North, Truly

indeed qlue!

darks you should come over for dinner.

well only if you love birdies LC...

LC you're SO GRUMPY!!! come and have dinner too at the sunflower table

Jose> i went to school with a lot of Jose's. nice to see a new face on the blog i'm a nature lover, so here the moles win . i have plenty of moletraps gathering dust in the garage.

i like that they are here really. it's just grass after all. i co-exist...i co-exist...

it's a really funny bird martin, you're right. less graceful than it looks, i think :)i think they all look quite similar. the Asian one also is similar. are you also coming to dinner

darks> you can have anything you want. I'll cook it!

*but after that..the tall cupboards* you thought it was free dinner?

darko> SA food is very varied. i depends who you are and where you live..but in general i'd say a BBQ is about the most general festive feast. if you came to my house you'd almost certainly get one and love it! and just so you know..we don't BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs! Usually lamb chops, beef steak, coriander or chili sausage...corn on the cob, onion and herb variations, and some sort of bread .in my case wheat free, and some assortment of salads and potato dishes...whatever we feel like....if it's a very special occasion you'll get a Spit BBQ-rotisserie? over the open fire...

however, in my house mexican, meditteranean and Cape Malaysian food are also favorites. and my sweet and sour lamb chops

if you were at the coast you'd almost certainly get a fish BBQ, or lobster, perlemoen or even oysters.

martin> in Cape Town we don't eat much venison as a general rule. you'd have to go further inland or up the coast to see that on a daily basis, though it is served to tourists at the hotels etc. my family certainly didn't do much of that...

jose> they've never done that *that i know of* in any of the places i've lived-though SA homes are built differently to U.S. ones..who knows, they might be having a party beneath me

LC> you are always welcome at my house

Isabel> it's so sweet and nutty that bird!

qlue> i prefer mashed potatoes always with my sausages! but i'm down, i mean DOWN with the tomato and onion!

Rhona> i actually got it from one of the guys that have been helping do some repairs on the house. They did so much and all without complaint or even PAY. so on 2 Feb they're coming for a BBQ..so I can say thanks...evidently they are bringing ME a present...i said: "i'm trying to thank YOU" lol such a great bunch of people...they're not wealthy either..i know them from my conservation work hard workers, tough people

i couldn't have done it without them

then you'll definitely love it here LC! no ribs???

rhona you and your little one come too. and qlue you too..everything is halhaal! D

darko what is a traditional *bahamas* meal?

@ LC. how could you possibly know that miracles happened to Darko?

darks those sound interesting. i recently discovered how cool beans can be. yes do a post with some pictures

oh JA, JA! potjie! lol. i had the best potjie ever once on a trip up the breede river and Malgas. cooked by two men. this is one area where men really do it better than women. can't say why....?

yes we all ate potjie and had a magnificent orgy LC!



actually we were doing jetty inspections. one of the men was my boss the other was a police officer.

we "sailed" (powerboat) the length of that river noting every single jetty for legality or infringements. there were hundreds...still we had a fantastic time. we saw tons of birds, snakes swimming across the river...had lunch on the river bank...finally we literally blew into the bay and had a great dinner at the pub there...then we went back and fell into a satisfied and exhausted heap at the police barracks where we were staying. the potjie was on our first night there...afterwards we visited the salt flats and pumped for prawns. i was in love with all the marsh grass that grew there...my girlfriend and i loved walking on that beach and sitting in the little caves

just sitting LC.."girlfriend" as in friend and colleague.

well we did write a few things in the sand.. and talked a lot.

LOL well now that i re-read what i wrote i just left myself wide open for all that...ha ha!

"blew into the bay"
"satisfied and exhausted heap"
"pumping for prawns"
"police officers and my boss"

can i help it if i'm fascinating!??