze Kinderschar
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KERSFEES is…
‘n stil glimlag uit die hart
KERSFEES is…
twee hande wat gretig en onbaatsugtig gee
KERSFEES is…
wanneer die ‘ek’ minder belangrik en die ‘ons’ meer belangrik word
KERSFEES is…
wanneer afstand in die hart gemeet word
KERSFEES is…
wanneer oë blink – en ‘n traan nie hartseer en pyn hoef te beteken nie.
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Oh, that I may have peace on earth and peace within my soul
that I may spread that quiet peace wherever I may go
Oh, that that peace will offer me an unconditional heart
for it will come back tenfoldly - that peace that I impart.
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BE BLESSED Allermooistes!
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…for a better past?
I know no way of judging the future but by the past.
The future belongs to those who have reason to hope,
those who have been able to hope through all their pasts
and thus are in the present, which is the past’s future,
simply because their hope has not failed them.
If life grows inhospitable toward my presence,
it is above all because I have lost my sense of hope
somewhere in my past…
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On a lighter note…
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Whether we’re wishing for silver or gold
or the newest gadget that’s remote-controlled
Though requests include music, a book or cologne
we really want hope in the wrapped unbeknown
For hope can come in a million small ways
in as many disguises as the gifts it portrays
Don’t add up the worth of the gifts ’neath your tree
but count all the hope in the giving you see
Each hand that has stuck miles of sellotape
to wrap an unwrappable gift of strange shape
Each finger that merr’ly tied ribbons ‘to knots
Each gift that embodies all your I-never-’want-nots’
Each witnessing eye and each ear that awaits
Your “ooh” and “aah” which clearly translates…
to:
“what IS it??” 
“you shouldn’t have…”
“you didn’t!”
“i love it!!”
“just what I always wanted!” 
“thank you”
Whichever, whatever – may each gift under your tree
serve as a reminder, that HOPE is for free.
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On Heaven & Hope
They share the same initials
They weren’t in my past
but they entered my life together
all skillfully wrapped up and
presented in magnificently crafted human form.
Together they represent my greatest gift ever:
“H³”
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Friends are family you choose for yourself.
Soos ek vroeër vir Pokkeljonsie gesê het – ek het laat gistermiddag een van dié mees WONDERFUL, AWESOME, AMAZING verrassings OOIT gekry!
Wie? EK? Hoekom ek??
Wat het ek gedoen om dit te verdien?
How could I EVER truly be worthy of such a gift?
So, without further ado, allow me to introduce to you the ONE & ONLY, incomparable, unparalleled,
most EXCLUSIVE
piece of Heartwork (Art… HEArt – get it?? )
that I have EVER had the privilege to call my very VERY OWN
(have I mentioned ONE OF A KIND? ) :
‘Hulle’ noem hom “die BB” – dis nou as hulle vir Helge skelm sms’e en eposse stuur met updates oor die vordering en planne beraam rondom die logistics daaragter.
Die “BB” is einste hierbo ↑ of dan nou hieronder ↓ – LW – nie BB, die uwe nie – maar “dié BB” !
NETSOOS ek hom myself voorgestel en gewens het voor – net mooier! en beter! en asemrowend PRESIES en meer as wat ek van kon droom!
Ek het dit al gesê – en ek gaan dit weer (en weer… en WEER sê):
Julle 2 Allermooistes het vir my van altyd af SOVEEL onverklaarbare liefde en omgee gegee dat dit alleen vir my alreeds as “heaven sent” gegeld het.
Maar hierdie ‘klein’ood sal ALTYD as my tasbaarste en kosbaarste reminders aan God se geskenk van vriendskap dien.
Ek verdien dit nie, maar my hart huil van groot GROOT dankbaarheid!
Dankie DANKIE liefste Narciepit - ons weet hoeveel ‘blood, sweat and tears’ hierin moes gegaan het. Ons weet van al die (vrywilliglik) verpligte ure op die elyptical, die broccoli, die toetse, die swart hond gevegte, die werk! EN tyd en aandag aan die LLWD wat moes gejuggle word – en ons staan klein voor jou – voor julle, vir nie net die groot moeite en oënskynlike picture perfect handewerk en vakmanskap, maar vir die liefde wat uit hierdie meesterstuk uitstraal.
En Vriending, DANKIE vir die onbaatsugtigheid waarmee jy die Narcie deel – as ek vir jou een geskenk kon gee, was dit die vermoë om jouself deur my oë te sien – only then would you know how extremely magnificent you are.
Thank you for chosing us to be your friends!
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Het ek al gesê dat ek nie éénkeer verby ‘die BB’ kan stap sonder om daaraan te vat nie?
Het julle die chopping bord gesien?? Dié was sommer óók nog daarby!
Het ek al vertel dat ek ‘n stupid smile op my bakkies kry elke keer as ek vir my eie-eie BB kyk?
Het ek al genoeg dankie gesê? Sal ek ooit genoeg dankie kan sê??
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Pokkeljonsietjie, as daar ‘n oom in julle oprit inry, met ‘n silwergrys bakkie en ‘n oulike tannie met ‘n bril op die punt van haar neusie en ‘n stout-stil glimlag in die oë – en hulle spring daar uit en begin die bakkie se seil agter losmaak, moet jy móói dink en jou verbeelding gebruik…
Daardie oom, Pokkeltjie, het net ‘n rooi hoed, ‘n wit baard en ‘n verekussing onder ‘n rooi jas nodig…
Ek wonner tog soms oor al die nagte wat hy so sleg slaap dalk is hy dan besig in droomland, hard aan die werk om vir iemand te kom báááie blydskap bring hierdie tyd van die jaar
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Allerliefste Pokkeljonsie
Kom kyk gou hier!!!
Ek het gistermiddag die verrassing van my lewe gekry!
Ek sukkel nog bietjie om die regte woorde te kry, Pokkel – maar jy verstaan dit mos amper beter as enigiemand wat ek ken, nê? Daar is net nie genoeg woorde in my kop se woordeboeke om te sê wat in my hart aangaan nie; maar ek is seker as ek tot een-miljoen-en-10 tel en rustig asemhaal sal ek nou-nou als kan sê wat ek graag wil sê.
In die tussentyd wil jy dalk solank ‘n speletjie speel?
Ons noem dit “raai-raai-riepa” en dit werk so:
Kan jy raai WAT dit is?
En as jy dalk nie kan raai wát dit is nie,
wil jy miskien raai WIE my so verras het??
Ek’s nou weer terug dan kyk ons of jy reg is? Reg? Reg!!
NS. Baie BAIE dankie vir die mooi briefie wat jy vir Kersvader geskryf het! Ek hoop al jou wense word waar
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