Our Neighborhood

   I don't know why it is so fun to think about this post but I think it's because I have the Sesame Street song running through my head when I think about it. Please do the same and you'll enjoy it better. " Oh who are the people, things,places-

in our neighborhood".....                        Sunset over Ladysmith

Julia is my favorite maid in my neighborhood! She gets paid about
$12 per day. She happens to also be my Zulu language coach and always gives me a new word each day. She's kind of demanding.  Sawubona!  Ningani?

This is Mr Khan who is a local Attorney.  He shows up everyday and instructs guys what he wants to have done on  these 3 units being built in our neighborhood.  He subs out electrical, plumbing and roof and bosses the rest. He loves being a landlord.  He gave us a tour and has visited Texas.

 Antique yard art in my Neighborhood!


These little balls in the trees are at the entrance of our subdivision.  They are weavers nests and we used to have one out our bedroom window.  Then a bird started taking it apart.  Here's why--In the Weaver culture, the male builds the nest.  If it is not up to the female's liking she just takes it apart and tells him to build again and he keeps building till she approves and lays her eggs.  Talk about quality control.  Lots of lessons there!

 Weaver nest up close

Since we live above a gully, they've got
 barbed wire on top of
 our pointy fence.  We are in the bush!

                         

          Daucies are like the South African rabbit (hare)  they eat plants and are very plentiful.

         This is an historical grave site of a soldier in one of the wars in the early 1900's.  Our hill,
Van Rieebeck Park, was a great vantage spot in the area.

Fellow the Elder's caught outside our house.He turned the color of his tail in a minute. 

 

                                      Johan lives right outside our condos and has a 3 car car garage because he loves old cars and tinkers.  We can hardly understand his Afrikaans accent.