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Silkscreening

It started with an advert on the South Peninsula Mom’s group: a silkscreening workshop in

Frog Mountain August 2016

After my Mom passed away at the end of July 2016, we decided we needed

May 2017

My 54th Birthday weekend at Temenos in McGregor, we took the car up   A

The Year 2017

Paul: Started at Achievement Awards, 1st Feb Tom: Grade 11 Barbs & Lamb: Lemonade Design

Millie’s Story

February 2014 One day I saw a post on our Facebook Valley Trade & Swop

The Year 2012

Paul: Grade 11 Silvermine Academy, 17-18 years old Tom: Grade 6 SVPS age 12 Lemonade

Tom’s Houses

In 2005 Tom drew lots of houses at Greenacres. They were all clearly our house

Paul discovers a pink highlighter

Frog Mountain Jan 2017

January 2017 The new year brought with it a bit of a shocker when Marie

Eunice’s Story

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Eunice joined us in 2001 when she was 21 years old. She had just moved

Mia’s Story

March 2006 We had recently lost our cat Pip after an op which was to

The Year 1999

Paul: Greenacres age 4-5 Work: Barbara at TEAC, Lambert at Eye Design (Saachi). Freelance work

The Hottest Christmas ever: Enjo 2016

Okay, we were warned, Cedarberg gets really hot. They weren’t exaggerating! Around 43ºC on Christmas

Goblin’s Story

June 2011 It was about 6 months after Jet had passed away and we felt

Frog Mountain: February 2016

Our 6th Wedding Anniversary (24 years). Tom joined us at Frog Mountain.

February 2017

Paul starts at Achievement Awards and takes Moon Unit every day. He got a hair

The Year 2005

Tom: 5 years old Greenacres, Yellow Star Group. Paul: Good friends with Dillan. They skateboarded

Marie & Hans 2017

Well, this is how Marie eats her pizza – no crusts at the Red Herring.

The Year 2006

Paul: Grade 5 SVPS, age 10 – 11 Tom: Grade R Greenacres, Marelize, age 6

12th Night Maynardville 2017

February 2017 We hadn’t been to Maynardville in yonks but on Chelsea’s recommendation, we went

The Year 2014

Paul: Studied Graphic Design at DADA Tom: Grade 8 Silvermine Academy Lemonade Design: Valyland Centre.

Flipside and Bad Boy

Paul and Dillan were great friends that year, 2005. Both about 10 years old and

The Year 2004

Paul: Grade 3 SVPS. Age 9-10 Tom: Greenacres, age 4 Lemonade Design: Working from home

Our trip to Holland 2004-2005

Lambert and Paul left halfway through December 2004 and Tom & I joined them on