On The Move Again

It looks as though I will be making a trip over to England in September to spend a couple of weeks with Mum and Dad. With neither Claire nor Peter and their respective families living there, it will be a strange visit. Walks with Molly the Labrador will seem very tame by comparison to taking the little ones to the park, screaming in delicious terror as we hurtle down the tunnel funnel at waterworld or clambering all over the climbing frame at the play centre. I shall miss sharing tea parties with Basil Bear and going on space missions or building railway lines but I have high hopes of getting to Australia in November to catch up with them all. In the meantime, I plan to enjoy some early autumnal weather and see a few old friends in UK while I am there. We enjoyed an excellent party on Saturday night with a few of our South African pals here in Miami. We might all live in twenty five storey condos now but the boerwors and the memories are never far away and everyone has a few Swazi spears, springbok carpets and Tinus De Jong paintings on the wall. There is a huge South African contingent living in South Florida and it is even possible to buy Nando's sauces and Mrs Balls Chutney if you know where to look! Miami has come through the wettest June on record for many years and we all feel as though we have webbed feet. However, the real Hurricane season still lies ahead of us and will last until the end of October. Let's hope we don't get the pummelling that we had last year with no fewer than four major hits on the Florida mainland. There is a high price to pay for living in paradise!