Today we are celebrating Christelle's 21 birthday at Dunes Restaurant. We are proud of her and this is my message to her. So now you're Twenty One years old And here's a line to say How many happy joys are wished For you upon this day And just another word or so About the future too May happiness go with you, May all your hopes come true, And in the most delightful ways May life be good to you! And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are her...

On America's Independance Day I decided to write about my love for Jeeps, the American vehicle who has played such a major part in the liberation of Europe during WWII and subsequenlty in many other parts of the world. My love for Jeeps started as a young school boy who always saw the Jeep in war movies. As a teenager we visited family in the Bushveld near Alma and we went into the mountains with a 1960s CJ5. In my high school days I wanted to rebuild an old Wag...

There is something about trees that always attract me. In summer they give you shade and protection from the harsh African sun and in winter the dry wood of old tree can be used to keep you warm. The sun rising or setting over the African landscape is always a special time. The view of dry branches against the steel grey of the winter sky has a mystic that cannot be easily explained. Perhaps it is the realization that we all know we are going through different s...