Less Is More

I'm sure that readers of this little blog are no doubt aware of the fact that we recently moved to Noordhoek - I've been harping on about it for a while (and there's still a bit more to come, in the form of home decor posts). Before our move, I had every intention of being 'the only city dweller in the village' (Little Britain fans might get that hopelessly bad reference), prancing around in my heels and munching on a pre-cut apple from Woolies, while watching SATC on my completely indulgent and totally unnecessary flat screen TV. But, as it turns out, I seem to have adapted to life as a Noordhoek resident and have even adopted some hippie-like habits:

1. If you've been to the Good Food Market lately, you may have seen me sporting bright purple Wellies. One of my brothers, who is 10, was absolutely disgusted that I would even consider wearing these anywhere other than in the garden.

2. As I mentioned before, we've given up TV. Well, not completely - we disconnected our DStv, but we still have our flat screen - only now it's hidden behind our bedroom door and only gets wheeled out occasionally when we're in the mood for a movie.

3. We've started a veggie patch! Well, my fiance started a veggie patch. He spent hours yesterday afternoon building a fence and gate to keep our cats out (the one has a penchant for pooping in our herbs; the other has developed quite a taste for coriander, of all things), and is getting excited at just the thought of buying various seeds. I, on the other hand, have realised that you can take the girl out of the city, but if she didn't have green fingers before, they're unlikely to develop at all.

4. I've taken up reading again. As an English Literature graduate, it embarrasses me to admit that I haven't read a good piece of literature since leaving varsity five years ago. Since giving up TV, I've had a lot more time to read. I'm currently reading Jane Raphaely: Unedited, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Fifty Shades of Grey (ok, so that last one isn't exactly what one would call a "good" piece of literature!).

5. We've always recycled, but since moving to Noordhoek, we've been that much more committed to recycling. That being said, living in Noordhoek makes recycling that much easier: they actually have a service that collects recycling from your gate. Last week we had three big bags of recycling and only one, measly bag of trash. Super-proud! We've also started a worm farm (for the veggie patch, of course), so no scrap goes to waste.



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