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It has been a while since a “What We Are Reading Post…” but trust me we have as usual been immersed in piles of books!!! From time to time we join Playing By the Book in their Monthly Series of Themed Book Reviews and when I told my kids that the theme this month was [...]

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Remember when we were desperately searching for cows to visit and we just couldn’t find them… Well patience played it’s card and we have finally discovered cows!!! We were recently invited on a visit to Fair Cape Dairies… And I fell you the truth if i were a cow then this is where I would [...]

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This is Cape Town’s very best kept secret… While most folk want to visit in the heart of summer, when the wind blows and the heat is… well hot… the best time of year is now. Before the winter rains and after the Summer heat there is a perfect lull… of warm wind free days [...]

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What could be a better thing to do for Earth Day than to get outdoors and go looking out for whales… We happen to live in a part of the world where land-based whale watching is at it’s best. During our winter months each year we welcome the Southern Right Whales to our shore and [...]

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You know how we love traveling… virtual traveling or real traveling… we cannot let a voyage go past us without exploring just a little bit!!! So we have been making folding travel guides… Of course we were inspired and this is possibly one of the most adorable GiveAways we have ever had… when these little [...]

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Welcome to a week of Se7en + 1 Crafty GiveAways on our blog Se7en + 1 Creative Posts Back to Back Some books inspire you to make an art gallery… and this is one of them… Recently I attended the PanMacMillan Children’s Presentation for 2013 and I have to say I literally grabbed this book [...]

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Friday 22 March and it was World Water Day again… a day to reflect on the richness of having running water in our home. And there are heaps of interesting facts to read about on the official site. We printed out the press release and read our way through it. If you are looking for [...]

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