Ah, home sweet home. It is fabulous to be home. I've done a few loads of washing, I've been to Woollies to stock the fridge and I am about to plough through my inbox with my super dooper always-on FAST DSL connection. Life is good.
I've put a few pics up at my Flickr account - see here if you don't mind seeing other people's holiday snaps. You can thank me for not uploading the 745 photos Marko took of the ducks.
Speaking of Marko, he is such an odd chap. I suppose being a 'people' person, I don't quite get it, but inside that tough, strict, almost-bordering-on-unfriendly exterior, beats a really soft, kind heart. Marko is SUCH an animal lover. He loves all animals. He took a million photos of the ducks, he befriended a wild cat who he named Storm and lovingly fed every morning and night (his mean, cruel wife said NO WAY ARE WE BRINGING THAT CAT HOME). When I caught him feeding my expensive Woollies biltong to a stray dog I nearly had a heart attack. One night I saw him slip outside with some bread in his hand. "Where are you going", I asked. "Um, to feed that big fish I saw earlier" he sheepishly replied. Apparently he had also befriended a huge fish in the stream. The fish was so 'tame' (according to Marko), that it let him stroke it. Although that was the end of the friendship because when Marko went back with the bread, the fish was no where to be found. I hope it didn't end up wrapped in newspaper, served with some nice hot chips/fries on the side.
Here is a picture of Marko's ducks and Storm. Unfortunately we never did get a picture of the fish.
Sweet pics of the twins. Marko sounds so like my DH. Most adult folk think he is stand-offish and cold, but children and animals flock to him as if drawn by a magnet and he is so gentle and kind with them. We (I) struggle at our house to keep the menagerie of foundlings down to a manageable minimum.
Posted by: Janet | 03 May 2008 at 02:50 PM
Marko is the best! Glad you are all home, I love coming home after a vacation. I always miss my house too.
Posted by: Amber | 03 May 2008 at 03:35 PM
When Marko speaks English, does he have an accent like you, or is there an Afrikaans accent?
Posted by: zenoma | 03 May 2008 at 05:06 PM
Marko speaks flawless English, with no accent at all. He hardly ever speaks Afrikaans any more, only to his parents
Posted by: Tertia | 03 May 2008 at 06:20 PM
Welcome home. You sound good.
Posted by: JuliaKB | 04 May 2008 at 02:10 AM
welcome home tertia! woolies is glad you are back, they noticed the loss in revenue while you were away and the next time you want to take hols, they request six months notice.
xo
Posted by: tess | 04 May 2008 at 03:49 PM