The times are changin' ....again

I was surprised when I drove past my cling peach trees the weekend. The blooms are allready formed and will probably bloom within the next few weeks. It is a good thing and bad. The good part is the season starts and might be a early one. The bad if we do get some colder weather - frost - the trees might loose some flowers which in turn mean less fruit. The bees are also not that active at this stage meaning less possible fruit again. We can just hope for the best.
Still busy marking out my blocks for planting. I erased the block next to Calitzdorp Country Lodge. One of the vertical lines were not straight. This in it self is not a big problem. The thing is for the next 25 years I will drive buy and know that one of the rows is not perfect. Better repeat the whole process.
Some news of happenings in the community: The Dutch Reformed church is really getting busy. There will be a 'gemeente ete', an wine auction with Outeniqua High School and the normal church bazaar as well a choir performance. They are not sure about the bazaar and the form it will take on and are hoping for some input from the congregation and / or community for a better way of fundraizing during that. So anyone with an idea please let Marinda know at the church office (across the ACVV building). I really hope more people will get involved in this congregation even if it is only in supporting the different functions they have. SO GO AND SEE MARINDA AND GET THE DATES RIGHT AND SUPPORT THE CHURCH.
The church cornerstone was laid in 1910 which makes it in use nearly 100 years old. The town of Calitzdorp became a town because it had an congregation and started to have services of their own here. Another interesting piece of info is that the Calitzdorp dam was built only a few years later. A hundred years ago there was a lot of people with courage, hope and innovation in town. Not unlike now. If you look at the surnames of the people in those days playing a role in building the town the familiar ones like Fourie, Oosthuizen, Nel, Brink, Pretorius, Calitz, Geyser and a few others. Add to that the new ones investing in the town we can only go better. (Pleas don't use that 'i' or 'l' words - deffinately not kosher / politcal correct or nice)