Aloe Steam Train Ride

ALOE STEAM FESTIVAL

The Aloe Steam Festival is in Creighton on the 11th & 12th July. The Aloe Steam Train is a 2 hour return trip with Aloe viewing along the way. The train makes two stops, at the first we were allowed to walk amongst the Aloes for some of these amazing photos shots. It was an unforgetable experience. At Riverside station we listened to a local choir entertain us while the train prepared for the return journey. The locomotive "Eshayamoya" is a beautiful restored locomotive that was built in 1939. My sister in law Libby and her daughter Julia, our friend Gordon and fiancee Michael and myself decided to do this little trip into the country to do this nostalgic trip. I must say the only down side was the nearly two hour car journey down windey roads up and down mountain passes to get to the beautiful village of Creighton.

 

ALOES FOR SALE

 

THE BEAUTIFUL ALOES ALONG SIDE THE NGOGWAAN RIVER



THE ESHAYAMOYA LOCOMOTIVE

 

JULIA AND MICHAEL HAVING A HUG







GETTING UP THE STEAM FOR THE JOURNEY

 

A GOD GIVEN BEAUTIFUL SUNSET ON THE WAY HOME

Picnic at Botanic Gardens

I decided that seeing today was a public holiday that we should really take the day off and rest in the beautiful setting of the Botanic Gardens in Durban. The weather this morning in Pinetown was terrible with really strong winds, we had faith and drove to Durban anyway to find the weather beautiful. We had a really big crowd and I think a good time was had by all.




Brad and Faith Bowker and Clive and Lynda Page.

 

Andy, Granny Eileen and little Cloe

 

Trish and Zarrick

 

Myself and Gordon

 

Zarrick



Jen and Andy



Nakita, hanging out in the perfect tree!




Joy

Julia & Britney at the beach

I really enjoyed creating this for Julia. I was with Libby when she took these photos and it was just such a pleasure watching Julia and Britney frolicking on the beach.

This was done using Photoshop's Clipping Mask.

Friends step by step all the way!

Thats me in the striped T Shirt and thats my friend Jeni in the blue hat. Jen and I have been friends for a loooooong time. She says I will always be her friend "because I know too much!!!!" We have shed tears of happiness and sadness together over the years. God in his amazing grace has just put these lovely two men in our lives, we both got engaged recently (can you see us showing off our rings? We both will be married later in the year!!



 
 

Sunshine and sunflowers

We live in Pinetown and at the moment these "sunflowers" are growing wild in abundance all over the place.
Michael has always said that I was his ray of sunshine. We are getting married in August and we are using sunflowers as our theme so we decided to make the most of Gods magnificient abudance of these lovely flowers and take some photos we could use for the wedding in some way.

Country and Western Party

My friend Jean has started doing theme evenings called "Get2gethers" on the 2nd May she had a COUNTRY & WESTERN EVENING.

I had been in bed with flu for a few days and really did not feel up to this kind of function. BUT because I am a person of my word Mike myself and our friend Gordon dressed up and went along. Well knowing Jean like I know Jean I knew she would put on a good spread. I think all in all there were about 60 people. She hired the band "Joyride" and beside their excellent music we were taught how to linedance by very capable Cheryl McDougall. Thanks Cheryl you were great!
Well all I can say is WOW what a great evening Jean, we cannot wait for your next one which a little birdie tells me is an Arabian evening where we will learn how to belly dance!!!! Now that should be a laugh. Watch my blog for photos I will post after the event.

This is the band JOYRIDE

 

THIS IS JEAN AND HER HELPER CHARMAINE

 

MYSELF AND MIKE, HOWDY COWBOY!!

 

LEARNING HOW TO LINEDANCE

 

GORDON



LOUISE CRAWLEY


NICE SCARECROW


MY COWBOY MICHAEL

Photofunia

Justin told me about this really amazing website called Photofunia, and I did these fun photos, check out their website at www.photofunia.com and try some of your own!