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I was born in the Netherlands and migrated with my parents to South Africa. I lived in South Africa for 57 years and am now living in New Zealand. In March it is going to be my third year in N Z. I love it to be here, save and sound. I studied to become a teacher and have more than 36 years teaching experience. Wow, sounds like a lifetime.
I have a best friend and mate here. His name is Trompie and he is a miniature Schnautzer.
Here he is with me , about 9 months.
scrapydo 
Oh, what a stunning photo of you and Trompie! He is so adorable!
I must just thank you for all your lovely comments and I am so glad we met on WordPress. 🙂
He really is adorable and lovingly especially for a male. Hope to build a tight relationship in coming days. Thanks for your comments.
Hi, may I be so forward and sayHI!
You may! Pleased to meet you and welcome( Jy mag maar afrikaans ook skryf)
good morning, nice to meet you and Trompie. i’ve enjoyed to look around your blog, and thanks for the follow.. ; )
Welcome to my space! I enjoy your beautiful pictures too
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two good companions, it seems, greetings by my kat!
He he he! Trompie isn’t a real cat lover. He is only friends with Buddy a black and white cat a few houses away from us.
BUT: does he like to rest on your QUILTS? to eat & drink on your quilts? our cat has courage enough!
No no , no eating and drinking in bed!Ha ha. The special quilts are not used by “animals”
I’ve been following your blog for a while and you seem like a delightfully positive person. ~Mona
Thank’s for your compliment! Sometimes very hard to stay positive, I’m trying! Posting posts brings me a lot of pleasure because I can do what I feel, not what other people expect of me but my real own self! I enjoy your posts also very much
Know what? I feel the same about posting.
Good on you! Enjoy!
Good Morning, Ms. Scrapydo. I nominated you for the Kreativ Blogger Award. Check it out: http://monahoward.com/2012/03/25/kreativ-blogger/
When I wrote this, I forgot to include directions: 1) Include the image of the award on your post, 2) acknowledge the person who nominated you & link back to his/her blog, 3) write a list of things about yourself [usually it’s 7], 4) nominate 7 or more bloggers.
Thank you! I’ll do my best!
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Thanks al lot for complimenting me!
Skattebol, stuur asb. vir my jou epos adres : sonelscorner.sa@gmail.com.
*hugs*
Het hom gestuur ou dier!
Hello Scrapydo,
Kan ek in Afrikaans praat: Ek mis dit baie, om net te gesels oor dit en dat. Ek was ook vir 50 jaar in Suid Afrika en het baie stories wat nog diep in my hart bly; jou hondjie is oulik. Jou beste vriend, ne?
Jy kan sien ek is nie Afrikaans , maar ek probeer om te onthou!
Liz
Hi, jy is meer as welkom om afrikaans te skryf. Ek smag party dae daarna om myself te kan uitddruk in afrikaans! Engels bly maar n aangeleerde taal vir my. Ek sit ook met die hoop ondervindings wat ek kan deel met ander dis hoekom dit nou n uitlaat klep vir my is om te blog. Het baie fotos om te deel ook.
To tell the truth it is easier for me to write in English, which is my home language. From your blog I presume you trained and taught in Cape Town? I have never lived there but know it well.
I will make time between days out at work to read your blog more thoroughly. I know we are safe, me in Uk, you in NZ, but I still yearn for the bits that you can never replace from old SA.
The old SA.
Liz
I also don’t mind the English. Ek was nie in Kaapstad nie maar in Pretoria omgewing en het in Potgietersrus gebly vir jare! Daar skool gehou . I am a Transvaler or Limpopian!
I am passing on an award tot you that I myself received for commenting often on someone’s blog. Read my post to see if you would like to accept: http://collinesblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/top-recent-commenter-award/
Thank you Colline I appreciate it. I’ll see what I can do!
I have nominated you for the Tell Me About Yourself Award. Please read my post to find out the details: http://collinesblog.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/tell-me-about-yourself-award/
Thank you Colline, I appreciate it but also hate to use these awards because I have to think what I must say!(My english usage isn’t working that well!)
Okay – I will try to remember that 🙂
Thanks for understanding. I’ll do my best to tell something more about me etc.(I am kind of lazy, so this helps me anyway to get out there and do something about it)
I have nominated you for One Lovely Blog Award. Looking forward to learning 7 things about you! 🙂
Thank you very much I’ll see what I can come up with this weekend
You have such a lovely blog! I discovered it while writing a post for my own blog. I enjoyed reading it and look forward to reading some more. Please keep posting!
Warm regards,
Mary from the Philippines
Thank you Mary. You are most welcome. I also popped in at you post. You also go girl!
Your blog is a great contribution in the blogosphere my friend ,good work 🙂
Thank you for the compliment. I started of very unsure of everything!
What an interesting life you have led, and so many interesting places you have lived in. Trompie is very adorable! I loved New Zealand, and I think it would be a great place to live. I hope that you were not affected by the earthquakes there.
Thanks Naomi, it sure is very different than S A. I love it here in NZ. I am near Wellington the earth quakes are/were in Christchurch in the South Island.
We share the teaching life, our first lifetime. Looks like NZ is the perfect fit for lifetime #2. And of course Trompie 🙂
Toni
Thanks, there are so many memories in my head and then there are the new experiences coming up. Some days it feels to much to handle.
Thanks for stopping by and showing love at LoveMore Studio. You have a great eclectic blog! glad I stopped by :)~ Jason
Thanks to you too for hopping into my place
Nice photo, your companion looks very cute.
Thanks. He is my life line!
Hello scrapydo! Thank-you for all your wonderful posts! I’ve nominated you for Mrs. Sparkly’s Ten Commandments Award! Here is the link to the post:
http://wp.me/1OXNv
🙂
Thanks for nominating me,I appreciate it. I’ll see what I can do to keep it up
He’s absolutely adorable!
Thanks he really is
Thanks for dropping by my blog. Your bestfriend looks so adorable, i wish to have one 😉 Have a great day…
He is my life line. Enjoy your weekend! 🙂
Awww, beautiful picture of you and your pup!! ❤ I have a bullydog Rikki myself. My avuncular older friend Michael is an American-born New Zealander, he loves it there so much…I'd love to go some day…*sigh*
–Love and Liberation–
Jan
Glad you love photo. Trompie is already a 2 year old dog since 3 Sept! Supposed to be an adult now.
That’s what they say, eh? I don’t believe it! Rikki is about 5.5 and still acts like a puppy in a lot of ways =)
I also don’t agree. They still want to play like puppies up to old age, catching balls and charge after everything they see.
What an adorable little guy!
Thanks, now that he is grown up he still has some ways of his own that I love.
oh umm .. did you get a pingback from this post of mine ?
http://the-serenity-space.com/2012/10/19/r-e-a-l-i-t-y/ …
i was remiss in not notifying people directly of my nomination and relied only on the pingbacks … something I will not do in the future lol
Sorry I did not see the nomination. I’ll go into it as soon as possible! Thank you for the nomination.:)
i found out it links to home pages which dont usually allow pingbacks … lesson learnt now to notify via comments 🙂 you’re very welcome 🙂
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Thanks for liking my High Line post!
You’re welcome! 🙂
Hello!!
I’ve really enjoyed following your blog and getting to know you in this huge blog world! I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award! I hope you are able to participate! Thanks for inspiring me!!
Thank you very much for nominating me. It will take some time for me to put it together but I’ll do my best to do it before the end of the week. 🙂
Your very welcome…take your time, there is no hurry! Hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday!
I am retired so no holiday for me, life itself is a holiday! Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday.
Hi there,
I nominated your lovely blog for a Blog of the year award 2012.
http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/
Thank you so much! I’ll work on it this week, still have 2 more nominations I need to do.
🙂
Your dog is so quite : )
I also have a Miniature Schnautzer, but mine is 6 years old.
Lovely dogs : )
Best regards!
Thank you, I love my Schnautzer ! He is already my fifth one. I bought my first one in 1980 and since then I have never been without at least one.
Good to know about you & Trompie 🙂 He is so adorable .
Thank you you are welcome!:)
Nice couple, you two! Our neighbours have a Schnauzer too, a lady…! NZ! The country that stole my heart. How I envy you…
Thank you, we are a real team together, looking after each other. It is a beautiful country starting to enjoy it more and more.
Hello, scrapydo! I’m sending my thanks your way in a post I just wrote. Here’s the link!
Thanks a lot I appreciate it. Lots of love and courage for 2013
My pleasure!
🙂
Just to start the New Year off right, there is an Award waiting for you at http://acrossthebored.com/2012/12/30/awards-christmas-comes-twice-this-year/
Whether you choose to participate or not, please know that Across the Bored finds inspiration, entertainment, enlightenment and good company in your blog. Thanks for being a presence in our virtual reality!
Thank you so much you are very kind. Your blog is also awesome I can never just pass it I have to take a look at what you are up to 🙂
Up to no good like my puppy (and you are very welcome)!
🙂
Sounds familiar. Me and my dog. Thanks for checking out my blog. I love the way that blogging connects people who live on opposite sides of the world. Your schnauzer is a real cutie.
Thanks sure is interesting to meet people all over the world! Glad you came for a visit 🙂
What a fabulous photo!
I have nominated you for the “Illuminating blogger” award!
If you are interested and would like to participate, please see the post at:
http://madoqua.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/illuminating-blogger-award/
Pats for Trompie!
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I hope that you don’t mind, but I linked to your blog and nominated you for this award because I really like what you do here.
http://monahoward.com/2013/05/11/wonderful-team-member/
Thank you very much for the nomination.
Lovely photo! Great blog! 🙂
Thank you, glad you enjoy it!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and liking my posts! I appreciate it very much. 😀
You’re welcome! 🙂
Trompie is adorable!!! Our best friend is also grey… but avian 🙂 Kuno, an African Grey parrot. He (and we) have lived with miniature schnauzers for many years, though none at the present. Kuno still calls the latest one, “Brew!” and barks and whistles. And says “dawg” whenever he sees one.
Give Trompie a big hug for us!
Awesome! I enjoy my Schnauzers. Can’t be without one! I think African grey parrots are very intelligent
I have granted you the Most Influential Blogger Award. I hope you enjoy it. I can totally understand if you do not wish to participate. Please don’t be offended if yours an award free blog…I just wanted you to know that I think your blog is great.
Thank you very much I accept the award And will update my awards as soon as I have some time to do it! Much appreciated!
What a handsome boy you have there-Thanks so much for stopping by Little Dogs Laughed-I appreciate you taking the time to look!
Thanks for the compliment and welcome in my place! Paws up.
Dit is so interessant dat jy in Hastings bly! My seun werk daar en hulle bly in Napier. Ek sal seker so teen die einde van die jaar weer kom kuier en wie weet dalk kan ons vir ‘n koppie koffie ontmoet. Ek was ook ‘n onderwysers vir so 30 jaar en is mal oor handewerk, doen scrapbooking en hekel.
Net n regstellinkie ek is in Upper Hutt. Dis steeds nie onmoontlik om n plan te maak vir n koppie koffie nie. Dis nou nie net toeval nie maar te lekker! Is jy weer terug SA toe?
Ja ons bly in Kaapstad, sal laat weet as ons weer in NZ is
Dit sal heerlik wees om biejie uit te kom. My seun bly ook in Upper Hutt maar werk in Wellington. Hy en sy partner is al 8 jaar hier!
He is adorable! Across the Bored has nominated you for an Award at http://acrossthebored.com/2014/02/07/awards-on-a-grey-day/. If you choose to accept, feel free to pass it along to other deserving bloggers! If not, know that your blog is well appreciated and a source of inspiration for us.
Thank you very much. I appreciate your kind words. I’ll see what I can do.
🙂
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Eerder laat as nooit 🙂 Kom inloer om te sien wie is die vrou agter die “hondegesiggie” en nou verstaan ek!! Jy bly in ‘n poskaart; hoe lekker moet dit nie wees nie…. alhoewel ek in ‘n vorige blog geskryf het ‘n mens kannie in ‘n poskaart bly waar alles om jou net mooi is nie.
Dankie vir die inloer. Nou het ek darem geglimlag oor die poskaart! Daar is darem n agterkant ook wat nie te “lekker” is nie. Meer as driekwart is egter werklik n daaglikse belewenis. Om op te staan, te gaan stap en net rustig te bly is heerlik
Lekker dom, ek. Sien nou eers dat jy Tina se suster is.
Oorspronklik was dit nie bekend gewees todat Tina uitgevind het dis ekke. Nou sus sy my in die openbaar sodat almal weet ons is susters.( Het in begin lekker gespeel met die idee dat sy nie geweet het nie!)
Reading through the comments I have a lovely sense of you as a warm person. Sounds like you have seen a lot in this world! I came to say thank you for the lovely comment you left today. It was one of the nicest I have ever received. I feel a little like I have a guardian angel on my walks now 🙂
I was also looking for a name to address you by, but I guess Scrapydo will have to do. You’re a former Scooby fan? 🙂
Heart warming words!Thank you so much! I am Ineke. Don’t know about Scooby!
I am still going to enjoy my walks with you!
Hi Ineke,
Iris from Wandering Iris invited me to be part of a Virtual Blog Tour, which I agreed to and will be posting on Monday, July 21. It is also my turn to extend an invitation to one or more people who’s work I’d like to introduce my readers/followers to. There are four questions to answer and you can also add your photos to the post. I would like to invite you to join the Virtual Blog Tour. You post would be on Monday, August 4 th. Please say yes, I love your blog and would like others discover your wonderful blog.
Wow, thank you for the invitation. I accept it with pleasure and will see how you do it. Have to say, that weekend is my sons wedding but I hope to be home that Monday to do the post!
Thanks, I will forward you the details.
Thanks I’ll do it before I leave for the wedding because it is near Cambridge. I am making it a short holiday for myself(much needed break)
The Virtual Blog Tour is a relatively new project for bloggers. The rules are fairly simple:
Compose a one-time post which is posted on Monday (date will be given to you from whoever passes on the tour)
What am I working on?
How does my work differ from others of its genre?
Why do I write/create what I do?
How does your writing/creating process work?
Answer four questions about our creative process which lets other bloggers and visitors know what inspires us to do what we do.
Then pass the tour on to up to four other bloggers. Get their permission first and give them rules and specific Monday they are to post. Yours is August 4th
Thank you! I am working on it
Hello from Gallivanta and Jack, the schnauzer, in Christchurch.
Hi, you! You are welcome. I have my own blog which my mum is supposed to help me with. I am at scrapydodog.wordpress.com
Oh, that’s special. Thank you.
I forgot to say that the previous comment was from me Trompie- also a Schnauzer(miniature ha ha although I’m a bit high on my legs!) I am following your blog now! 😀
Thanks Trompie. There are a few photos of Jack scattered through my blog. Jack also has rather long legs for a miniature schnauzer. He is very exhausted because he has been for a long walk with a doggie friend.
I also go for short and longer walks each day! Longer ones I usually have to make a 5 minute pit stop half way! Enjoy your evening 🙂
Hi, nice to find a NZ blogger. I have a four legged best friend too. 🙂
Welcome. Are you also NZ blogger? You should have a look at my best buddy Trompie at scrapydodog also!
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OMC I never saw this site, Trompie and Ineke. This is a great intro and such a lovely picture of the two of you. We love it ❤ Double Pawkiss to the both of you 🙂 ❤
Oooo, it is as old as can come! Glad you love it! Licks and a kiss to you too.