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October Events
We’ve had a wonderful month of activities. The first was the CANSA walk and tea at the Golf Club. (See picture and caption about the event on page 37).  The VLU Meeting at Luigi’s involved a lesson in mosaics .

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By Barbara von Ahlefeldt
Another month – Another challenge!Do you find these days that you never have time to stand back from all your day-to-day busy life – or even think about what you have to prioritise? Is everything always urgent? Time for another challenge Dames!

This is actually the time of the year when we should [...]

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By Barbara von Ahlefeldt
Spring is Here
Yes, it IS the beginning of Spring. Nature is telling us, but the weather isn’t. I love spring and the first sign in our gardens is the budding of the trees, particularly the willows. Their beautiful apple green leaves are well on the way to cheering up our outlook after [...]

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By Barbara von Ahlefeldt

A Month full of Diversity & Self-indulgence
July, my birth month, and for others too I’m sure, was full of fun, freezing weather and aspects of extreme diversity. The BibberChill Festival at the end of June turned out to be an extremely popular event and well reported elsewhere in the Smiffie this month. [...]

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by Barbara von Ahlefeldt
It All Happens Here
So many visitors to Smithfield have been amazed at the variety of “happenings” in our small town each month. I remind them that they don’t just happen; we encourage them to do so. This past month we had a “Lappies” course which Fabrice has reported on; the usual hilarious [...]

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The Fantabjoel was a Wow
Thank you to the “Friends of Smithfield”, and Za Za  for a really relaxing, exciting day, in the delightful setting of the Pieterse farmhouse gardens at the end of March. All proceeds from the highly successful event went to Child Welfare and school feeding schemes.  The live outdoor “70’s” Concert  was [...]

Uit Die Kombuis

deur  Martli Steyn
MIKROGOLF MELKTERT
1 pakkie tennisbeskuitjies
1 blik kondensmelk (397g)
3 blikke melk OF water
(lee kondensmelkblik)
15 ml margarien
1 eier (geklits)
40 ml mielieblom (maizena)
40 ml vlapoeier
5 ml vanielje
Kaneel

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Garden Club – Tuinbouvergadering

What a lovely meeting we had in March at Rina Geere’s new garden in Church Street.
We have watched the garden evolve over the past year or so when they first found that wonderful old well – now repaired and preserved. First she cleared the grounds, then she planted trees, then she recreated [...]

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By Barbara von Ahlefeldt
Garden Club – Tuinbouvergadering
The 2009 Committee Members are: Mona Visagie, Chairperson; Sanmari Smith, Secretary; Hercules Pretorius, Adre Prinsloo, Therese Swanepoel, Irene Swanepoel, Luna Wilken and Fabrice Rebouillat.
Thanks to Sanmari Smith for this report on the first meeting held at Pigout on 10 February:

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by  Barbara von Ahlefeldt
February is the Month of Love
It has to be because we have Valentine’s Day right in the middle of it.
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This time of the year often brings one to that all important question, what makes one love someone?