Chapman's Peak Sunday Drive

 

One of the things we really love to do together is go to new places so a few weekends ago we decided to take advantage of the wonderful Autumn weather and finally take a drive along Chapman's Peak.

 

This is one of the most beautifully scenic coastal drives you'll ever experience. It starts in Hout Bay and reaches all the way to Noordhoek (or visa versa but because we drive on the left hand side I'd recommend starting in Hout Bay - far less scary) and consists of 114 curves!!!! It's an absolutely stunning drive with the rock face on one side and the sea on the other.

 

Chapman's Peak is also known for it's horrific rockfalls but when the sun is out it makes for the perfect day out - there are even a few spots that are safe to stop at have a picnic.

We were both really blown away by how beautiful it was even though there were recently terrible veld fires which left a lot of the plants burnt, but the magical thing about nature is that the regrowth had already started leaving wonderful patches or vibrant bright green amongst the burnt bushes.



 

 

 

 

There is a tariff to use the pass but is definitely worth going. The Pass is occasionally closed for safety reasons when there is bad weather.

The littler loves of our life

Shortly after we got married we decided that our house could only truly be a home if we had something furry to love (this may have been a plan to prolong the need to start having babies but I somehow think this back fired).

Living in a tiny apartment complex not knowing where we will be in a few years a kitten was almost out of the question and our goldfish Messi- of course, just wasn't fulfilling our cuddling needs.

So the search began. We decided after a lot of research a guinea pig would be perfect for us and searched high and low from one end of Cape Town to the other looking for one. After a long hot day in the car with very little success we were about to give up hope when I found a lady online who was looking for a home for her 6 week old litter.
We couldn't wait to go pick one out and we knew the minute we saw her that Bijou needed to come home with us. She was so soft and tiny she almost looked like a little hamster.
It's absolutely amazing how much love this little guinea pig has bought into our lives, she has so much personality and a little noise or squeak for everything. Our fridge has it's own personal burglar alarm now because every time you open it she thinks she is getting a snack and goes bananas.

Little did we know that Bijou had a huge surprise waiting for us. We noticed that this little piggy wasn't so little anymore and almost over night she had doubled in size. Not knowing what was wrong with her we rushed her off to the vet who told us she was just a little bloated - a very expensive trip to be told she had gas. So we took her home and watched what she ate and just assumed she was a healthy growing piggy, only for a few weeks later to feel little kicks from inside.

HOW EXCITING!!!!



Joey is one on the babies we decided
to keep because obviously Bijou needed
a friend if she'd gone as far as making
her own.

Bijou grew and grew until you literally needed two hands to pick her up out of her cage, and like any pregnant mommy she really didn't seem to comfortable. We had no idea when these babies would arrive or what to do with them or even if she would know what to do. Every morning we would sneak through the bedroom door and hope to find these tiny gifts but day after day nothing happened until the 25 of March when 3 teeny tiny pups had joined their mommy.

It has been so awesome to watch something you love grow and all 4 of these guinea pigs are absolutely precious. It really is the best feeling after a long day at work to come home and see their little faces peeping through their cage to greet you (Pieter has a lovely face to).....even if it is just to say 'Bring me food Salad Slave'.

 

Bijou and her 3 little babies

 

The Story of Us

So we got married a little while ago....although it feels like a long while ago - which I guess is a good thing because hopefully after a very long while we will still be as happy as we are now.
Anyway, we made a DIY wedding website to tell all of our guest the details of the wedding and personally I think we did a pretty great job at it.
My favourite part was sharing with our guests the way Pieter and I met, we each wrote down what we remembered from the very first day we met and it was so special.
Even though we only had a small wedding with the people who are most special to us there are many of them that didn't know we met online so it was a really cool way of telling them our story.

If you'd like to read it you welcome to check out the website

*One of the best websites I found for everything and anything when we were planning our wedding was offbeatbride.com they had lots of unique ideas and helpful links.

Re-Loved

I've been thinking a lot lately that it's time to look at our blog again and write a little more about the things that we love to love.

A lot has happened, a lot has changed, new towns, new jobs, new homes and we have gotten married so life has really opened up a whole lot of other adventures for us over the past year. Our poor little blog has been forgotten about and it's time for it to be re-loved.

On the plus side with so much change there are a lot of things we have to share so here's hoping for many more posts to coming and hopefully a few people will enjoy reading them.