Bridget McNulty

A day of total slow…

// December 15th, 2008 // Cape Town, Inspiration, Life (and the living of it)

I know, I know! I’ve been rather slack of late. But things have been non-stop busy.

My best friend came to stay last week, which was lovely, and then the day after he left, my man and I jetted off to Knysna (in the car, not a jet, unfortunately!) for a truly amazing wedding… We stayed a short distance from the wedding in what is possibly the coolest place I’ve ever stayed – Fern Gully (check it out at www.ferngully.co.za). If you are ever in the Knysna area, stay here!

The pictures absolutely don’t do it justice. It was a little wooden cabin (handbuilt!) on stilts overlooking the Knysna forest – completely private and completely wonderful. They’d built an outdoor shower on the deck so you could shower practically in the forest, and we were visited on our first afternoon by a Knysna loerie – apparently very rare. We woke each morning to birdsong and the sound of the breeze in the trees… heavenly!

But after the wonderful wedding and the very fun (but long) 4 hour drive each way, I’m pooped. My brother and his girlfriend arrive to stay with us on Wednesday, and all four of us are driving home to Durban on Monday – staying overnight at the extraordinary Nieu Bethesda, home to the Owl House (www.owlhouse.co.za). And then Christmas! With an epic 13 family members and nonstop celebrations…

… All of which I will blog about this week. For today, though, I’m having a day of total slow. Running a few errands. Reading voraciously. Drinking tea and being still. I believe the word I’m looking for is ‘tonic’.

Here’s the loerie we made friends with!