Introducing Aunty Min.

At the Quilter's guild meeting, the keynote speaker and founder member, Rosalie Dace inspired us with the story of her life. It's amazing how someone can, during the telling of their personal story, make it personal for their listeners. At each notable point, she'd ask us to write down these points in our own lives, thus keeping us involved along the way.

One such influence in her life was her Aunty Min. One of those wize old aunts who teach you to believe in yourself, that your contribution in the world is important.

After hearing Rosalie's description of her Aunty Min, no lable was necessary for this piece where her verbal description has been so perfectly translated. On second thoughts, it's clear that both the verbal description and this picture are expressions of the impression Aunty Min left in her heart.

Would you believe its a quilt?

Another beautiful piece of art. This time Denise Blane's quilt shown at the KZN quilter's guild quarterly meeting held in Durban recently. It takes real talent to make such an intricate task look so easy. Each day I'm amazed and pleased to see how much of that we have in this country.

Ship missed the harbour mouth.

UShaka is Africa's largest marine theme park.

On the right is the Phantom Ship containing the Cargo Hold Restuarant. The backdrop to the restuarant is the shark tank and it must be quie an experience having the sharks watch one eat.

Santa's here.

Santa and his reindeer visit the local shopping center.

Hopefully next time he does his rounds he'll know the dress code in Durban at this time of the year is T-shirt, shorts and a towel over the shoulder. It's far too hot now for these full-length swimming outfits... besides they went out of fashion many years ago.

Chalk Model.

Here we have another of those amazing chalk drawings decorating the specials menu at the Keg and Trout.

This time its Minki van der Westhuizen, one of South Africa's supermodels. Recently she featured in a documentary on her rise to fame, and I was really impressed at how unaffected she is by all the attention. She takes it in her stride, and remains true to the good values her parents instilled in her. I'm always impressed with celebrities who cope with fame and fortune by being true to themselves.

The Golden Mile

A view of the Golden Mile taken from the pier outside UShaka.

Originally the beach was named "Sands of Gold" by Portuguese explorers long, long before there were any buildings. Now the 6km from Argyle road up to the Marine Parade now has the name The Golden Mile.

This area has a variety of entertainment ensuring holiday makers, tourists, and locals have a great day at the beach. Besides the obvious - swimming, surfing, tanning, building sand castle, there is also the Snake Park, Mini Town, Rickshas, fleamarkets, as well as a number of restuarants and takeaway outlets. Something for everyone.

Restored

The restoration of Point Road is well underway, and if it weren't for the modern cars, you'd be convinced you'd been transported back in time.

The Bluff with the harbour control tower is visible at the end of the road.