Cats of Claridge

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Dragonfruit!

Hi again!

I've uploaded some photos of the Dragonfruit flowers, it's so beautiful and the bees are busy at work collecting pollen. Dragonfruit is also known as Pitaya. :)

It's rich in vitamins and antioxidants and the list goes on and on...why don't you Google it and see for yourself....hmm?

Bees collecting pollen

Our house

The custard apples are growing!

Pretty Photos

Here are even more photos to view!
Hope you enjoy them!

Sniffles enjoying himself in our courtyard, we didn't call him! He visits on his own.

Blitzy knows how to pose like a model

Lassie and Kenzo came to visit Curly!

What's going on here?

So tiny...

Joshy and Curly having a moment

Blitzy stalking that bird I mentioned in my last post. She certainly has high ambitions!

Cleaning her little paws...

Joshy

Hello dear readers!

It was a hot day today! My Dad went to help harvest dragonfruit from the other farm and I can imagine how hot it must've been there! Claridge's dragonfruit are coming along nicely too, the flowers are extremely beautiful! One can never get tired of seeing it's beauty.

I have so many photos today, they piled up during this week, I meant to do a blog post over the weekend and upload those photos but I didn't get a chance to, so, I think I'll do 2 different posts today, just so that it's not one looong post, kinda tiresome?
The other day, we were visited by a beautiful bird! I'm not sure what breed it is but I thought it looks like a stork of some sort? Anyway it's still here and is not really afraid of anything, the dogs have yet to see the bird though. Make sure to take a look at @catsofclaridge and @blitzy_the_mini_kitty on Instagram for daily photos of Joshy, Blitzy and Curly as well as updates from Claridge.

God bless and stay tuned for more photos coming your way!!
Sele'ha Mikhaila ♡

My Dad took photos of the mushrooms that are growing on the lawn, unusual shapes, hey?

This one is more common

The beautiful bird, perhaps a stork?

I collected some feathers for Blitzy and put it in her basket, now she looks like a Native American kitty!

See?

Deep in thought...

How can this pose be comfortable for Joshy?

Miss Freckled Nose Blitzy!

Renate sent some Ferrero Rocher chocolates for us.....so delicious!

Blitzy...about to smack Curly, don't worry, I saved her in time!

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Keyboard & Keepin' Healthy

Hey everyone!

I do apologize for the long wait!

I had a cold which I probably got from Uncle Paul when they were here not long ago...then, I graciously passed it on to my brother and my Mom had the flu. So, my Dad was the healthy one! I'm happy to announce that now Caleb and I are so to say 100% better now, My Mom is coming along too. :)
Oom Peet is back from his USA trip which went well by God's grace. The work is moving forward there and for that we are thankful to the Lord.

My keyboard lessons are going very well too, I'm loving it!! I'd say that I'm still very much a beginner but I really want to play Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D which I absolutely LOVE!!!! So, I tried the simplified version of it and it doesn't have the same feel to it as the original, so, I tried my hand at the real version. I watched a video tutorial on YouTube as I can read music but I haven't mastered it yet so I prefer video tutorials at this stage. Anyway, after practicing and practicing the introduction part of the piece, I finally feel comfortable with it and can play it reasonably well. Then, the piano instructor says that part was the easy part! Hahaha...that doesn't phase me though, I shall play it one day! One day within this month...well February is almost over so perhaps within the Feb-March period then.

We have been trying to eat a lot more healthier now and it's going great! You'd be amazed if you read what food contains these days, loads of processed ingredients, GMO's, TBHQ's and so on...it's so dangerous. My Mom read that a high protein low carb lifestyle is wonderful.

Well, I'll end off now,

God bless and have a great week!
Sele'ha Mikhaila ♡

Blitzy loves jumping onto the door!

Joshy pretending to be a tiger!

Curly after her haircut.

Dreamy eyes...

Sheepish Curly

Blitzy and Joshy in front of their own rooms which they happen to share with my brother and I. ;)

Blitzy during her keyboard lesson.

Hehehe

Trying to wake her brother up.

He is adorable!

The jungle cat, Joshy

My Mum made us this delicious dinner! It's my Dad's plate in the pic. :)

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Visitors From Virginia :)

Hi everyone!

This has been a somewhat busy week!

The dragonfruit flowers are blooming like crazy, it's so beautiful. They usually bloom from 22:00 pm until about 09:00 am.

We had some visitors from Virginia Mission Goldfields, it was Eli and Madelein Celick with their two children Ellie and Jeremy and then also Eli's father, Uncle Paul Celick. My parents stayed with Uncle Paul and his family in America when they went in 2015. Eli used to live in Claridge back in 2010, that was before he got married and moved to Virginia in the Free State. It was good to have them here, on Thursday, we went to the beach in Durban! The kids had a blast, they're so cute and friendly. Afterwards, we went to Gateway Mall and had lunch at Ocean Basket. I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of seafood but the meal was good. :)
After some shopping and browsing, we headed back to Claridge, a storm appeared just as we arrived home!
Uncle Paul took devotion that evening, it was a wonderful message.

The next morning, we invited the visitors to breakfast at our house. We intended on eating outside on the deck but it was quite wet and rainy outside so we ate inside instead.
They left for the main mission after breakfast and will drive back to Virginia on Sunday.

Yesterday morning (Saturday), Caleb went to an outreach service in Richmond with Baba Sihle and the team. It went well by God's grace! Oom Peet is still in America so my Dad will take the Sunday service tomorrow.

Have a wonderful week ahead!
God bless,
Sele'ha Mikhaila

Notice anything different about our dining-room?