Gay Marriage

I'm all for it, and you should be too.
Here's why:

From CollegeHumor

Please send me a love letter

Preferably inside this:

 

It's from Typo, but I saw it here.

I'll write back, I promise!

What do you mean it's only Thursday?

Oh for Fox Cakes Friday. Arrive already!

See what I did there? Yup, it's been a long week. 

Pic found here

Christmas already?

It is at woolies! Yummmmmm

Tea Time Companion

Do you ever get the bottom of your cup of tea and think, "Damn, I wish I had been able to share this sipping break with someone?"
Well, here you go...

You'll never sip alone again!
Available here

Swimming on the East Rand

It's not quite like it is in Durban.
I often have to remind myself, more than once, that these people did not grow up like we did. They probably didn't do as much swimming at school and they definitely didn't spend their weekends training on a beach.
No, no. Their upbringing resulted in a slightly different relationship with water.

Most of the time there is a lot of this:

Empty swimming pool, not festive bunting. 

When there is an occasional visitor, I hear things like, "Can you do that flippy thing?"
And think things like, "You mean a tumble turn?" and how would Mr Phelps respond to a question like that.

'Flippy' thing? Really?

Attire wise, there is a whole lot of this:

OVER costumes

 And not an aweful lot of this:

And don't even get me started on the concept of sharing a lane. It's not something that is done. Ever. Apparently.

Give me swimming strength.

pics from google searches, sorry.

Where the Magic comes from

So I had a Birthday, was thoroughly spoiled, and got so many lovely messages.
Although the best part was post-bath, cuddled on the couch with some delicious spaghetti bolognaise from my love, there were some tea related highlights during the day, like carrot cake, brownies, and this, from my also-born-in-October friend Jae:

It's from here. Great, don't you think!