One of Life's Most Precious Gifts

Time has been precious since I arrived back home from the South Africa Scrapbook Convention, as every spare second has been spent with Hubs - who is doing as well as can be expected given the extent of his injuries - they say that "Time is a great healer" and so now we have to sit back and let his body heal at its own pace. If all goes to plan he may be home next week.

Real life really has kept me busy and Ive not had time, until now, to upload my photos......how bizarre that these should be the first ones to upload.

These photos were taken at the top of Table Mountain.....such a magical place and I'm still pinching myself that I made it to the top ( I have a serious fear of heights so reaching the summit, via the cable car, was a great personal achievement for me ).

I have so many magical memories of my time in SA that its almost impossible for me to list them all - I'm so glad that I journalled every day because I never want to forget just how amazing the trip was. I feel truly blessed to have been able to share the experience with my Sister by my side.

My Sister doesn't "do" scrapbooking - she doesn't "do" any kind of crafting at all - she much prefers to spend her time working on her farm and I guess as taking care of livestock is a 24 / 7 /365 commitment,  so she really doesn't have a lot of free time to indulge in pass times.......well she may just need to find the time because on our very last day in SA she took herself off to Debby Schuh's class and created a wonderful minibook....all without the aid of a safety net!!

Ive got so many photographs that I cant even begin to chose which ones to share....here's a few of my favourites -

THANKYOU to all of the ladies in both Jo'berg and Cape town for making my visit with you so much fun .x.

And now for some photos from the bush -

Debby and David Schuh - missing them LOTS.

Little Miss Fancy Pants - Jodi .x.

Kichaka Game reserve is the most amazing place that I have ever been fortunate enough to visit and I'll treasure my memories of this place forever.

Shopping was high on the agenda for some of us girlie's and there's no better place to shop than at the V&A in Cape Town.

Can you believe the cheek of this flutterby who dropped in us whilst we ate our lunch!!!! He obviously had a liking for ketchup!

 The Malay quarters are a riot of colour - such a pretty place to drive through.

This really was a trip that I'll never ever forget - THANK YOU Nic, Paul, Jacob, Debby, David, Candice, Charles, Jerri, Joanne, Jodie, Ashleigh, Auntie Val, Deidre, Lynn, Niki, Kim, Deb, Debbie, Annie and all of the wonderful classroom helpers and delegates at both events - you really made my trip all that it was - totally overwhelming.

My biggest Thanks has to go to Gary and Glenda - I love you both so very much (but you know that!) I can never ever thank you enough for making my dream come true, not once, but twice - Your friendship to me is one of lifes most precious gifts - until we meet again - God Bless .x.

 T.x.