just another (women's) day

flowers and kids trying to get in the photo

today we celebrated women's day here in south africa, it was a public holiday, even for the men and from what i saw it was mostly the women who were doing any work today....at least in the informal settlements around grabouw. i suppose it could have had something to do with the weather but it would seem that today wasn't a day to sit around and make the most of their day off, no it was a day to do all those chores that you don't normally get round to during the week.

maz bought flowers for each of our house mom's and for one of them, who is nearly thirty, this was the first time, yes you read it right, the first time that anyone had bought her flowers...she was so made up.

for our house mom's (and maz) it was business as usual in the children's unit, although maz did manage to get an hour off to go have a coffee with a friend mid morning....she has only just got home and is now busy preparing my evening meal and changing our bed as she managed to do some washing today as well....i can see why they celebrate women with a special day here in south africa.


i hope you like a few of the photos that i took today.....