I took an impulsive, unscheduled break in beautiful Tulbagh this week. I am home now, but I think I left part of my soul behind.
This is what I found there:
1. A wonderful friend with a wonderful cottage in the middle of nowhere, a sleeper couch, peace and quiet.
2. A lot of cows. Early in the morning, this one didn’t seem to want to have her photo taken. But I was intrepid.
I felt like a genuine wildlife photographer getting this shot. I’d silently tracked her a good 10 metres along the garden fence, and was rewarded by this split-second itch-scratch.
3. Apparently I was being tracked myself. Mia kept a beady eye on me from the roof.
4. A thousand mountains.
(Don’t worry, I won’t show you them all).
5. A little girl called Lila-Raine, for whom I made a quick headband:
6. A peacock who, with a display like this, must have mistaken me for a peahen. I was flattered.
7. Garden creatures that had my heart stopping with horror when I first laid eyes on them. Tina assured me they were grasshoppers, but they looked like prehistoric human eyeball-suckers to me. I kept my car windows tightly wound up at all times for fear that one of these things would fly or jump inside my car.
8. An amazingly gorgeous shop that belongs to Susan, Tina’s sister, in new premises in Buitenkant Street. More about the Marmalade Angel tomorrow.
Now you see why I didn’t want to come home.
To be continued…
Nice piece of work 
Good to see on a break away you still manage to get in a little makey-do-ey!
Indeed. I had more wool and stuff packed in the car than anything else! God forbid I should get the urge to make something and NOT BE ABLE TO. :-)
Book me in please. My books and crafty stuff is packed. Oh and a few clothes as well.
Brilliant. I’m about ready to head back….. :-)
Hi Jill!
I’m so glad that you were able to stop and smell the roses. :) You deserve a break and I know you had a good time hooking a little headband or 2. Looking forward to seeing more pictures and hearing more about your trip.
Love and Hugs,
Tamara
Indeed. Thanks for your comment :-)
xxx
What a wonderful break! Great photos Jill x
Thanks. Apparently I left a library book behind so, sigh, I’ll have to return very very soon :-)
Sounds and looks like a great trip! Pretty headbands. Do they have elastic or are they naturally stretchy?
The yellow one, which was Lila-Rain’s mother’s, had some shirring elastic running invisibly through it. The green one which I made didn’t have any shirring because I didn’t have any with me, and Tina’s sewing box was bare, so I ran through a couple of inches of 0.5mm corded elastic and tried to stitch it as invisibly as possible. I did it at the back so I think her hair will cover it. “-)
Thanks for that I”l remember it in case I get round to making any myself.
Happy Thanksgiving Jill!! I love getaways too…and that peacock lol!!!
That peacock actually showed me its backside first, I was quite put out. I didn’t post that picture hahahaha
Grasshopers, my @ss!!!! *shudder*
Happy that you had a happy and fun time <3
There was one on the gate when I reached out to open it – Tina says even the cows stopped chewing the cud when they heard me screaming and squawking… you can’t really see from the pic but they are MASSIVE.
I believe you!!!