The word today is BLUE

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain." Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet!!!

So just so you see how cheap it is for you to visit Cape Town, a great meal can cost as little as R45, that's about 3 POUNDS STERLING!!!!

But have to tell you that nobody obeys the rules!!!! Here we have a motorcycle parked beneath a NO MOTOR CYCLE sign.

LOL I have given you so much sea in the past few days, so here is another. This is the view from our apartment looking to the right... Had a great day yesterday with my niece Joanne and her boyfriend Richard AND my nephew Steve and his girlfriend Samantha. We all went for lunch saw lots of whales and just had a good laugh together. (I LOVE hanging out with young people they are so much fun) Well today we go back to Cape Town so it's good bye to the whales. maybe I will come back in November just for a weekend.

And WOO HOO, I have been given a YOU MAKE ME SMILE AWARD!!! LOL. Thanks Hazel. I will handle this tomorrow if that's ok. Going home to Cape Town today, and Jo and Richard are off home to Johannesburg BOO HOO. I will miss them as they have been great company this past week. P.S if anyone is struggling looking for Indigo look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo.

P.P.S. And a big Woo Hoo for SuzyB who won yesterday's great prize at IACW! Please email us at acreativeworld@hotmail.co.uk with your address and the prize will be on it's way!!!

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The word today is GREEN

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain." Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet!!!

The Windsor Hotel is next door to us:

This is the view from our apartment:

This tiny little luminous green creature landed on Richard's Smoothie!!!

LOL!!! Had such fun with Green!! Could not choose which one so you have them all! And it was another great day in Africa yesterday!

As you can see the whales are really close to the shore!!! My best is when I hear them; it's like a great big blowing sound.

My nephew (Steve) and his girlfriend (Samantha) are in Cape Town this week so they are joining us in Hermanus this morning!

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The colour today is YELLOW.

"Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain." Red Orange Yellow green Blue Indigo Violet!!!

I took this yesterday on the way to Hermanus. It's growing wild and indigenous to the western Cape.

And as promised some whales. Perhaps tomorrow I will catch them breaching!

Having a GREAT time and just enjoying seeing these gentle GIANTS of the ocean. Will share as much as I can.

Parting thought HEE HEE, this is my idea of a rainbow, a shop full of CROCS!!!

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The word today is ORANGE

LOL I am in Hermanus in WHALE space, but did bring this bag with a few crafting things to keep us busy in the evening.

Have already seen loads of whales but need to sort out the pics so will show you tomorrow. The weather is GREAT and Jo and Richard are so happy!!!

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The word today is RED

Inspired by IACW to make a XMAS RAG WREATH, I made one yesterday and it was SO QUICK. I cut a ring from quite strong cardboard, tore fabric into 1inch by about 4 inch lengths and just tied it on. Then I cut narrower strips of red felt and tied them on. Then green ribbon tied on and VOILA VIOLA it was done. This is the MOST rewarding fun thing I have made for a long time!! Thanks Trish at IACW for the inspiration!!! Right now I have it hangingin the room where my computer sits and it looks GREAT with all the red and orange curtains I have in this room.

Happy Monday everybody!!! Well it's happy for me LOL. I have family staying with me and we have a great day out planned for today.

And GREAT news!!! The lovely Angela and the lovely CHRIS have entered our SCRAP YOUR BOOBS competition. They have made gorgeous layouts and just so tasteful! You can see it their blogs or at IACW. Thanks Angela and Chris MWAH!!!

AND MORE NEWS!!! Chris has started her own mini challenge with GREAT blog candy prize. In addition she is donating 10 pound to IACW breast cancer awareness in the name of the winner. So Chris's winner wil stand a chance to win one of the IACW prizes.

Chris says:

"I am asking you to take part in my little challenge to be included in the draw to win lovely blog candy and I will be making a £10 donation to the Just Giving page for the winner also... who will then be eligible to win some of the goodies IACW are offering too :D"

Please visit CHRIS to see the GREAT challenge she has put together!!!

I was so bleak yesterday when the prompt was late, but decided to post as normal. So if you missed yesterday I had a big scare!!! See Sundays Post.

Almost forgot. You can see my crochet blanket if you visit IACW today. I think it looks great!!!

Thanks for visiting have a great week and love always from Di XXX

SOS #8

Well I have to tell you all now that I had a BIG SCARE on Saturday morning at 4.00am. Someone tried to BREAK IN to my home!!! I woke up at about 3.45 am and was sitting in the lounge with just one lamp on when I heard a scratching scraping sound coming from the kitchen. I crept through and listened and it was coming from my kitchen door. I quickly put the lights on and dashed to the window and a HEAD appeared; I shouted "WHAT DO YOU WANT GO AWAY" and the person disappeared. I felt ok cos although the door is made of wood, behind it is a metal security door. But I was a bit shaken. I put all the outside lights on and I assume the burglar ran away.

In retrospect I should have hit the panic button and the alarm would have wakened the neighbourhood. But instinct is such a funny thing and my instinct was to confront the thief LOL. NOT CLEVER

When it got light I took my panic button and went outside to investigate. This is what I found...

The burglar had been chipping away at the lock!! He did not know about the extra door behind this door!!!

So it was off to the police station to report it. Unfortunately they may not do anything about it because they have so many more serious cases to deal with.

But the good news; Jo may niece arrived yesterday with her boyfriend Richard. We had a lovely afternoon just chatting and chilling then went for a yummy fish dinner. Home to bed so I missed the rugby. Who won by the way?

So not much to show off today except my damaged lock.

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SPS #8

And its SPS again!!!

Took this yesterday for today's post at IACW - Christmas sewing. It's a pinny/ xmas sack / xmas shopper. I made it from my fat quarters and calico that I showed you a while back!!!

Woo Hoo had my nails done yesterday and we chopped quite a bit off. I think this is the best length for me. Not too long! Also had the eyebrows waxed. (no eyebrow pic sorry)

My niece and her boyfriend arrive today!!! Am so excited. Just have to do a bit shopping and then I am all ready for them. Woo Hoo.

Have a great weekend folks and remember our SCRAP YOUR BOOBS challenge at IACW. I may have more exciting news for you tomorrow thanks to the lovely CHRIS!!! No hints today!

Thanks for visiting and love always from Di XXX