Wish you were here...

A friend I studied with in South Africa once said to me that she never got homesick unless the sun was shining. And it's true. When the sun shines I miss my South African family and friends very very much...

In England you find things like this bench at the side of the road...


And in Africa you can find things like this by the side of the road...

I bought this sewing person in Franschhoek from a vendor who had a little stall on the roadside.

His head, arms, legs, hand crank and scissors are made in a darker wood to the rest of the body, sewing machine, seat and table. The darker wood bits appear to have been glued on.

I love the ethnic fabric that he is 'sewing' and the bit of string representing the thread.


I do love things that you can sometimes be lucky enough to see at the roadside.