First day of school from our new home 2011

We were happy to see the start of 2011 in our new home. Finally!

Daniel and Hannah were up bright and early at the start of the new academic year, excited to get back to school and see all their friends.














Daniel was very nervous about meeting his new teacher, Mrs Sorour. But after he met her, he knew they would get along just fine!

Home Geography Studies

Brigitte and Hannah had lots of fun doing some extra Geography today, in our new home office.

Copyright Joshua Turner

SLOgold (C) is developed and owned by Joshua Turner, grandson of dear old friends of ours, Marline and Gordon Turner.

Hannah and Daniel were very proud to be able to model the first garments!

Bird of Prey Party for Daniel

Pamper Party for Hannah

Hannah's cousins hosted a delightful Pamper Party for Hannah and a few friends.

Massages, manicues, pedicures were the order of the day!

BASA Finalists Enjoy Night Out

We had a wonderful night out at the 2010 Business & Arts South Africa Awards, hosted at the Herbert Baker designed Villa Arcadia in Houghton.

The Johannesburg and Sandton lights set a twinkling backdrop for an giant-sized puppet show on the sweeping lawns, and a night of celebrating South Africa's talented artists and recognising businesses for their support of the Arts.

Better still was the fact that our dear friends, James and Cathy [Omnicor (www.omnicor.co.za)] had been nominated in the small business category for sponsoring an exhibition at their offices for Sareal Design (www.sareal.co.za).

10kmPB@42

Have you worked it out yet? PB stands for Personal Best, and I'm 42 years old...

I'm really chuffed about running my fastest 10km in probably 20 years at the Forest Hills race in Kloof on the weekend. My time of 48:15 is almost a minute better than my previous best of 49:10 at the Blue IQ 10km race in Johannesburg in 2003.

A special thanks needs to go out to my running mate, Alan Kockott, for not only pacing and motivating me through the race, but also for the numerous training runs over the past months. Thanks Alan. The course was also fast as flat and well organised. So thanks to the organisers too.

And better still, I feel I can still go a lot faster - so watch this space.