Come drive with us to the mountains.

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Although we moved house on Monday, we will never move away from the mountains.
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Instead we moved a bit closer to the mountains as you can see in the road above.

Sadly we had to leave our family of wild squirrels behind at the old house, but nature and an ex-neighbor will continue to feed them and life goes on.
The Robins were also nesting in the palm tree at the old place and now we will not see the babies, but we were prepared to sacrifice it all in exchange for silence and peace at the new place.
Nature though is still within easy reach and there are many short drives that lead one out of town and into the countryside.
Such as this one.

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A place where the Jackal Buzzards and the eagles fly.
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A very happy little one here below.
We might not have squirrels anymore at the new house, but nothing prevents us from making them happy with a nut like this little one when we see them somewhere else.
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Hard work this week as moving never comes easy, but every now and then we take a short trip to release the stress and the pains. Mother nature is our doctor as her mountain air is crispy and clean. The power of the mountains also transfers itself into our souls and upon every return we feel cool, calm and focused on the tasks at hand.

As a bonus we had an interesting meeting this morning with the head of one of our partner NPOs, and he informed us that a committee decided to expand the coding training project to include another town that suffers with extreme unemployment opportunities for the youth. Apparently Apple has agreed to sponsor the project.
So watch this space, as we are planning an inspection trip to the town.
Such is life over here.

And That's All Friends.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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Closer to the mountains another secret you never shared, moving is never fun more like a nightmare waiting to happen, yet we move on.

Have a wonderful evening and hopefully new partner training youth all works out for the best, to help children plan a future!

!LUV
!LOLZ that squirrel taking off at great speed...

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Ever closer my friend and this is not our last stop until I get what I want. So many more nightmares await. Now I am looking for my reading glasses and they are hiding somewhere.

7 hour drive to that town and we are planning a 3 day summer visit. One of the trainers here has agreed to move over and that is such great news as he is one of the expert volunteers that we have been blessed with.

!LUV
!LOLZ the squirrel was a stranger that will become a friend :)

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It really seems that everything's going better at the moment - the new home is great and I am sure there will be squirrels visiting you too, the beautiful mountains are closer and the coding project is expanding - that sounds great Zac 👏😀

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Thank you again Hannes and yes, we are slowly coming alive again. So strange not to hear the traffic and the sirens anymore and it just shows how life can condition one. Also no evil tongues, so yes life is good again.

I was so happy to hear of the expansion and we are planning a 3 day visit to the town, as it is a 7 hour drive from here. There are also many mountains there and my camera will be happy 😊

Cheers and thanks.

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Although I feel with the animals you left behind, I believe that you have done the right thing, my friend, and I wish that it goes on right that good way.

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Sad but true Hannes, as we have to consider our health first. That other place was really starting to affect us negatively, so we wiped their dust off our feet.

I think that Mother nature agrees with us as she gave me this today.

Or maybe you will like this one.

Cheers and thanks.

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The decision to move to this new home was certainly hard but the best thing you could do, my friend, and Mother Nature is telling you the same as I can see in these lovely images.

Hope you're enjoying a wonderful Sunday, Zac 🌞

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Such a strange thing happened Hannes. I think that you can remember that we found a large frog at the old house in the bathroom. I picked him up and set him free in our garden.
Now yesterday I saved a frog from being killed by little children and I set the frog free.

So strange and I am sure that there is a message that the Spirit wants me to see.

Only the animals and the birds that kept us at the old house so long, but Marian is no longer crying and the silence is spoiling us. It feels like a holiday.

Sunday was good and I hope yours as well 😄

Cheers and thanks.

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Oh yes, I remember the story with the frog in your bathroom and maybe it really means something that you saved one again.

You will forget the other animals and you will meet new ones, my friend, and you're living in neverending holidays - how cool is that?

Today was hot and I spent most time at the computer - so my day was good as well 😁
Wishing you a good start into a wonderful new week ahead 🌞

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It could be , but I prefer to see it as meaning that we were set set free by God from a very toxic 3 year situation 😊

So cool that we are amazed now in every new day and the plan is to get some nice bell flower plants for this small garden to attract the sunbirds. I hear them and we are very close to the river so it will be easy to draw them.

Our day was also warm and it stays cold at night and glad to see that you had a good day.
I got this on a quick visit to the mountains today.

May you also have a good week my friend 🤞

Cheers and thanks.

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Most important is that these three years are over and your life is becoming normal and good again.

I know that you'll make a little paradise from your new home 😊

Hey, that's Harry and Sally and all their kids - coool 😀

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Slowly and surely the new chapter in our lives are beginning my friend and we can only pray, as it is not in our hands. New and exiting things are already starting to happen as this morning at 5am there was a big commotion outside our house. I got up to go and look where the noise was coming from and can you believe that a main water feed pipe burst on the sidewalk right in front of our house.
Within an hour a team from the water works arrived and they spent the day here digging down and replacing the pipe.
So not only have we started a new chapter, now we also have a new water pipe 🤣

Thank you and not yet, as we first have to get the house sorted out. Then it will be the garden's turn my friend 😉

Hahaha, I wish it was as then it will really be cool 😊

Cheers and thanks.

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That must have been really exciting to see that much water splashing - it must have looked like in the movies when they hot a hydrant with the car 😀

Of course you need your time to settle down and sort everything out, but I am sure you already know what you want to do with the garden 😉

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Spraying as high as the telephone cables on the street poles my friend. All from the front of our new house 😮

You know me well and yes, we have some ideas about the garden, but first we have some other priorities here. The electricians were here today, sent by the agents of the ex-owners to check and repair a list of faults, as we are waiting for the electrical clearance certificate. The boss man said that we will get the certificate tomorrow from the agents. Luckily the ex owners paid for the work and certificate.
We had to do the same at our old house 😊

Cheers and thanks.

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That sounds really exciting and like a great opportunity to take waterfall photos from the living room 😂 !LOLZ

I have never bought nor sold a house, so I can't tell you what we here would have to do, but such a certificate sounds like a good thing and it's certainly good to know that everything is fine with the electrical installations.

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Hahaha, too many people were running around panicking and the the water works team arrived in two trucks with about 1o guys to dig down to the leak.
I went outside to take a photo of the repair work.

The white part at the top is our front wall.

We had to get 4 home inspection certificates for our old home before we could sell the house.
An electrical certificate, plumbing certificate, gas certificate and a beetle certificate.
Of course we had to pay for the 4 inspections and the repairs and also for each certificate.
But yes, it is a good thing as then the new owner knows that everything is correct according to the laws that are in place.

Over here in the new house we are waiting for one outstanding plumbing certificate as there are water pipe leaks inside the house that must be repaired first, before a certificate is issued.
I am not allowed to fix them, as the previous owner has to pay for the repairs and the certificate.
Only then after we have all of the certificates will the house be transferred into our name as the new owners.

Cheers and thanks.

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That's quite close to your house and in Summer you could have taken a cool and free shower 😂 !LOLZ

When my wife and her sister sold their parent's house they didn't do any repairs. I think they needed a certificate for the house that's called "Energieausweis" ... The energy certificate is a document intended to provide data on the energy efficiency and the energy costs incurred in a building.

So I think having the 4 certificates that you have is much better.

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Not yet, as we are new here in the neighborhood, so some of the ladies might fain if they see me naked and showering out in the road 😁 !LOLZ
Once they get to know me, then they will pay me to outside naked 😜

Yes, I also think so, as then the new owner will know that everything is in order with 4 legal certificates as evidence.. This particular buyer also asked for an assurance that all of the inner doors must have door locks and keys. Strange but true and when we bought the pace only the front and back doors had keys.
So I had to go and buy 4 new locks and keys for the 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom doors. I didn't even charge him for the installations.

Cheers and thanks.

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Oh yes, they will throw their money at you 😁 !LOLZ

All our inner doors can be locked, but I have no idea where the keys are 🤣

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Hahaha, as long as one of them is not married to a cop, or maybe a priest, as I don't think they will like their wives throwing money at a naked guy in the street 😁!LOLZ

But you know that women always have an excuse, so they will say that they threw the money at me so that I could go and buy some clothes 🤣🤣🤣

Oh yes, that normally happens and that's why I found the request so strange 😮

Cheers and thanks.

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The excuse of the women would be great, but let's hope they throw paper money and no coins at you 😂 no !LOLZ left for today, I believe

Maybe he wants to make it harder for burglars 😉

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Hahaha, maybe their husbands will throw bricks at me 🤣 !LOLZ

No idea as a bedroom door is not very strong and one can simply kick it open. But still, I think that he could have had his own locks replaced. We had no keys for the inner doors when we moved in and never bothered to get any 😉

Cheers and thanks.

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👉😅

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I'm amazed how your mountain looks like in your place. It's like big rocks. While in our place, our mountain here was full of trees and kind of scary to climb because there are lots of wild animals.

By the way sor, nice shots 🤗
Thank you for touring us.

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Thank you and yes the mountains here are millions of years old.
We also have trees and wild animals here in Africa.
Glad that you liked the post

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Your shots are awesome!
Moving closer to the mountains gives you positive energy, well that’s how I felt when I stayed a night near it. 😅
Good luck in your new place!

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Thank you and I have always had a love of mountains. Of course also a love for the sea and we have both the mountains and the sea here.

Have some !PIZZA

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That’s so nice! A perfect place then..
Sea and the mountains together are a gem! I would also want to live in soem place like that..

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