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Autumn

Autumn has been great with hot sunny days, not hot like mid-summer, but comfortable, many here say that it's the time of the year they enjoy the most.
Louise and I were able to enjoy a nice Sunday lunch out in our garden yesterday with birds singing all around us, man it was great.
The picture above is of a male Double Collared Sun Bird; we often have a pair visit our garden, both male and female. We have an empty plot next door to us and usually they are their but of late they have been spending more and more time in our garden and are quickly becoming one of my favorite birds. The female isn't so bright but together they look great.

I'm still not used to the weather here, autumn in my mind means cold wet days with winter looming. However, I do miss the autumn colours of the UK, we don't really get anything like it here. Autumn here to me, is a bit like spring in that our plants start blooming and growth is plentiful.
Incredibly, in less then four weeks my mum will be here. I can't wait to show her my home and let her see something of my life here in South Africa. I'm excited as I think about her arrival but I also know that between now and then we're going to be pretty busy. I haven't decorated my living room yet and hope to be able to do so. Louise and I have chosen our colours, I think when it's done it's going to look great.
Louise today, has started a lift club to st Frances with the manager of st Frances Spar Supermarket. We've been looking for such an opportunity to share the driving and petrol costs for a long time now, it's going to make quite a difference to us. The cost of living is going up everywhere and for everyone, we see this lift club as yet another way God is providing for us, how blessed we are. Many in Jeffrey's Bay are really feeling the pinch, I can't begin to imagine how the people living in the townships are managing. The government here is looking at ways to change the way food is taxed, we're hoping that this will see food prices finally stabilizing.
Well, that's about it for now guys, thanks for reading.
As I finish of this entry my ears are filled with the sound of the sea, the tide must be coming in, it's roaring away nicely; that's one thing I'm going to be sharing with mum soon, anyone else fancy joining her?

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Short wheel base!

I would like to introduce you to Jerry!

Look at that frown!

Louise and I have added to our family, much to the rest of the households discussed!

Max, whom you've met in some of my others entries is the kind of dog who just loves to be with other dogs. We often see them on the beach and he goes wild playing with them. At home, with Louise out at work and me working on my studies, finds Max pretty much left to himself and feeling rather bored and depressed. Have you ever seen a depressed dog!! So anyway, for some time we have spoken about getting another dog for companionship for him and Jerry is the result. We can't afford another big dog so we chose to go for a short wheel base version.

The rest of the house is in varying degrees of disarray, the cats just can't work out what on earth we were thinking about and Max is like, man this thing just won't leave me alone! Don't be fooled by this cute face, Jerry is one feisty Jack Russell!

Jerry has been with us for two weeks now and is nine weeks old, he is a hit with ever guest who comes into our home and after two weeks his brother and sisters (Max and the cats, Pippa and Tessa) are even starting to except him. I think all will be well in our house, (one day anyway!).

(Wow, those socks are bad man!)

Max won't admit it I'm sure, but he is starting to like his little mate sleeping with him!