Trading on the Verandah

The last Saturday in May, Vintage Verandah was "launched"... 
     I invited a few of my green friends and those passionate about vintage, retro and recycling, to peruse my "overflow". Kia helped me to set up and at 11h00 sharp Bongiwe arrived. She left very satisfied with two dresses - one green with black flowers and the other a red print - from two decades ago.
     Ten years ago we met in a completely different situation. She was my student at the former PE Technikon.

Rhodes student, Leora Jones, came from Grahamstown. She too, was a satisfied customer and I was delighted to meet her. Tom Smailes, Leora's late grandfather, was one of my Eng Lit lecturers at UPE in the Seventies. He taught me "to think in ink". 

I enjoyed the "dressing up" part of Vintage Verandah, although next time (? to be announced), I will have to

have a decent money box. Skapie, my little purse, is not the ideal place to search for change in a hurry!
    But then, who wants to hurry if you meet such exceptional people on your stoep?