tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80099833639630503742024-03-14T02:08:48.955-07:00A Little African MagicTreading My Footsteps on African SoilLieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-75134004419207688732021-07-07T08:24:00.000-07:002021-07-07T08:24:12.012-07:00Bayview Villa St Francis Bay Eastern Cape<p> Well hallo friends. This is my first post in a very long time and certainly the first since moving to my new life in the Eastern Cape in the little Village of St Francis Bay.</p><p>I sold my farm in September and flew down to St Francis Bay in October to view the house I saw on the Internet and bought it on the spot. I liked that the main bedroom is upstairs with a balcony where I can watch the whales,dolphins and orca play in the bay below. I can actually hear the dolphins blow and jump in the sea below me. A bit different from the bush and elephants,rhino and buffalo..you bet..but what a fabulous change. </p><p>I took 4 months off and just explored my new surroundings and bought beds and lounge furniture,bedding etc for my new house. This place is so spiritual it is unbelievable. Walks on the beach, by the river mouth ,the rocky harbour to harbour trial and the sand dunes at Shark Point. We have a lighthouse nearby too.</p><p>The weather is completely different here and I love lying in bed at night and listen to the easterly wind howling around the house. I love seeing rain on a fairly regular basis. I love the fact that even in December I have never been so hot that I worked up a sweat.</p><p>I named the house Bayview Villa and rent it out to people on holiday fom time to time.</p><p>I also started a small business cleaning houses and gardening...this is still in the very early stages but I love it.</p><p>So there you have a little update on what has been happening in my life. Oh, and Mini loves it here too..she adores her walks on the beaches.</p><p>XOXO</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiOtsEbViMG2Vwt7KyATmQuniUVGaiR3WbjFh8Bz4Op83fh8LxcnmE1ARICsjpvss2Z7p4xxucVTEa4jJOIxEzHiaWRZJfe-yN8w43SsPc6SR4Uu0z81nJfQv05ch67dEQVmq9T23sPE/s2048/DSC_0120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiOtsEbViMG2Vwt7KyATmQuniUVGaiR3WbjFh8Bz4Op83fh8LxcnmE1ARICsjpvss2Z7p4xxucVTEa4jJOIxEzHiaWRZJfe-yN8w43SsPc6SR4Uu0z81nJfQv05ch67dEQVmq9T23sPE/s320/DSC_0120.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1QnZwMwQzRQD-TmOVMEmhw6ny2lkQnt7Ssn-Swcz87Q8ljdZfhCC5lr4sy2gHy5mNDDzsZ9tnLllgjsV5QX8QxIyz3_BFtW6FfLpEGa2SnbCdcTFFFvfmEiuHBqd4VenUQwtszEWjmA/s2048/DSC_0116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<br />Lieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-49825342817404435292015-04-26T07:57:00.000-07:002015-04-26T07:57:55.193-07:00Searching for a property in Haenertsburg Hi all,yes, I am back after a long absence thanks to a new tablet and MUCH, MUCH faster Internet connection! It is now nothing but a joy to connect to the Internet again! A lot has happened in this time,a lots of changes and things about to change and others have pretty much stayed the same...<br />
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Yes, it's Minki having a well deserved rest at our favourite coffee shop in Haenertsburg called...Minki's! </div>
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We had been looking at a property we like very much and hope to do a quick sale and finally move up to our beloved mountain. Minki had been swimming in a dam and was also covered in burs so she wasn't really looking her svelte self.</div>
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My turn, I wanted to stay and chat to Miss Elephant all afternoon!!</div>
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The girl on the left showed me a pic of her as a tiny little girl eventing on her pure bred Welsh B gelding in England after hearing from Jess that her Mom breeds them!!!</div>
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Amazingly...the very same bloodlines as some of the mares I have!</div>
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..And on arriving back to our vehicle in the car park...it has been broken into and my handbag stole with my id books,wallet with bank cards,cell phone...the lot...the thing I hate most about Africa...The bastards didn't get any money.....and the phone was dying anyway...</div>
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<span id="goog_1820150805"></span><span id="goog_1820150806"></span><br />Lieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-8318029402800574552014-06-22T02:44:00.001-07:002014-06-22T02:44:34.751-07:00An Update And Snippets Of Our Adventures From Our Side Of The World.Hallo all,been too long since I last posted but here's a peep as to what we have been up to lately!<br />
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Two Welsh B part bred foals that I have just weaned...</div>
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Cules, Minki and I went visiting the 2000 year old Baobab tree near Rubbervale train station one Sunday morning and had loads of fun there..</div>
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The tree is so big 5 grown men can go inside quite easily...It is completely hollow inside!</div>
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We started revamping our kitchen using Matumi wood from a tree that had died about 60 years ago on our farm!</div>
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<br />Lieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-2837807482737277062014-02-19T01:44:00.001-08:002014-02-19T02:37:20.643-08:00Da Foals Have Started Arriving!!Huge amounts of excitement in my life a.t.m. as the Welsh B mares have started foaling! Already there is a slight nip in the air most mornings and I hope the foals will be safe from the dreaded African Horse Sickness. The 6 month old foal should be weaned from his mother soon,but I am holding back as his immunity system will go down from stress the moment I wean him and A.H.S is at its peak just now..<br />
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Rowan Yours Truly with her filly foal by Roly House Of Stars.</div>
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Her half brother (same Dam), just cleaned up in the Riding Pony Classes at The Horse Of The Year Show in Johannesburg this week!</div>
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So as the weeks became days and days hours before our great escape,I had to constantly remind the husband not to agree to go and visit this friend or do that for a customer or go help his boss at work with something that weekend..So we managed to leave home at 3 pm instead of 12 o clock as a client insisted on wanting his motorbike delivered before the weekend...and ooooofffff we went!! Stopped by some or other Dragon or something for Sushi for me for dinner and at Steers for Cules for ribs and chips for dinner. Got organised by the Phalaborwa Gate and into the Park we went...Sable Hide was not far in at all but one has to drive so slowly in the Park that it took a little while to get there...many elephant sightings later...that's when I remembered my Sedatif PC tablets still lying on the coffee table waiting for me to pick them up and lovingly put them in my purse....! As we arrived at the Hide we liked it very much except for the flimsy little poles around the hide and the toilets were a bit to far away from the Hide for my liking,although they were situated inside the "stockade" We went inside the Hide,made the beds up first before it got dark,settled in and whipped out the cocktails and food.Night started closing in very quickly and Cules built us a nice cosy fire...we sat there waiting to hear lion,hiena,elephant and the like...instead it was eerily quiet..I was quite confident that there wasn't any lion near us as there was a whole herd of impala settling in for the night right by the entrance to the Hide. I wondered if my Dad also sat on that particular spot watching the impala all those years ago when they built this dam. We turned in quite early and slept very well except for once when I heard a loud "thump" like something jumping onto the deck of the Hide.... Cules heard lion very far away at around 1 am and woke me up...we sat staring at the water trying to see any nightlife but didn't see or hear anything nearby. Next morning we were up super early and away on the great adventure at 4:30! We stopped by Letaba,Olifants and Satara rest camps as we made our way to Lower Sabie. It was a most awesome day as we saw all of the Big 5 except for leopard. We were also blessed with lovely cool weather but no rain so the animals were really out and about.<br />
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Well,who would have thunk??? Today 2 weeks ago I went to drop of my
husband to do his Professional Hunters license course. I dropped him off
late in the afternoon at the Selati Game Reserve. While waiting for the
other prospective P.H 's, we got to talking to the director of the
Hunting School and it wasn't long before he asked me why I wasn't doing
the course with my husband....I said I don't like killing animals and
mumbled something about the astronomical fees involved in doing it and
what would we be eating until payday and we never organised anything
about supervising on the farm and I haven't got enough knowledge on weapons and
ammunition and bush craft and..and...and.... I said my goodbyes to Cules
and left in a hurry,but had no sooner left the Reserve when my phone
rang and I saw it was Cules calling me...I warily answered the phone and
low and behold it was "go pack your bags and report for class at 6 o
clock tomorrow morning!" I said "I can't leave Minki for a week,there is
just no way" To which he replied that he had already gotten special
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Hi All, I hope you have all been taking very good care of yourselves! My first pure bred Welsh Section B foal has arrived. His name is Stonecroft Heartsease. These ponies are giving me so much fun!<br />
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I have also acquired an ex Open Level Event horse who I started Showjumping in the lower grades....Her name is Anabar Reef and I never imagined myself getting into the jumping scene again! The last time I sat on a show jumper must have been 14 years ago! On Thursday I took her to the Equestrian Centre where I work afternoons to have her teeth done by an Equine Dentist. She will be stabled here from next week or so as I will be having riding lessons myself from a past winner of the South African Showjumping Derby,who is also my next door neighbour,Shirley Scriven(nee Kemp) I am very excited about getting myself geared up towards the higher grades again! She is beautifully schooled and only a pleasure to ride.<br />
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Cules closely watched the whole procedure....</div>
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The party was held on Jessica's boyfriend's Game Farm...</div>
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He owns a stunning piece of Africa.... </div>
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The river is called the Selati river,the same one we went tubing down a while ago.</div>
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It is very shallow at this time of year with no crocs or hippos as it is only ankle deep mostly...</div>
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Minki was so tired after spending the whole day down by the river!!</div>
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Our view to the left from our side of the river,the land across the river belongs to Jess' boyfriend's parents...</div>
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Jess calling her little sister away from the river as we were going back up to the party....</div>
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We decided to have a "girls only" down at the river for a while....</div>
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We ended up sitting IN the river for about 4 hours chatting endlessly!!</div>
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It was Jess' party after all so she could do anything she wanted!!!! </div>
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Jess said they had the steps specially dug for the party..,they got rather difficult to negotiate as the day got on... </div>
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Minki always listen when Jess speaks!!!</div>
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The stage was all set for a fantabulous 21st birthday bash-in-the-bush!! </div>
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Everyone had a whale of a time with lots and lots of laughter all around.</div>
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..and that's where we stayed until darkness made sitting in the river a little creepy!</div>
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A friendly train driver honked and hooted a greeting to us and someone actually had the camera at the ready!!</div>
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There was a whole group of American Veterinary students visiting and by nightfall they got to make some stick breads for themselves.....</div>
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<br />Lieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-41401226826377952942013-04-26T23:36:00.000-07:002013-04-26T23:36:17.742-07:00Equine Dentist Visit For Bo Jest.Yesterday morning at 6 ticks sharp,the Equine Dentist arrived here to help 20 year old Bo Jest,my daughter's now retired show jumping pony. The pony had been losing a bit of weight and "quidding" quite a bit. I thought that he had sharp points on his molars or something,but he is "shelling" a lot. Something older horses apparently do, shedding the layers of enamel on his teeth. So,from now on his teff/lucern will be chopped too, over and above his concentrates being fed dampened..(sloshy...like slush puppy-ish) He was being amazingly polite to the Wayne(the dentist) when he put the gag on to open his mouth...I think he was under the impression that he was going to be fed a humongous burger with double fries and extra cheese...he looked a bit sheepish when everything was over and done with and people had stuck their hands in his mouth and felt around and he couldn't eat their hands...not the he didn't try...<br />
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<br />Lieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-6665020955844965282013-04-07T11:23:00.000-07:002013-04-07T12:09:45.856-07:00We Have Been Invaded By Welsh Aliens!!Did anyone wonder why I have been so quiet lately?? Well,I sure hope some of you missed me a bit!! They have finally arrived,a whole truckfull of them...What???...you ask?? Remember last year I aquired my first two Welsh sec B mares and a young colt? Well, my plan was to build my stud up to ten of the best pure bred mares I could possibly find (afford), and seeing as these ponies don't come very cheap,I thought it would take me a couple of years sourcing them...BUT...I have been extremely blessed to have found myself a couple of VERY valuable mares after spending way too much time and energy on the internet and telephone researching bloodlines etc. Then...last week Thursday,it was time...I decided to let a horse transporter bring all the ponies for us from Johannesburg. One breeder sent along a surprise for<br />
me..She will not be breeding pure bred sec B's anymore and told me about this superb young colt she didn't want to geld. He is by an imported stallion, Waxwing Talisman (Sec A) and a little on the small side. She knew I was more concerned with concentrating on my base stock of pure breds than breeding up to height ponies. In South Africa the height limit for Sec B's is 13.2hh.He is a registered Sec B and so I totally trusted her opinion of him and bought him sight unseen... He is picture perfect,the most magnificent pony I have ever laid eyes on!! He has a most animated trot that is too beautiful too describe.He has the "Look of Eagles" in his eyes and that special X Factor....the jaw drop thingy... He will be trained to harness and hopefully become a well known figure locally trotting his way through the orange orchards...<br />
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<br />Lieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-25474719337634299092013-03-06T21:54:00.000-08:002013-03-06T21:54:06.017-08:00Pinkie Has Fully Recovered!Thank you everyone for your prayers and positive thoughts! Pinkie has fully recovered from the dreaded AHS. The swelling above her eyes has dropped totally,temps and colour normal,heave line gone. She is eating up again and actually played in her paddock yesterday...wish I had my camera on me! A lot of the times when horses get sick with AHS and their immune system is down,they also get biliary...I was very worried and check for signs all the time,but thankfully we escaped that one...<br />
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In the meantime.., I have employed a groom to help with the horses for the first time ever in my life. He is from Zimbabwe and worked with Polo horses there.. He is excellent! He knows his way around horses to say the least. He backs my young horses for me,trains and schools the youngsters and played a huge part in caring for Pinkie when she was sick..even getting up at night to check her temperature etc..Apart from the fact that he knows how to teach a horse to do flying changes correctly,his biggest virtue must be the fact that he is incredibly patient with the horses. He is the guy holding the horses in the picture. The other guy works for my daughters' boyfriend and spent 3 weeks here learning the basic aspects of horse mastership with our groom. He also learned to ride on old Bo Jest,Jessica's old CA showjumping pony. He is in retirement now but taught this would be groom the ropes with a twinkle in his eye and a cink in his tail...if you get my drift...</div>
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Lieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-3313216337963417762013-01-28T10:48:00.000-08:002013-01-28T12:03:40.417-08:00Maybe The Dummest Thing I gone Done Did For 2013Yeah,we where invited to go down the Selati River as it only "floods" once a kazillion years...It is the rainy season here and so I thought on this invitation for about 2 weeks (it took this long for the waters to subside enough to my way of thinking...) before accepting and promptly floating down this river on tractor tubes....My husband had to beg a friend of his...( foreman on a citrus farm locally) to lend him a lot of tractor tubes for all of us to go floating down this river for about 3 hours yesterday(Sunday) afternoon...What can I say but that this definitely was one of the highlights of my life,as it is not something you can up and do again next weekend as the waters will be mostly gone by then in this particular river...I fear crocodiles almost as much as I fear snakes...The owner of this farm promised me that never in 30 years has he seen a croc in this part of the river .....I said thank you,but no thank you.... they kept on inviting me...then he said my chances for 2013 down the Selati is almost gone,then my husband begged me to go....then I said, OH <a href="mailto:S@#|%">S@#|%</a> ok!. Then my Hubby bought me 2 bottles of the best Chardonnay we can afford,guzzled one down my throat and I was like...."OK, bring it on crocs!!!!" Minki said she wanted to go down the Selati too...,together with the Yorkie Kendra and Toontjies the Pavement Special...you all know that breed,don't you???<br />
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The grey haired person is me,that is Cules handing Minki her "rubber duck boat" to her...she found it too lonesome and preferred to be with either Cules or I on our tubes... There where two real life jockeys in that there river,not one but two!!! ....one of which was the winner of the 2012 South African Classic to boot!! One is the cousin of the owner of the farm and the other a friend...the tales they have to tell....The worst injury the one jockey got was in a fun charity race on Shetland ponies...his leg was fabulously broken...After a long day of that, I forced my husband to go home at 6:30 to much objection all around because some of the other women then also wanted to go wash all that sand out of those crevices they never knew they had...enough said...the biggest action of the day was still to come for us and our neighbours....</div>
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We arrived home to find an Mozambican Spitting Cobra on our front porch ready to do battle and me having to try and keep Minki safe while Cules sorted out the snake....</div>
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We phoned our neighbours to inform them about our "welcome" at home only to hear the wife frantically trying to tell us that they have just arrived to find their dogs fighting a CROCODILE IN THEIR GARAGE!!!! She said her husband told her to tell Cules sorry he tried to catch it but it got away...!!!</div>
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Such was our Sunday Evening....</div>
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Lieslhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023486172214638042noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009983363963050374.post-52003657851184560832013-01-02T22:25:00.000-08:002013-01-02T22:25:53.429-08:00Phyton Attack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A phyton killed,then tried to swallow this young sheep ewe in the pen last night.</div>
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Obviously it was quite a large snake to have been able to kill this size lamb,but it couldn't manage to swallow the 6 month old lamb.</div>
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You can see from the slime on it's head and neck, where the snake gave up and regurgitated the lamb.</div>
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Poor thing,what a horrible,horrible way to die and that for nothing...</div>
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Basin in bathroom with slipper bath.</div>
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This is the ladies' bathroom.</div>
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It's feminine.</div>
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There is loads of bubble bath and bath salts.</div>
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Body and hand lotions.</div>
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There is also pearl necklaces and bracelets draped on the granite basin top</div>
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I made sure that men would NOT feel comfortable there...</div>
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Because they are not welcome there.....</div>
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Men use the shower bathroom...</div>
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The pebble listelli and basin gives it a bit of a Zen feel...</div>
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The tiles in both bathrooms are the same waterproof porcelain and looks like wood,it creates a feeling of being somewhere in the bush,where giant matumi trees,ferns,rocks,waterfalls and pebbles are in abundance....like on our farm!!</div>
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I still LOVE it!</div>
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I don't know why,but it seems apparently today,after weeks of not being able to load pics on my blog,I am able to do so...so very cautiously,here is a pic of the bath in case picasa decides I can't load any other pics! After this post I shall try to load more! Happy new year to all my blogger friends and I hope you all had a awesome holiday season!</div>
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