Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Friday, May 18, 2012

Well, can you believe it? Today it's been exactly a year since I arrived in Coffee Bay... A lot has happened and a lot has changed. I'm looking forward to some more exciting things to happen in the next couple of months! Thank You God for all the rich experiences and new friendships. Guide me to always walk in Your will and thank You for Your grace when I stumble.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Rural Reading Hut, May 2012

The

Rural Reading Hut

Coffee Bay

A cosy corner for rural kids

to read stories, broaden horizons and improve language skills.

The building of the Reading Hut is now within sight of being completed and needs your support!

We need books!

(Children’s books, Easy English books, Magazines: Big Issue, You, etc.)

Financial support will also be much appreciated for…

(the roof, the floor, the door, window glass, plastering, painting, shelves, table, chairs)

Please contact Lavonne for more information / to arrange the collection of books.

Lavonnebosman@gmail.com,

084 548 5659

www.wildcoastgypsygirl.blogspot.com

Lavonne Bosman, ABSA, Savings acc nr 428174879, Branch 632005

Every dog has it's day... Pension Day

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Wet Tuesday

It's been raining rather heavily since last night. Thank God it's just stopped. (9:21) Hopefully for long enough so the water (in and) around my tent will go down. Yes, it got up to the point where things start floating again. (I've got everything quite organised though- so nothing was actually floating this time).

Aquila the dog was hiding away in the tent (trying to find a spot that's high and dry). I try to keep her outside (fleas...) But she knows how to be just too darn cute. Now she's splashing around in the pool around the tent.

Anyway. The boys didn't come, but if it doesn't start raining again soon, I guess they will pitch up. Ah, here's Thobile now. Cold and wet. Not even wearing a jacket. Got to go.

Reading Hut Roof-progress

Roy, my faithful builder (left), and his new assistant

Saturday's view of the Reading Hut

Some future Reading-Superstars!

Things are going well, apart from a few minor difficulties. On Wednesday evening after dark, the counsellor’s men brought the long-awaited poles for the rondavel roof. 18 Very long tree stumps.

The following day I paid a guy R50 to peel the bark off the ‘trees'. On Friday Bernie did me a big favour with his truck and took the poles up to the hill for me. Saturday morning at 6:00 am Roy and his new assistant started putting up the poles. Now it is done! I can see the poles it sticking out from my caravan. Exciting.

Do you want to know about the mission I’ve had with the poles until now? About 2 weeks ago another guy promised to go and get me the poles and asked me R500 for it. A few hours later I saw the same guy in the street, completely drunk (with my money of course). Then he promised that he’d get the poles the next day. Yea right. A week later I went to the police to send him a message that I won’t lay charges if he brings my money back. The same day he comes back to me and promises to bring back the money and says that we can talk then about me giving him another job... All this while being drunk again. Well, I’ll wait until the end of the month to see if he’s actually going to bring back the money.

(If anyone wants to make a contribution towards the completion of the roof, that would be tremendously appreciated... Thatch is going to cost about R2 000, then it's another R600 for twine and small poles. Then labour costs as well. Hidden costs always pop up too.

Bank details: Lavonne Bosman, ABSA, Savings acc: 4298174879, Branch 632005) Thank you!

Oh! And don't forget the books...xxx

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Elliot

The past long weekend I was privileged enough to visit my friend Erica in a place called Elliot, about 3 hours drive from Coffee Bay (towards the Drakensberg). It was a beautiful weekend... I couldn't stop photographing everything around me of course.