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I’m not exactly sure about my age in the above photo. I was told that this was the first time my parents bought a camera (it was a polaroid camera). Apparently I went missing in the shop for a short while. When they found me they took this picture.

Now years later I self-psychoanalyse this and wonder if the above experience caused me to have such an aversion to cameras? I do not feel very comfortable in front of them.

On Sunday I had to face the Cyclops (my name for a camera). I had a interview with DeKat TV which they will broadcast later in the year.

I tried to do breathing exercises, a friend gave me a natural remedy to relax. I felt jittery and talked fast, but after a while I started to enjoy the whole experience. The camera man and presenter also helped to make me feel more comfortable.

Afterwards back home I pondered about my answers to their questions. I get frustrated because I feel that I left out certain info which could be important or that I used my language wrong…..what is said is done – in the end it was fun.

Thank you DeKat.

My little boy, my firstborn is celebrating his 6^th year on this planet today.

A lighthouse. Drawing by my son.

On one hand I wish I can keep/freeze/pause him at this age. This seems like a magical age, where what mommy says is still word. Where Santa Clause and the tooth mouse are still real. Where magic can be found in nature and where the mystery of electricity fascinates his little sponge like mind. He is very curious by nature and wants to know a lot. I learn with him. Besides tractors, volcanoes, dragons and plants (especially hibiscus and bonsai’s) – his latest fascination lies with Lighthouses.

I think it has more to do with the power of the wave’s crashing against a manmade thing and it doesn’t break. He has been testing his strength against the waves this past holiday, and he saw the lighthouse at our harbour in battle with waves at high tide; but his ultimate favourite is this video on YouTube. (I indulge my children and when I see a spark of interest I go on info hunting with them.) I thought it might be a brilliant time to discuss electricity and its uses and luckily they had this great book at the library and we found this lovely project to do:

page from the book called: “Laat dit werk! Elektrisiteit” by Baker and Haslam

I wondered how long his yearning to become a farmer would last, and last week he told me he decided he doesn’t want to be a farmer anymore. He wants to become a lighthouse-keeper.

In the meantime, while he decides, we are off to the local nursery to buy his bonsai (that’s what he wants for his birthday), and I need to get to the library to find some bonsai books (Because this mommy is clueless about little tiny trees…)

What I do know is that the ABSA Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) is celebrating their 20^th anniversary this year and I am super excited to exhibit and be part of their Visual Arts Program. You can view the full program here….

And check out the visual arts program here….I am blessed to be in the company of all these artists

And a little bit more about my exhibition during the festival here………

And on that note I would like to end this post with a song:

(“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine”)

Sing along here