Adventures around Gabs

Sunday was a restful day: church (J&J were overwhelmed again with the privilege to worship on earth as we will in heaven - among many tribes and nations), brunch at a cafe, afternoon naps, and birdwatching in the Shinns gardens.
Monday we began our adventures around Gabs. Here are some pix taken by our 9-yr-old photographer (Jon took only bird pix, and we'll enter those sparingly to not bore you). We went to a village called Gabane (pronounced Ha-ban-ay. the G's sound like hard H's and E's generally have the long A sound) to see pottery, glassworks and metalworking. Unfortunately only the pottery place was open. We then ventured past the David Livingstone Memorial (we chose not to take the very rugged dirt road to see a hut foundation) and followed the pottery signs to Thamaga. We shopped some more and then picnic lunched on the porch. Back in town we had our first experience with a Gabs supermarket and rush hour traffic (TIA - they closed one of the two main traffic arteries for repairs during evening rush hour). We have now tried 3 different brands of pinotage, and the current favorite is Mrs Shinn's favorite - Landskroon.

Our photographer.

Sampling of pottery in Thamaga.

Outside the Thamaga pottery store.

Part of our lunchtime scenery. We also had fun playing peek-a-boo with the kids who lived next door, watching their goats roam the yard for lunch, and identifying a couple more birds (we are up to 16 species identified so far, and only 2 of those also live in North America).