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Mia’s Story

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

February 2017

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

The Year 2000

Lambert: Working at Saatchi & Saatchi (Paul called it Naartjie) Paul: First year with Marelize

Frog Mountain Jan 2017

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

July 2017

July 17: Tom passed his Bike Learners, first bike lesson 19th July   Discovered a

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 2004

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

Goblin’s Story

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

Flipside and Bad Boy

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

The Year 2014

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

March 2017

Photos from March

Silkscreening

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

June 2017

3 June: Sad occasion we took part in a, motorcycle cavalcade outside NG Kerk, Kommetjie

The Year 1999

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

Paul discovers a pink highlighter

Our trip to Holland 2004-2005

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

The Year 2017

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

Eunice’s Story

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

12th Night Maynardville 2017

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

Millie’s Story

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

The Hottest Christmas ever: Enjo 2016

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

Marie & Hans 2017

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

August 2017

Renovations continued August 18:Lambert flew up to JHB early this morning to buy his new