“You gotta have goals, Yvette,” I whispered to myself as I was climbing the ladder to nowhere at the gym today. I hate the stair stepper. If there was a fire, I hope the stepper burns first. I don’t know who thought of that torture device, but they must have […]
50 Shades of Spay
In 2014, I resigned from serving as the Chairperson of the SPCA Vereeniging after 7 years of active involvement. Impending menopausal moods and animal welfare do not go hand in hand, so the decision was made with the best interests of the SPCA in mind. I can admit that the […]
I did a thing….
Not my own doing but what has been done cannot be undone. After the loss of Grace, I stumbled around in a little darkness for a while. I had made peace with the fact that her earthly body could no longer endure any more pain and discomfort, but I miss […]
Musings of a busy mind.
Our country is basking in the glow of that gold cup that the Bokke held up on Saturday night. Yesterday and today the social media images are just so uplifting and it has made me proud to a South African. I was touched by the kindness of people making it […]
My heart beats green & gold.
On my way to gym this morning I quickly popped into the local Checkers. We call it Checkers-in-die-gat because it is situated in small complex that resembles a hole (somehow). I had my 2011 Bokke jersey on. Man, is it hot! I think the material they used was from Jan […]
Samantha Joy
On the 22 October 2022 my groom , Lennie and his wife, Vanessa, welcomed a little girl into the world. I had no idea how this little person would change my life. The honour of naming her was bestowed on me and after much deliberation I decided that her name […]
Fuzzy
Attitude need not come with size. It is actually best that it doesn’t, as in the case of Fuzzy. We would have to send out a public warning if Fuzzy was a big dog. As Keagen has often stated… If Fuzzy was as big as a Rottweiler, we would be […]
The owls of Saxonwold.
In the 1 May 2021, Owl Rescue Centre put an owl box up on the plot. It was situated approx. 6 m above the ground in the Eucalyptus trees. For months we watched and waited for the owls to move in, but unfortunately, the only residents were a pair of […]
Why we don’t have cows in our collection.
2015 Walking my dogs on a Sunday on a friend’s farm had become one of the highlights of my week. This was BMF (Before My Farm). Her farm was literally 5 km from my home and I would load the noisy bunch of dogs in the fun mobile, all happy […]
Mina
It’s the year 2010. I spend most of my days at the SPCA, helping out in the office and working with the animals. It’s a labor of love. One morning, a guy arrives on a bicycle. He has a box strapped onto the carrier at the back. We watch him […]