Eat Greek group outing - Freo, jou lekke ding ;-)

Ons pragtige Karla. X.

Suane snap 'n foto vir Susan wat sy op facebook wou sit. Susan boer darem op haar foon hoor!

Alex, Nickey and Louw wag vir opskep tyd!

First cab of the rank...and poeding before the hot food too!

Bread roll, chips,....and,...jelly?

First course down...two more to go.

Die groot krokodil...

Photo by Nickey - iemand se oog

Eugene and Maroche going for a ride in the wheel-barrow :-)

Check those faces!

...the moment the sugar-rush kicked in...

Gino for a quick coffee before heading to work to arm the building alarm, and then home.

A long weekend, an operation and a birthday.

It has been a busy couple of weeks, which (for September) should all culminate in a luncheon on the Swan River this coming Saturday afternoon.

The weekend just gone by was a long weekend, and Karin also had her second Carpal Tunnel operation yesterday. Today I am home with them (kids are on school holidays) just helping Karin, and she is doing well. Still some pain now and again, but it is safe to say it is clearing up nicely, for which we are thankful.

Also feeling sad for a work-mate who lost a parent yesterday, and also the news of Mike (a primary school friend) passing away on Monday...

Ka and I put up some curtains on Monday (actual curtains not in this photo; this was just the "kant gordon").

Ouch! Done under local-anaesthetic and, if you can overcome your fears, and if it is an option,
 seems to be better than "going under". Faster and none of those nasty side effects.

It has been very cold here lately; so much so that the fire has been on for two days.

At my birthday-brekkie this morning. Coffee shop in Baldivis called Brother-of-Mine (BOM).
Good spot.

This is what Ka and I had for lunch.

Deeeelicious!

Karla just started baking chocolate-chip muffins, knowing full-well I won't eat any.
Talk about torturing her poor (older) dad...

Swan River Boat Trip - Happy Birthday Mandy!!

Last night we went out for a 3 hour boat cruise on the Swan River to celebrate Mandy's XXth birthday. The weather forecast did not look so good, but it turned out to be a very nice,  calm evening on the water. Ate too much though...., eisch!

Dankie Mandy en Beat, dit wat baie lekker julle!

The Paddle Boat Steamer (yes, it runs on steam), called the "P.S. DECOY", ready for us to board her in South Perth.

The fore-deck looking back towards the jetty/pier.

Chillax time...

About 40 minutes into the cruise, with the music just starting and everyone well fed :-)
This is the well sheltered aft-deck.

Die Boksom Bende...

Buddies :-)  :-)

The afore-mentioned steam engine (now diesel powered).
Also, it was beautifully warm in here, but apparently in summer this space is deserted...

On our way back to the pier, with the bridge over the Narrows just ahead.

Back safe-and-sound, and spot-on 9pm.

Elmars & Chocolate Factory with the De Klerk, Vuyk and Bann clan's

Travelled the 48 minutes (if you go the right way...) to Swan Valley and had a "lekker" lunch with our chommies from down-South. Some photos below as usual (too tired to write too much).

A "wille-pille" mint-green Holden parked outside Elmar's when we arrived. Beauty!

Prost! Just waiting for Petie and family to arrive. 

Schnitzel, Sauerkraut, Nachos...

A wide shot of the space under the "afdak" area.

Whose big boys are these? Surely not ours?! Where have the little blokes gone??!

Mmmm!

Karla fetching the footy ball after Nickey (aka Hockey-Foot Vuyk) kicked it over the fence ;-)

Karin took me for a dance for my birthday haha! Dankie lief XX

Mooiste-mooi. X

'Sana op haar foon, en Louis diep in gedagte.

Nickey en Elize drink water...hulle will roes ;-)

Ja, en toe nog poeding ook by Margaret River Chocolate Factory.