Pilanesberg 2013

Pilanesberg visit

The pool and some buildings a the lodge

 Bushveld Sunset

 Elephant and calf

 

Landscape in Pilanesberg

 Playful lions

 Luxury

 white rhino

 

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Paul's birthday

Pauls 70th

Happy Birthday Paul!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The body is an amazing thing

Our bodies are amazing

The healing properties of the body is astounding

The break and 1st operation happened in August 2013. The tendons snapped and 2nd operation in April 2013... only 10 days after the stitches came out and see the difference back and front of the arm

It is still difficult to get dressed, can't hold anything yet, but can almost bend my fingers so there's progress. Found there are some things I will ask help with and others I won't, even if I go blue in the face. Interesting to observe oneself and see how you handle challenges, frustrations, and difficulties.  Also had a knock-on effect of creativity in other areas of my life - probably because I had to do things differently.

 

As u would have it patience is not my strongest suite.

 

My sympathies to everyone who has ever had to go through anything even vaguely similar; under the knife, a break, born without, etc.

 

 

I wanted to record progress because it is just 8 months ago and I can't remember when to expect what. I know it us different now.  Apparently bone heals quite a lot quicker than tendons. triple s..t!

Drakensberg trip

 

On our way.  It was overcast all the way down.  Gauteng Province had torrential rains on Friday, and a number of people in Soweto and other low-lying areas were left homeless.

Little Switzerland Chalets

 The first 3 days the mist and rain came and went. Visibility was virtually zero. By the third evening we had an exquisite sunset.

Monday morning cleared with snow on the mountain that stayed the whole week.  It is the first time the snow stayed this long in 20 years. (This time of the year).

Each time we visit there are more and more settlements creeping over the hills.

 

 

 

View from the chalet

 

Links to other events since I left Cape Town in 2012

My stay in the Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
Broke my arm in August 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Meerkat murdered Oct 2012
Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Hartbeespoort Dam Yacht Club Marina Nov 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - to paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff into storage
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2013
My furry friends at the Inn March 2013
Trip to Mpumalanga March 2013
Second operation to remove plate and fix tendons - April 2013
Stitches out today April 30, 2013

Stitches out today

The wounds have healed nicely

 

Front and back arm staples removed today.  On the road to recovery.















----- Links to other blog pages -----

Events since I left Cape Town 2012

My stay in the Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
Broke my arm in August 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Meerkat murdered Oct 2012
Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Hartbeespoort Dam Yacht Club Marina Nov 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - to paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff into storage
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2013
My furry friends at the Inn March 2013
Trip to Mpumalanga March 2013
Second operation to remove plate and fix tendons - April 2013
Stitches out today April 30, 2013

Second operation

Operation after snapping tendons

I had an operation a week after snapping my tendons while baking ginger cookies. I know, sounds crazy, but the dough was a bit sticky, and that's when it went. I complained to the doctor, and he gave me anti-inflammatories. During the first op I had a plate inserted to help heal the bad break. The screws to hold the plate were too long and stuck out above the bone. It sawed the flexor tendons off over time.

I spent a week with my mom to recuperate, then we went to the Drakensberg for a week.

Links to other blog pages since I left Cape Town last year on April fools day 2012

My stay in the Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
Broke my arm in August 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Meerkat murdered Oct 2012
Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Hartbeespoort Dam Yacht Club Marina Nov 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - to paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff into storage
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2013
My furry friends at the Inn March 2013
Trip to Mpumalanga March 2013
Second operation to remove plate and fix tendons - April 2013
Stitches out today April 30, 2013

Mpumalanga

Kruger Park Lodge

Hazyview

This is an RCI Resort with well-manicured golf-course, antelope browsing and cavorting on the grass, geese and other feathered and non-feathered birds aplenty, some monkeys also showed us a few tricks.

This picture is hazy because I took it through the windscreen. I was afraid they would run away if I got out the car.  They were grazing right at our back door. The front door opened up onto a verandah with a view of the golf course and our 'braai' (barbecue) area.

 

We saw a number of waterfalls; Bridal Veil Falls, Sabie Falls, Graskop Falls,( we missed out on Mac Mac, they were double the price of most of the others),  Berlin Falls, etc., on our trips through Sabie, Graskop, Pilgrim's Rest, Ohrigstad, Nelspruit, White River, Barberton, and surrounding villages.

 

I was pleasantly surprised with Hazyview.  Yes the view is hazy.  This is a large town with a huge shopping centre with all the things you need, Woolworths, Pick and Pay and all the other shops you normally get in a large shopping centre in South Africa.  We live in a beautiful country and this part of the country is particularly beautiful.

Attractions

We passed Pine and Eucalyptus Forests, lush vegetation, Bananas, Mangoes, Coffee Plantations, Litchi, Pawpaw, and other tropical fruit plantations and citrus orchards on our way. 

The Kruger Gate of the  Kruger National Park is but a short distance away from Hazyview.

Gods Window, Bourke's Potholes, Blyde River Canyon, Echo Caves, Sudwala Caves, Silk Farm, Robber's Pass, Jock of the Bushveld, Dinosaur Park and a few pubs along the way.

 

 Beautiful Scenery.

Where?

Hazyview
Mpumalanga, South Africa

Links to other blogs - Events since I left Cape Town on 1 April 2012

My stay in the Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
Broke my arm in August 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Meerkat murdered Oct 2012
Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Hartbeespoort Dam Yacht Club Marina Nov 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - to paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff into storage
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2013
My furry friends at the Inn March 2013
Second operation to remove plate and fix tendons

Canon Camera

I used a Canon 400D Camera with a Canon 300mm Lens

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