Life in Africa is anything but normal and we are learning what "normal" is. One goal of our blogging is to attempt to portray life here for our friends in "America." America is an absolutely fabulous place to most South Africans. They think we Americans are rich and very well off. In a sense we are...even the very poor in the US are better off than most South Africans.
Pictured here are the two Restoring Hope Village houses for children. The girls house is on the left and the boys is on the right. We have visited the houses and they are kept very clean and neat.
Dust storms have been frequent here recently. The right photo begins to tell what it was like last night. A strong wind storm came up and the sky was very dark with dust. Going outside to take this photo resulted in dust in the eyes, behind the ears and a quick trip back inside. Dust blew into everything, even with the doors and windows closed. Finally the welcome rain came. The rain gauges here measure the rain in millimeters! We brought a rain gauge with us and it didn't even register the rain we had last night. The SA rain gauge showed 2 mm. I think they use a cone shaped rain gauge so we can feel good about the tiny bit of rain that we have. In spite of the minimum rain and hot, hot sun, the garden is progressing well.
No doubt by now you know the big news of the weekend! Brian & Lois (mostly Lois) had their latest family addition. "Baby Charlie" has come home to live with the family and we are so glad to have him here. He will need some orientation because the other 2 make all the noise and you would hardly know Baby Charlie was here. Eating breakfast this morning Charlie was left alone in his chair and was making sweet kitty cat sounds! I have a feeling Liam and Lindie will train him well to become a part of the Niehoff family!
More info can be found at Charlies website:
More later...stay tuned! Thanks for reading!
Bob & Susie
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