Jan and the boys came to visit this past week-end, very unexpectantly! it was wonderful, as I miss them so much. I can't say baby Emil now anymore, as he is going on for three, and very, very cheeky. Sometimes when he is so cute I feel really sad that his mum would never see him grow up. Life sometimes take us on some strange paths, and the death of Nina will be felt for a long time yet.
In the meantime I have been on operation moles again, and I think that this time I might have actually gassed most of them. I found this stuff at the Co-op, tablets that is pushed into the tunnels, then watered, and this then makes a gas that is lethal to moles and rats. Well, I hope it works, as I am consumed by an overwhelming hatred for the critters.
Jan and Erna had decided to get married, and I will be going to cape Town for that. I am so glad for him, as he was in a bad state for such a long time after Nina's death, but nowadays he looks much more the thing.
The tomatoes have now stopped getting ripe without stopping, and it gives me a small respite. I must say, I have tomato stew, jam, chutney, and sundried cherry tomatoes to last me a long time. It is wonderful to find something that as yet has no enemies, as I never had to spray the plants, just water and sunshine they needed!
The time is now fast approaching for my new neigbour to move into Jan's house, and this woman is from what I can make out from the estate agent, driving eveybody crazy with demands for all kinds of things not heard of at Haarlem. Now Haarlem is very rural, and city laws do not apply. here you buy for the land, and the houses itself have no value. One can build a million rand home, but will never sell it for more than about four hundred thousand.
This past weekend Jan had to disconnect the bio gas to his old house, as the new owner did not want it! I was absolutely dumbfounded when Jan told me about this, as she would have been almost completely free of Eskom, the electricity company, who are now struggling to supply power. We have black-outs at all hours, although there are lists of when the lights would go off. ha-ha!! The last picture shows the bio gas installation.
Left for this woman to use was all the kitchen implements that ran on the bio gas, but she was adamant to have it all removed! So now I am waiting in suspense for the end of March when she moves in!