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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Wednesday, 30 December '09: Waiting for my American 'sister' on her first time visit

I am waiting for the arrival of my AFS 'sister' and her daughter travelling all the way from St Paul-Minneapolis on their first-ever visit to Africa. A last minute re-routeing due to bad weather means they will arrive much later than expected. So as I while away the time, let me post a few holiday pics to show that our Christmas break at Wyndford Holiday Farm in the Eastern Free State was a blast!

The pool gave relief from temperatures in the early 30s C.
The food was scrumptious.

Ryan and Cath left the stress of 2009 far behind.

I was unashamedly lazy. And a very good time was had by all.














6 comments:

Carol Murdock said...

Eleanor...so happy you had a great Christmas!
Have a WONERFUL visit with your sister!
I LOVE the Hollyhocks in the header pic!! xoxo

Vicki Lane said...

What a fantastic header! Do the hollyhocks grow wild? Or is that a bit of someone's garden?

Looks like a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas! -- And a Happy New Year to you!

Jeannette StG said...

Looks like it was a blast! Sometimes we needs to be "lazy" as you call it to recoup!
Happy New Year to you!

Mary said...

Your 'hot' Christmas looked like fun. I was in New York City that week - and 10" of snow fell, it was beautiful! Hope you have a great time with your house guests - just know they will love Africa.

Happy New Year Eleanor - hope it's a great one!

Mary - ACROSS THE POND

SmilingSally said...

I hope you had a great visit with your sister, Eleanor.

We moved into our new home Dec. 17th and I'm just now catching up.

Grand Life said...

Eleanor-- nothing wrong with being lazy. I love your posts and though I haven't been diligent about blogging for the past few months, I always look forward to visiting yours. Judy