Face lift for the Verandah and major alterations at the cottage

While our grand old lady boasts a spanking clean facade, the Sherlock cottage is taking a beating.
    Wallpaper coming down, carpets out and a thorough schrub for the ceilings.   Lots of other work will follow after 30 years since she was bought.

The cottage was built in 1889. Whilst scraping the wallpaper off, we found a layer of  the original    green lead paint.

   Eon is the project manager and our friend Jacques Theron has given us good architectural advice.

                           Eon in 1983 ... little did I know that he would be so versatile at 32.

                            This book was found behind one of the cupboards in the kitchen. Pinoccio kept Emile and Eon busy whilst their parents restored the cottage from October 1984 to March 1985.

Two Brazilians came to stay!

Dani and Leo are on a world tour and the Verandah was their first Couchurfing stop on this ambitious journey.
     They live in Curitiba in Brazil where Dani is a teacher and Leo a professor of Digital Marketing.  I met them on a Sunday afternoon at the Intercape Bus Station and we immediately clicked. 

Dani making Brigaderos

 Dani enjoying our pancakes

      Eon spent a lot of time with them and dropped them in the city from where they made their way back via the Donkin Reserve. They were so glad to get a dose of history after Nature in Namibia, Cape Town and J Bay.
      Time flew... and when I dropped them at the PE Railway station, it was like saying goodbye to family.

Dani wrote :          Well, I kind of have no words to express the wonderful experience me and my husband had at Trudie's place and with her. 
          The house itself is a alive museum and for me P.E. was worth it paying a visit just because this lady, her family and her house (that includes her garden). I wish I had more time with them so we could learn more and more about many things. 
          She kindly introduced as to many typical dishes, flavors and ingredients. My husband's birthday was just perfect because of Trudie, a wonderful, kind and generous person! I am very thankful to have met her.
        Sincerely, Dani and Leo.