My sun dried tomatoes are so nice that I keep on pinching some as soon as they are almost dry, but I just can't help it! Once they are out of the sun and cooled off, they are still nice, but not as nice as still baked warm.
In the meantime I am drowning in pumpkins! I must have done something very right this time, as the previous year I was not successful at all. Maybe it is the stolen manure that Bush had taken from Jacques's plot, and then being threatened by Sheila, whose cows pooped there, that she would have him arrested that did the trick! I have tried to dry some pumpkin pieces, just as the village women discussed, and it dried well, but then I tried to revive some pieces, with no success! I put it in hot water as I was told to do, for an hour before starting to boil it, but it stayed just the same, looking limp and grey, and very unappetizing indeed.

So now I will have to get someone to tell me again how to boil it, or just boil the fresh ones, then freeze it. I will just have to get a deep freeze, as my poor freezer from my fridge is filled up to full capacity!
Yesterday I had the most wonderful experience. I have talked about the garage owner who have done work I didn't ask for, and did not at this moment had the money to really pay for it. On the way to the bank I met Berty, who used to be Emil's nanny, and she asked me why I was looking so worried. I told her the story, and that I still had to pay a lot of money for the flat's garage roof to be fixed. We went out different ways, and then yesterday Berty, who only gets a very small wage where she now works, came to my house, took my hand, and folded it closed over something. She then said that what was in my hand was given with all her love, and I must please not refuse it! In my hand was a R100 note, and taking into account her circumstances, it was a huge sum! I said no, I refuse to take it, but she would not have it, said I was hurting her feelings, as she did it to help me a bit! I cried! But I just could not take it, so I gave her a bag, and a cusion that I made for the market! She was very pleased, and I was feeling so humble! That to me is what love for your fellow beings are all about!