Will and I are enjoying our evening, post braai.  The braai this evening was on wood instead of charcoal, which means we are becoming TRUE South Africans.  An honorable mention goes to me for the awesome rescue of the potatoes. 

Why braai in Africa? Perhaps because it is just another day of the year, perhaps because it is suddenly warm or because it is just so much fun.  I don't know what calls one to braai so much but the feeling is contagious.

Speaking of contagious Will came back from Nigeria with a cold, and I caught it.  It was not that bad, but I was able to kick it with antibiotics and paracetamol (acetaminophen).   After which we rescheduled our trip to Nieu Bethesda.  It actually happened this past weekend.  A new blog story to follow.

Tonight is an ordinary night in our lives.  It is just now being captured in a blog, something I haven't done in a long time.  I need to catch up on the things that are important in life.  So, if I have been absent for a while, I apologize.  Today I found out my work permit will be finalized (finalised) in about 14 days!  This has been a LONG time coming.

Our backyard has been steadily improving since we moved in to our house.  The garden was not a huge success although we harvested a few carrots.  Our tomato plants survived but without any yield. I am not sure what is going to happen with the spring season, whether we will tempt the garden again or not.  Now now *right now* we have planted spekboom, rosemary, and pelargonium. I am hopeful that my pelargonium lives.  This particular one is lemon rose scented leaves and blossoms purple flowers.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulacaria_afra - Spekboom - elephant bacon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelargonium

It is great to have the opportunity to learn the indigenous plants and indigenous languages (isiXhosa) and indigenous customes such as the braai.  We will have so many stories to tell in the future, so expect to hear "when I was in South Africa" a lot!

Here are the gratuitous food porn pictures you were waiting for:  

 Will has perfected the method of cooking steaks and boerewors on wood.  Our tiny braai cooking surface has served us well.  We even had a recent braai with Nigerian suay.  I love to entertain our culinary enthusiastic friends. Will and I plan to have many more parties in the future.