UNIVERSAL TRUTHS …

Universal Truths ….

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

OK we know that that is not true in this day and age but there are still a few universal truths that need sharing:

• Activities advertised on pamphlets are only a guideline.  All activities can be taken up a notch and can become an extreme adventure.  This was highlighted on our resent holiday to the Wild coast of South Africa.  Our friend group took hiking, bird watching, mangrove-adventuring and even packing and eating to new highs.  Oh yes, and helicopter flips !
• Us farm chicks are particularly good at puzzle solving.  We have been balancing budgets and opening farm gates since an exceedingly early age.  No matter how much you calmly explain and occasionally shout, NO ANIMALS DO NOT GROWN FINGERS AND OPEN GATES AT NIGHT.  But I do see method in the madness in that you make the gate so difficult to open that it is easier for a visitor to climb through the fence than use the gate thus leaving it open.
• When driving down a quiet road you will meet a cyclist heading your directions and a truck barrelling down on you going the opposite way at the same time!
• But if you are in a rush – you will meet a herd of milking cows strolling towards to dairy with their heavy full udders due to be milked or that feed truck straddling the dirt road making it impossible to pass.
• You will be in mid-yoga stretch (usually down-ward dog) at the fuel station (while on a road trip which mean early morning and long stretches in the car) when you look around and find at least one young un-jaded face staring at you , mouth aghast.
• I LOVE ROADTRIPS and who does not love holidays …. But why must it always involve early mornings?
• We all know “change is the only constant” but do we know how relevant this is in everyday life?  Just looking back over the “school-run years” (which have been extensive as I have a laat lammetjie (English/Afrikaans for big age gap between my children)) the clientele at the hair salon … the “men’s coffee club” gatherings … the school car park chatter have all evolved.  As a farmer’s wife I am good with “rolling with the punches” and adapting is part of our DNA so I have taking these changes in my stride.
• Farmers are the eternal optimists but the hardest to please (too much rain, not enough growing heat, a nice cold burn ???)