The Wilsons

Well, K's folks arrived safely from Perth yesterday afternoon. Both K and I went to the airport to collect them, in the event that there was more luggage than could be put into one boot - but it wasn't necessary, as Roy and Sharon had packed very conservatively. Had a couple of welcome drinks at our place with K's gran and cousin Rory. We then went out for a quick dinner up the road at Adega.
Its good to see Roy and Sharon again - they are both looking well - a little tired after the 11 odd hours of daylight flying time, but both seem quite happy to be on a well deserved holiday.
We also spotted Mcnaught again last night, but there was quite a bit of pollution in the air, so a photo was not really an option. Hopefully it will still be around this evening.

POTD: 19 Jan 2006

The tools that will help K enhance her ornithological skills this year. Its one of her goals for 2007. We leave for Clarens on Monday and these books will be following her in her attempt to identify as many birds as possible.

POTD: 18 Jan 2006

It should have been the comet, but I guess this orchid in our loft will have to do.

Comet McNaught

We were fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of Comet McNaught last night, passing through the western skies and down over the horizon. I'm annoyed that I didn't get a picture of it - I had good intentions of posting as the POTD, but discovered that the batteries on my digital camera were flat, and my N73 camera zoom would not have picked anything up. Also tried to find it with the telescope, but by the time I had everything setup, it had pretty much disappeared from view. The weather was perfect too - clean air and no clouds. Oh well, maybe we'll have better luck this evening. The link above takes you to the Wikipedia article - there are some nice pics that people in Cape Town, and Australia/NZ have taken if you want to see what it looked like.

Visitors from Down Under

K and I spent this past weekend preparing our spare bedroom for the arrival of her folks in two days time. Yup, we've managed to pretty much fill our little townhouse in the 5 years that we have been here, to the point where there is just no more space. So...in order to make the spare room as comfortable as possible, we've stored some of the excess linen at my folks place. We also managed to offload some of the 'not so essential' household items in the process :-).
The long and the short of it, is that Roy and Sharon now have a full cupboard, with hanging space, and a clean and clutter free room. I never thought it possible when we attempted the task on Saturday morning.
They arrive on Friday evening, and will be with us for just over three weeks. Its been about 3 years since they left, and I'm interested to see how they view SA since they left. Either way, we're looking forward to spending lots of quality time with them whilst they are here.

POTD: 17 Jan 2007

OK, without wanting to show off, I had to take this picture. Its my tee shot on the Par 3 15th hole at Obs. As you can see from the pic above, that ball is within a metre-and-a-half of the cup. This time, I did put it down for a birdie

POTD: 16 Jan 2007

Late afternoon traffic on the M1 south. Glad I was going the opposite way - which was pretty free flowing. Played my first game of squash of the new season last night. Was good to run around on court again, even though I did go down 2-3, although very tight match in the end.

POTD: 15 Jan 2006

Dinner at Moyo with Frank, Jo, Richard, K, G, and Lance and Pat (pictured). Food was tasty enough - service not that great. Was good catching up with the Hoff, and the rest of the mates again.

POTD: 14 Jan 2007

Women...clothing....sales...? Need I say more about how we spent Sunday morning?