Road trip

Dad and I went to Liverpool this weekend. WOW!!! What a great place.

We stayed at John Lennon Airport at the Holiday Inn. Took the bus into town and walked around Albert Docks, which are the old docks of the city, now converted into a modern shopping and restaurant mecca. Also home to the Beatles Museum.

At 14h30 we went on the Magical Mystery Tour, discovering interesting things about the Beatles, like how they all met, where they lived and placed featured in famous songs like Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields.

We had dinner at Blue in Albert Docks, and then went for a few drinks in town. We took a taxi home and chatted to the Liverpodian taxi driver. A hard accent to understand, but the people are soooo friendly.

After breakfast on Sunday morning we drove to Anfield, home of Liverpool FC. Then we headed back home.

Thanks for a lovely weekend Dad!!!

Love you!

Click here for our photos and comments on the places

Murphy - the dog with 9 lives

Yesterday, I was performing a long overdue clean of my car in the car park in front of my house. Murphy was playing in the garden, which is enclosed. He is forever barking, and at one stage when I switched off the vacuum cleaner, it was ever so quiet. I was quite please that he had found something to amuse himself with, and stopped barking.

I carried on with my cleaning, only to hear the sound of silence once again when I turned the hoover off. I though to myself that he must be digging or chewing, as that is the only time he keeps quiet in the garden.

I continued hoovering............truth be told, the next minute I see a little black head pop into the car next to me, panting like he's just run the Durban July......

Upon investigation, I found he had somehow managed to bend open the chicken wire my dad had put up to secure the garden. I reckon this has been a "project" or "escape plan" he has been working on for a few weeks, as the hole was rather large. Something like the canine version of the Shawshank Redemption. The only thing he still had to do was cover the hole with a photo of Lassie!

He must have been out and about for 10-15 minutes, but the prodical son returned, just like that time in South Africa, only slightly sooner this time. (Thanks Murphs)

Bless you Murphy - you're a true Legend!

I Love you Baby

Just look at the proud grandparents...

Dad is so good with the editing of movie files!

Model for Advanced Hair Studio

Duppies does London

My good friends Francois and Jeanne, as Jeanne's cousin and hubby, came to visit me here in the UK.

They spent 2 weeks in Croatia on a yacht, and ended their holiday in the UK. We spent some time in London, visited Bath and Bradford-on-Avon and Stonehenge.

Click here to see our photos.

It was so lovely to see them again, and made me realise how much I miss them, and all my other loved ones in SA. Thank goodness my family is here.

So here's to all my friends in SA!! Who's visiting next??

Liam my Love

On Sunday 1 June 2008 my beautiful Nephew was born. (for those of my Afrikaans friends, that's not my "nefie", it's my brother's child). William Daniel Cowle was born at 2:10am on Sunday morning 1 June 2008.

I have never in my life experienced such intense love so quickly. I find it truly amazing to be in someones life from the very beginning of it. God has blessed our family so graciously with this beautiful baby boy, and my parents are the proudest Grandparents ever. Leon and Elizma are the most natural new parents, and Liam could not have been blessed with a better home. In the words of my own grandfather, who is sure to be smiling down on Liam - "Still Beautiful!"

Click here for Liam's first photos

Click here for the first family visit

Click here for the beautiful video on the Cowle Family blog

with all my love, Liam

Tannas

Sardinia, Italy - 2008

What a wonderful holiday I shared with my parents in Sardinia, Italy.

Click here for the photo's or click here for my Dad's blog, with some info on our trip, and a short video