The evening of 17th March saw the arrival of the Bezuidenhout family from Gaberone, Botswana in their rather substantial home-rebuilt double cab bakkie with stainless steel canopy. The kids told me in the morning that there is a couch in the back for comfy travel. Cool! A 5 hour drive brought them to Machadodorp for a sleepover at Duckworths Dargle Delight en route to a family get together in Nelspruit. Kids Emile and Jessica were up with the dawn chorus, and bouncing around the gardens on the cottage pogo sticks, till they ran out of jump and popped over to join me for coffee and rusks in the sun outside my little coachhouse. Both had a lot to tell about their tree climbing jack russels, and the birthday cake Emile's friend was keeping for him from his birthday party that weekend. I was even priveleged to get to view the portion of Emile's car collection which he had brought with him. Happy birthday Jessica for the 21st March - a good month to be born, (my birthday being just 4 days later!) After much chatter I put the two to work on harvesting a few carrots from the vegetable and herb garden. Then Jessica found the teeniest weeniest lizard just before they set off. Thier comments on Duckworths Dargle - Emile and Jessica - yes they did have a lot to say - pronounced it to be a bit like Dr Who's tardis; it looks so small from the outside but its huge inside! Happy family weekend Bezuidehouts!
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