In April last year, I took some photos of the horses in the paddock at Oude Molen Eco-Village, and put them up on my blog (here). In February this year, Michelle – a friendly fellow-lover of Oude Molen – commented on that post. And today, much to my delight, she sent me a PDF with…
My goodness, what a whirlwind of a week this has been! We picked up mom-in-law Lissi (visiting us from Windhoek, Namibia) from Cape Town International Airport last Saturday, and spent a leisurely afternoon at home, giving her some time to relax before launching into a jam-packed program of activities.
A couple of weeks ago, I received the following comment on my blog: “Dear Reggie Really enjoyed your very interesting blog on your walk in the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, particularly the photographs and the facts that accompany them, makes the story educational as well. The editor of the MUSE magazine has asked…
“Wow!” I stopped in my tracks, when we reached the wicker enclosure behind the main building that served as the abode of Milly May and her young’uns. “Is it my imagination, or have they grown?” “Nope, they’re definitely larger than last weekend!” “At this rate, they’re not going to fit into that gap underneath the…
After a week that revolved entirely around the spectacular Cape Town Military Tattoo 2010 at the Castle in central Cape Town, we finally had an opportunity to visit the Millstone Farmstall in Oude Molen Eco Village again. (If you don’t know about this place, have a look at the links below.) I took the camera…
“Have you seen the chicken?” “No, which chicken?” “The one who’s sitting on Milly’s piglets.” “Oh?! Seriously?” “Yes, come, I’ll show you.”
When I visited the Millstone Farmstall this afternoon, I saw this notice up on the wall: Last year, I had written about the possibility that Oude Molen might ‘disappear’ sometime soon (see here). It looks like this might actually happen. A sickening thought. Is anyone going to that meeting? If you are, please tell me…
Before the start of the beautiful, sad and heartwarming memorial service for Lulama yesterday afternoon at the Millstone Farmstall in Oude Molen Eco Village, I ambled down to the wetland from where you have such a heart-opening and mind-expanding view of our city.
Attending the memorial service for Lulama this afternoon at the Millstone Farmstall in Oude Molen Eco Village, reminded me of why I love going there so much: Linda and Paul, and Jochi the chef, and all the young men and women working in the store and behind the scenes in the kitchen, take the word…
We popped over to our favourite local farmstall, the Millstone in Oude Molen Eco Village, for a cup of coffee, and found ourselves sitting in the appropriately named Red Room, in front of a crackling fire. The wind was a bit blustery outside, which made it too nippy to sit at the rustic wooden tables…
These two youngsters were clearly feeling a bit frisky today, because they suddenly started to have a little play fight. It looked like little brother was giving big brother a hard time, nipping at him, and even landing a kick or two. But I think it was all in good fun!
A brisk cold wind is gusting across the Flats today, swirling the clouds over the mountains and shaking the autumn-coloured leaves loose from their branches. Even though the sun is shining, it feels cold and chilly – winter is definitely approaching. I need to clear my head after working on the computer for a few…
In her comment on a recent post of mine about the chickens of Oude Molen, my blogfriend Kathy got very hungry when I told her about the amazing quiches served at the Millstone Farm Stall. So I promised her that I would post a picture… although this may make her even more hungry. … Um……
It’s been a while since I wrote anything about my favourite place in Cape Town – the Oude Molen Eco-Village (see the sidebar for my previous posts). So I thought I’d make up for that now by sharing some photos of the many, many chickens who call this place their home. I love popping in…
During a recent visit to the Millstone Farmstall at Oude Molen Eco Village, I noticed this little dragonfly in the lavender bushes. After zipping back and forth for a while, it alighted on a lavender spike with its pretty purple flowers, and posed most gracefully for me. I thought it was very pretty, don’t you?…
Grains of Sand 
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