Monday, June 25, 2012

Welsh terrier en die Onmoontlike bloedlyn...

ek kan dit nie glo nie.
die een hond, enkel, Uno...
waarop ek verlief raak...

is skaars.
nee, regtig, soos in "aan die uitsterf "
"protected pets list...."
min het ek geweet dat hulle in die jaar 2000 ingevoer is 
en van daar het die getalle net NOOIT toegeneem nie.
 daar is slegs 17 mense in die land wat die regte, skoon bloedlyn het.
 ♥
Chris sê my so 'n maand terug dat hy nie telers kry nie...
 eintlik: hy kry nêrens 'n klein- Welsh Terrier nie...
my eerste reaksie: 
ja, nee, natuurlik net gegoogle "welsh terrier puppies" en toe opgehou...

rooskleurige-skaamte, toe ek vanaand hoor hy praat met 'n eksentrieke- Goodwood knaap wat sy reun geneem het na 'n Pretoriase- vrou, sodat die reun en tefie van naderby kon kennis maak...
en nadat jy iets wat lyk soos 'n verband-aansoek ingedien het, sal die eienaars met jou praat...
jy kry Yorkshire Terriers, 
 Scottish Terriers,
 Irish terriers, Bull terriers, 
Airedale Terriers... 
en dan natuurlik my geliefde:  
Welsh Terriers.

kyk wat sê wikipedia:

"Welsh Terriers were developed to hunt independently 
and this required that they be very assertive and stoic dogs. 
As a consequence, developing obedience in a Welsh Terrier
 is a long term proposition
 and one has to constantly work on and reinforce the training. 

They rank 53rd in Stanley Coren's The Intelligence of Dogs, being of average working/obedience intelligence. 
This, however, does not mean that Welsh Terriers
 fail to learn or understand commands, 
just that they tend to make their own decisions; 
thus the need for constant reinforcement.
 When acting on their own, 
they are quite creative 
and quick in decision making."


 Dit is so so my tipe hond !!

so- Lang storie kort te knip:
ons is eers om die bos gelei deur 'n skelm-smous-pseudo- puppy-verkoper in Durban...
gelukkig geen finansiele skade nie, 
Chris het dadelik 'n rot geruik...


Nou by die ware Jakob:
 
ons is op die waglys.... 
ons is nommer 18!
maar omdat ons die Goodwood-man verseker het 
dat ons nie gaan teel nie, bump hy ons op na nommer 3. 
ons wil net 'n troeteldier hê.
Troetel dier.
mooi woord.
regtig
al wat
ek wil
hê.
vir Kersfees ( of so wil dit my voorkom... )
ons due-date is Kersfees.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

person of the week: Robert Collier



It is your work 
to clear away 
the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, 
so that you may bring
 into plain view 
the precious thing
 at the center
 of the mass.

Robert Collier.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

hello Saterdag!


Saterdag, jys koud en mistig en moeilik
maar ek gaan jou regsien met
'n pragtige- Universiteitsdorp-ontbyt..
uitklophou: is 2 jong-mammies se glimlagte
en 2 sprankelende gesigte vol stories van
avontuur
verandering
en vreugde.
so hou op neul hier om my voete 
en sloer iewers anders


Friday, June 22, 2012

mumford & sons lyrics

Rip the earth in two with your mind
Seal the urge which ensues with brass wires
I never meant you any harm
But your tears feel warm as they fall on my forearm

But close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile

How can you say that your truth is better than ours?
Shoulder to shoulder, now brother, we carry no arms
The blind man sleeps in the doorway, his home
If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could have won

But I gave you all

Close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile

But I gave you all

But you rip it from my hands
And you swear it's all gone
And you rip out all I have
Just to say that you've won

Well now you've won

Thursday, June 21, 2012

of death and dying

And death is at your doorstep.

And it will steal your innocence,

but it will not steal your substance.

But you are not alone in this...

- Mumford & Sons

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

of all the places in the world... and of all the sounds.. i heard your voice

of all the era's ... you were born in that specific year
when good music was made
went to that specific University
and taught.
where equations and ratio's were important.
went to do that specific job
where kindness was not required
but you had tons
mentioned that your favourite was
Milan Kundera's Unbearable Lightness of being

and at that moment:
i heard

i heard you

GFC

G0ld... melting.... my heart







Constance
Maldives




Tuesday, June 19, 2012

engage

I recently read this article about
children being sent to therapists /
 coaches / specialists / psychologists
/ play specialists...

this is good:
"Obsession with thechnology
 is eroding our sense of physical potential
and our sense of continuity of daily life..
2 decades ago children played ball,
dug tunnels and made bow & arrows. 
They experienced their world directly,
and thus had a sense of time and space.
Now our lives involve less activity.
we push buttons, stare at screens or tablets rather than 
interact with the forces of nature, earth, wind, waves, etc.

children spend time with computer games or watching Disney channel.. 
they don't learn about delayed gratification,
attention, engagement with another human....
they just flick through channels
and want new playstation games...
artificially getting a "sense of victory" when they finish a stage.

but hey: occupational therapy,
 remedial teachers and child-psychologists make their money..

mmm......

Monday, June 18, 2012

missing you are missing you

you are missing
you are gone
i try to remember
but it is hard

becasue there is so much gone'ness...

i do remember
the ease

Sunday, June 17, 2012

person of the week: Kylie Jackes

She finds connection

She creates



She uses words like "frivolous"


read more about her by clicking here 



Saturday, June 16, 2012

what a wonderful experience...

I really enjoyed looking after Luca... 
he is so gentle and self sufficient...
 there really is no "looking after".
he made the best scrambled eggs this morning!

I could warm up the idea of children.... a baby next year perhaps?
mom says it is hard work to get them to age 11....
but it appears to be totally worth it!


Thursday, June 14, 2012

I have custody of an 11 year old! is that SAFE ?!

yay!
its wonderful having a boy!
11 years old
He dresses himself
makes himself tea
and gives the warmest hugs.

Go Luca !!


Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Sunday, June 10, 2012

person of the week: Tim Kring

ok, so I'm mildly obsessed 
with the TV series: TOUCH.
person of the week: 
Creator: Tim Kring.
 
I love it
I Love it.
I can't stop watching it !
Consciousness is all and everything in the virtual hologram 
of our experiences brought into awareness by the brain
an electrochemical machine forever viewing streaming codes 
for experience and interpretation. 

 Consciousness originates from a source of light energy
 for the purpose of learning. 
 The human biogenetic experiment is consciousness 
brought forth into the physical by the patterns 
of sacred geometry that repeat in cycles called Time. 








Saturday, June 9, 2012

saturday sun



Beautiful drawing by a Boston ( USA ) artist.
I;m loving all things Boston these days....

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Fox- broadcasting: TOUCH

There is a beautiful, touching show on FOX:
it is called TOUCH.

We are all interconnected. 
Our lives are invisibly tied to those whose destinies touch ours.
This is the hopeful premise of the new drama TOUCH from creator and writer Tim Kring 





Blending science, spirituality and emotion, the series will follow seemingly unrelated people all over the world whose lives affect each other in ways seen and unseen, known and unknown. At the story’s center is MARTIN BOHM (Kiefer Sutherland), a widower and single father, haunted by an inability to connect to his emotionally challenged 11-year-old son, JAKE (David Mazouz). 



Caring, intelligent and thoughtful, Martin has tried everything to reach his son. 

But Jake never speaks, shows little emotion, and never allows himself to be touched by anyone, including Martin. Jake is obsessed with numbers—writing long strings of them in his ever-present notebooks—and with discarded cell phones.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Australiese tydskrif

HomeLife is 'n kwaliteit Australiese tuisteskepping tydskrif.
kyk hierdie mooi prenries uit hul "Industrial Chic" blog- uittreksel.
lees meer, deur hier te "click".






aristotle says...

"What lies in our power to do,
lies in our power not to do.”
-Aristotle


Monday, June 4, 2012

sit jou beste voetjie voor



ek dink sommer vanaand aan idiome, 
sê-goed en die taalgebruik van vandag...
en toe voel ek nostalgies
en blaai deur ons trou-album 
en raak sommer van vooraf verlief.
en toe kom die sinnetjie by my op:
sit jou beste voetjie voor...

nou ja,
lekker aand !

Sunday, June 3, 2012

person of the week: The Queen of course


She wins this week's award because she has  
awesome jewellery.
She is the envy of all....
She out- Blings everybody!
Her sceptre has mounted on its top: 
such a beautiful diamond, it has its own name !
The First Star of Africa.
 This is the largest flawless cut diamond in the world 
and weighs 530 carats. 

This and the Second Star of Africa 
of 317 carats (in the Imperial State Crown) 
were cut from the celebrated Cullinan Diamond, 
the largest diamond ever found. 
Weighing over 3,000 carats, 
the Cullinan was given to King Edward VII 
by the Government of the Transvaal (South Africa) in 1907. 
She has big rocks !
 
our person of the week.
she has been a girl-guide since age 11 
and was home schooled by the most imposing of minds...


 
She received tuition from her father, the king and
had sessions with Henry Marten, the Vice-Provost of Eton. 
Religion was taught by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Princess Elizabeth also learned French from a number of French and Belgian governesses. 

She studied art and music, learned to ride, 
and became a strong swimmer. 
She made such a beautiful speech on her 21st birthday, 
which she celebrated in Cape Town.

Happy Diamond- jubilee!
Queen Elizabeth.



Friday, June 1, 2012

klein baba- Daniel

'n Seuntjie se eerste sekondes 
het begin aftel... 1 Junie 2012
20.45....
onwerklik né
sy eerste paar minute
sy eerste uur...
 earth welcomes Daniel Kruger
x

Thursday, May 31, 2012

laughter

me and my significant other
attended the Hillsong Church's 
Laugh your way to a better marriage


Marriage is no laughing matter
and yet it was great
 to giggle, chuckle and rock with laughter.
Mark Gungor was great!
 a good 2 nights was had by all.


Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Monday, May 28, 2012

Monday moods

happy- on track - 
grateful - excited -
 learning - growing - 
changing
-
the next level
x

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Person of the week: Hayley Dimarco

                    person of the week:
She is the author of: The Woman of Mystery.
to all females: go and read...
flowers
romance
captivating
the
remarkable you
being the best ( and only ) version there is
what a relationship teaches you
How God did it
just a lovely book



Saturday, May 26, 2012

gaan en soek

soek die sekelmaan
die rooiwyn
en die roesblare
gaan en soek
die mooi


Wednesday, May 23, 2012

delete

you delete
i keep
you think memories dissolve into vague- figments of fiction
i hold onto the truth of them
strap them to my heart

you observe
i climb in
and you are high
and dry
and I
drown


beautiful song by Soley.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Monday, May 21, 2012

good morning world...

good morning inspiration
good morning coffee
good morning fresh beginnings

good morning studies:
 I'm almost done with my 1st subject!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

person of the week: Avida van der Westhuizen

person of the week / persoon van die week

A V I D A


yay: ekt 'n nuwe persoon ontdek: 
Avida.
Pragtige meisie.
27, swot B CoMm bedryfsielkunde deur UNISA.
gaan uit met Erich (in die blou hemp )
( nefie van ons 'gisteraand'-bruid- Rochelle Theart, nou Burger )



daar is niks so lekker as om n nuwe siel te ontdek nie.
'n sprankel- siel
oop en onskuldig
champagne- oë vir haar kêrel: Erich
en net pret!

kyk hoe mooi !
  tarra!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Friday, May 18, 2012

never

stunningness...



“Never apologize for showing feelings. 
When you do so, 
you apologize for the truth.”

 ~Benjamin Disraeli

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

outydse elegansie

so let us go 
drive
far
 and free

and 
see
if we can find 
some peace...


Monday, May 14, 2012

some things burn

some things never change
and then they change....
and the more things change,
 the more they stay the same...




A temple to the flame that burns inside us all, 
the hearth of your truth, love and reason. 
Within our internal holy places, creating spaces, for internal combustion, to burn and turn the things that no longer serve.

With many heads and many legs, we walk together through fires of burning desires, for that which moves and transforms us. 
This space is for release, to make some peace
 with those who have become the dust. 
This is a temple to those who ignite us still.

Here: gaze transfixed
 into the beauty of your inner flame.
 Transcribe the internal diatribe. 
Write outside the confines of the lines,
 in words, together, alone. 
We are united in the final blaze, 
transformed with fresh flames
 in this magnificent 
inferno of life.