New Cupboard and Beautiful Gift

Surprise!!!!!
We are still here and doing well, but just very busy lately. Pap had an incident with his eye, a tear in the retina
that had to be repaired by lazer in the city by a specialist, so we spent lots of time in waiting rooms - but we are
thankful that it could be done. His vision is still somewhat blurry in the one eye, but the specialist said that it will
take some time to clear up. The pictures above are of the cabinet that pap bought at an auction sale in Mayerthorpe -
it was pouring rain so there were not very many people there. He also bought the desk that matches this cabinet
but that was for Gerry and Karen. We cleaned the cabinet up - took lots of elbow grease as it was very very dirty,
but the result is wonderful. It is a German cabinet - built in the late 1800's - the desk and the cabinet have 4 claw
feet, which is unusual as most furniture only has claw feet in the front - mostly for show. It takes up alot of room
but it is meant for the addition (??) - eventually. The picture of the carving is a beautiful piece of art that we
received as a huge surprise from J. Mhlanga - a noble friend from South Africa. We gave the carving an honorable
place on top of the cabinet. Thank you Jerry and Thoko. You are always in our prayers.