10th - 12th October 2025 - Post Comment Love

Welcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.

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I've been feeling a bit fragile the past few weeks. When you need help you don't always know what you need and it's difficult to ask for it. Sometimes it's hard when you do know what help you need to actually say it out loud.

Please phone/message me without me asking you to or in response to my social media posts or just because it's the first anniversary of Stephanie's death.

Please invite me out to do something nice this week.

That's it, that's all.

Sounds very needy doesn't it? Ungrateful? People just don't know what to say, they've got their own lives, time moves on. Yes, indeed it certainly does. But for a handful of people, it didn't. They took the time and they stopped to put us first not just this week, but in the build up to the anniversary, the whole of the year. I am forever grateful and I will drop everything in the future for them if and when they need me.

OK, no one invited me out for a random coffee, but I did make my own plans and I went to the cinema with 2 friends last night to watch Downton Abbey. It gave me something to look forward to at the end of the week which I knew I'd need. I doubt they realised just how much.

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Post Comment Love 2nd - 4th June 2023

Welcome back to #pocolo with Stephanie from Lifeat139a and I.

It's been a busy half term with our grandson visiting and although we're absolutely shattered, we've loved every minute of it and wouldn't have it any other way.

I did get the chance to read 1 and a half books last week. A visit to Waterstones and a couple of charity shops has yelled me this fine haul. I'm ploughing my way through some classics and also reading a lot of books people claim to have read or think they know the premise of, some are hard going, others are very enjoyable.

You can see the books I've read this year on this weeks post I've linked up with.

Peter is in Turkey for 10 days visiting a friend, I'm looking forward to some alone time and I've booked 2 theatre trips to see The Verdict and The Doctor will see you know, plus a trip to the cinema to see Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret. I'll also be reading, swimming and dog walking as well as going to work. Sounds busy? But I'm a master at doing nothing if I don't plan.

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Irene - not the hurricane

Irene, pronounced Ireneee, is the neighbouring area to Centurion. In fact the golf estate is right on the edge and our electricity and water supply comes from Ireneee.

When I leave the back gate and turn towards the school the first place I come across is the charity shop.

This place has been a lifesaver to me, picking up bits and bobs, i.e sports equipment, household stuff and mainly books, I've read so many of them, they are so expensive to buy here as they're imported and where a book reads £11.99 it's priced in Rand at 200, which is almost double. I buy book for around £1 and return them, more of a lending library for me.
All funds from sales go to the mentally retarded and handicapped, their words not mine. Behind the shop there are many bungalows for people with learning difficulties to live in, there is little if no government funding, so I like to do my bit.
Next stop Ireneee dairy.

In fact they used to own all the land for miles round here and it is still a working dairy. they have a farm shop (over priced) and a restaurant.

However, in the summer it's not very pleasant eating with the smell of the farm. Local playgroups, mums with toddlers frequent it often as there are many animals and it is outdoor, public space, with grass and you can take picnics. Not many places like that around.
Ireneee dairy is a 'cash free' zone. this is becoming more popular now as the armed robbery risks are very high, so no cash, no robbery.

And then we drive on and we reach Jan Smutts, he was President twice, the same time as Winston Churchill, this place deserves it's own blog post.
Following on from there we reach the boys school, Cornwall Hill College.

The whole area is called Cornwall Hill, after a battle fought by the Duke of Cornwall in whenever. The boys house in school is Truro.
It's an amazing place, check out the cricket pavilion. There are 9 playing fields, put astro, tennis courts, a swimming pool 25ms long and cricket nets. The Italian football team used it as their base in the World cup.

kids aren't too impressed with the summer uniform, short trousers on a 16 year old?

From the school it's a very short drive to The Cornish Kettle and Plantland.

This is where I do my recycling, it is collected by a local charity and sold for funds.
The Cornish Kettle is delightful, there's a large pond, a play area and a couple of goats wandering around.
he staff here have been amazing, they've helped me out with information from buying a car to car tax and introduced me to various people when I've had a question they couldn't answer. They let me sit there for hours and don't mind if I only have coffee, they ask about the UK, the differences between the countries.
Then onto Ireneee Mall.

Yes, if you look closely that is indeed an upside down cow.
Again very similar to all the other Malls, in a security park and outdoors. Some very nice individual shops as well as the chain stores. This is where we go to the cinema, I prefer the kids to go to this mall in the evenings, especially if hubby is away as it's a much safer route for me to drive at night.
Anyway, that's my tour of Ireneee over and done with, just the Jan Smutts blog and market to follow, but I need to take some more pictures first.