Think we might have done this one before, but it's worth repeating "Never fear shadows.... that always means there is a light shining somewhere."~ Jonathan Santos
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Monday Motivation
Blanco Holiday Farm and Guest Resort hopes that everyone had a splendid weekend and is feeling recharged for the week ahead! "There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge."~ Friedrich Nietzsche.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
A Warm Winter Weekend
Friday, June 17, 2011
Our Survival Tactics For The Weekend
If things feel like they are getting a bit too tough, just remember: "Spirit has fifty times the strength and staying power of brawn and muscle." -Unknown. Wishing all our fans a fabulous weekend x x x
Friday, June 10, 2011
Great Weather At Blanco
This isn't quite it. Better pics to follow soon! |
News Flash! We are officially landlocked at Blanco. Between great rains and melting snow on the Winterberg, our dams are “flooding” and our little “stream” at the approach to Blanco is as wide as the Breede River! No Kidding!!
Chris attempted a closer look to see if the bridge approach had washed away and he and his trusty tractor nearly took a swim.
At this point, would it be common sense or should I mention that our phones too are out of order.
Chris attempted a closer look to see if the bridge approach had washed away and he and his trusty tractor nearly took a swim.
At this point, would it be common sense or should I mention that our phones too are out of order.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Our Winter Appeal
Blanco guests know how to keep warm |
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Our thought for today
(Horses are ok) |
Monday, May 23, 2011
Blanco Says Thank You
Blanco would like to thank Gemma Bisekker for the donation of her lovely bike to little Nogayoyo. Gem, you have made Gaysie a very happy little girl. We are also looking for a donation of R150 per month to be able to send this same little Nogayoyo to dance lessons (her dream) so if anyone is looking to do some charity work to make a little girl's dream come true, please contact us.
Family Friendly Holidays At Blanco, Eastern Cape
‘The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.’ Albert Einstein
Child family holidays no longer have the same traditional meaning they used to. They now refer to excursions designed to knock the socks off the most street wise kid out there. Blanco offers a family friendly holiday that goes back to basics and allows children and adults to play again. Children can vent pent-up energy from living in big city traffic and small housing estates and enjoy space to run, discover and explore in the vastness of the Eastern Cape.
Child family holidays no longer have the same traditional meaning they used to. They now refer to excursions designed to knock the socks off the most street wise kid out there. Blanco offers a family friendly holiday that goes back to basics and allows children and adults to play again. Children can vent pent-up energy from living in big city traffic and small housing estates and enjoy space to run, discover and explore in the vastness of the Eastern Cape.
Always a hit with younger children, the farmyard is a scene of much frenzied social activity. Babies are being born continually and youngsters get to experience the circle of life with friendly farm animals. Blanco’s farmyard is no different and children are encouraged to get involved with the milking and feeding of different animals. Our famous farm fresh cream is made from the milk of our cows, and kids are invited to give a helping hand.
Horse riding is also arranged and is an activity to get the whole family out into the open and have fun. Animals feed children’s sense of wonder and can give them hours of enjoyment and learning.
Kids can have more old fashioned, outdoor fun on the kiddies’ playground where they can meet new friends.
Blanco also provides a range of activities for a family to enjoy together on a family friendly holiday. Sometimes a team effort strengthens bonds between people and we are proud to offer: tennis and squash courts, swimming pool and volleyball court, as well as a golf course. We also have exciting mountain bike and 4 x 4 trails for terrain enthusiasts.
In much the same way as we want you to nurture family relationships while on holiday, we also know that mom and dad need some time on their own. We have a wonderful team of nannies who can help to look after children when mom and dad want to relax.
Food is hearty and homely, the way it should be on a family friendly holiday. It is designed to satisfy the appetites whetted by the fresh air surrounding Blanco. We encourage children to eat in the children’s dining room to allow parents a chance to socialise. It also gives the children a chance to dine with others their age.
South African school holidays book up very early in advance; so make sure you book ahead to avoid disappointment.
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Another Beautiful Day In Africa
It's a gorgeous day here at Blanco, albeit a touch chilly as winter sets in. Things are fairly quiet today with not much to report other than a funny little story of how our painter opened the wrong paint tin and started painting our new charcoal roofs a lovely sage green colour. It was quite an artistic touch to have a two-toned roof but we have decided to stick with the conservative approach and keep it all one colour so needless to say we had to start again. Our trusty old painter wasn’t even drinking on the job!
Monday, May 16, 2011
2010 - 2011 Newsletter
Well, it is 2011 already and our end 2010/Beginning 2011 newsletter is only peaking its head out now. For the more esoteric among us, I can always blame it on the fact that some say time as we know it is changing. Have you ever found yourself saying lately how quickly time seems to be flying by? I can recall countless times where I myself have said exactly this. Well, apparently, time really is flying by as our planet undergoes all sorts of shifts and changes. Whether this is true or not, I am going to use it as a wonderful excuse for always being so late with the newsletter.
Talking of time, for us here at Blanco, each moment of 2010 has been joyous and peaceful and we are happy to report that it was a wonderful year for us. Of course, like everyone else, we have had a few bumps in the road and the economy has slowed things down a bit but for the most part it was great and we choose to remember only the good.
The year got off to a cracker start with a wild and wonderful New Years part (as always) and then shortly after that the birth of our third child, Nicholas Laubscher.
We were warned about planting so many olive trees around Blanco because they are a sign of fertility and are meant to attract abundance to a place. This certainly is true as far as we are concerned because between the horses, the cows and the Laubschers, we popped out babies all over the place.
Nicholas it seems has come to the right place because he is as wild as the hills and needs all the space that God has allotted him. He has been a true blessing and a complete delight. Being a third child, us parents have wisened up as to how to survive the baby years so we now keep regular bribes at our bedside table that are used to entice Nicholas’s sisters to fetch, feed and play with him when he wakes up with the roosters so that mom and dad can get more sleep. Cody, our eldest started Grade 1 this year so we are now dealing with homework and nappies!!! There are some things that even peaceful country living can not shield us busy parents from. The good thing is that we do not have car pools, traffic and after school activities that consume us. Our kids version of monkeynastics is climbing a tree, Ballet is replaced by Xhoas dancing at the staff houses, music lessons are replaced by the Blanco song on the donkey cart, funball is replaced by soccer on the front lawn with the quedins etc etc.
The world cup was good to us and we were full from start to finish with all our lovely old guests who wanted to escape the city mania. We did have a touch of soccer fever at Blanco however and our guests used the excuse of celebration to yet again get the Blanco bar rocking. Thank you so much to everyone who supported us over this time.
It was a touch challenging for our team because Vuyo, our amazing front office receptionist left us to have a baby, Dolly was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Rosie had only just joined us and I had a tiny new baby who was still being breastfed. Fortunately, by pulling together we somehow managed to get through, albeit a little frazzled at the end of it.
The positive from our small period of struggle is that Vuyo now has a beautiful baby girl called Sinayo and is back with us. Vuyo, you are an amazing person and we value and treasure you. We would be hard pressed to find another person with a smile, heart and voice as big and beautiful as yours.
Dolly, after an enormous scare from being diagnosed with a life changing disease, is responding well to the medication and is better than we have ever seen her before. She is now running around like a teenager. Dolly was such an incredible champion in July. I have never seen a person face such adversity and pain in such a brave, accepting manner. She never complained once or faulted in what she had to do. We were all of course ignorant as to what was happening to her and constantly teased her about being slow. Well, the joke is on us because now we have to try and keep up with her. Dolly was and continues to be an inspiration to us all and an example of what can be done to you all those people out there who are diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
Rosie is unfortunately leaving us at the end of April. We would like to thank her for the time she spent with us and we wish her well with her new venture going forward.
Ruben, our trusty old chef is still the same as ever and continues to work miracles with the 10 year old implements that he has to work with in the Blanco Kitchen. We would like to thank Ruben and the kitchen team for their continued effort, dedication and hard work. The effort that goes on behind the scenes to keep hundreds of people fed each day throughout the year is no easy feat for such a small team but they do it with grace and competence and we are always in awe of them.
And then to the rest of our team, we are not going to name them individually but we mist give a general thank you to everyone. Each and every day Chris and I are amazed at what friendly, fun loving and loyal staff we have. We are truly grateful to all of them. Without them we would not have a business at all.
And then, on the other side of the coin, we have our guests. As it amazes us how we seem to get such lovely staff, so to do we seem to attract the most incredible type of guest. I mention this every year; it is the people that come to Blanco that make it the special place it is. People often comment on how tough it is to work in the hospitality industry but for us it is a pleasure. We are honoured t o do what we do because we are fuelled by so many special, fantastic people. Thank you to everyone who has supported us. To those guests who did not enjoy Blanco, we thank you to for giving us a chance and we understand that this place is not for everyone. Hence our age old motto – “if you love Blanco tell your friends and if you hate Blanco tell your friends”.
In September this year we held a very special event at Blanco. We hosted Child Welfare’s 10 year anniversary for this district and also the 10th birthday of the gorgeous local little children’s home started and run by Jenny Van Heerden. Jenny and her team have done an incredible job over the years and we felt most privileged to have been an integral part of this celebration. The evening was a wonderful success and a very proud moment in time for all concerned.
On the topic of child welfare, Blanco has joined forces with them and we are opening a foster care home and safe house on the premises for abused and abandoned children. There is an enormous need for this in the area and seeing as though we have been so blessed with this amazing place, we need to share it and use it to protect and uplift those in need. We are going to renovate the old school and turn it into a lovely little home. Basil Buss, an architect from Queenstown has already drawn up the plans for us and social development has given us the stamp of approval. We will also be joining Jenny Van Heerden and child welfare in town to assist with all the various projects they have got going. Our Blanco guests for some reason, are extremely passionate about upliftment in this area and are constantly donating funds and clothing to help with the betterment of our staff. At times, guests have even asked us as to how we can extend our reach into the community. With this in mind, we have decided to start this project and assist with the others in town, driven by the pure faith that we will get the support, donations and funding we need just by tapping into our amazing network. To those of you who have helped spark this journey and who have been assisting us along the way, we don’t know how to begin to thank you. A big mention must be made to Chanelle Smailes in particular. The generosity you have shown has been nothing short if amazing. Thank you also to Jenny Van Heerden, our mentor and back bone.
On the topic of upliftment, the first phase of the New Staff houses is complete and the younger generation have moved in. The older ones are delighted because they said that they now have peace and quiet again. The building of the staff community will continue slowly but surely each year. Many of our projects have slowed down with the recession hitting us but we have no doubt that in time the wheel of life will turn, as it always does.
We have also moved a few steps forward in terms of technology this year and we are happy to report that we now have a lovely new logo, are on face book, twitter and have a blog. Our website will also be upgraded shortly. Please visit us on face book and be our friend. We want your comments, thoughts, humour and pictures.
Our year finally ended on a wonderful high with Christmas and New Year being tremendous fun. The usual suspects were here and for some reason, despite the year being a tough one for many people, spirits were high and the season was fabulously festive.
A highlight over this time was when my sister Kelly (aka kabie) and her boyfriend Gareth (aka Nige) got engaged. We were so excited that Nige chose here to pop the big question. A whole lot of sneaky planning went into the event and eventually the ring and champagne were strategically placed in the Blanco Mountains waiting to surprise a most unsuspecting Kabie en route of what she thought was a normal cycle around the Blanco Mountain . Nige said he chose Blanco because it is Kabie’s “happy place”. This was a very brave choice because he arrived back with his bride to be, to be faced by Kabie’s enormous and very excited family plus 80 Blanco guests who were waiting to congratulate them. The excitement obviously touched everyone because the party that ensued that night so incredibly special. Everyone joined in and the fun and laughter that unfolded throughout the night was nothing short of amazing. Congratulations Kabie and Nige, you are a couple in a million and certainly made for each other. Blanco has once again been honoured by people choosing to have their special moments here in this magical place.
With this spirit leading up to New Year, you can only imagine how much fun our New year’s party was as well, with the highlight being when Mr. Johnnie Burgess Senior, our longest standing and most loved guest (84 years old), took the floor to Frank Sinatra, shook up the champagne bottle and showed us what life is really all about.
When one can get to this age and stand in the middle of the dance floor, feeling nothing but happiness, contentment and a love for life, then you know you have lived wisely. He was truly an inspiration to us all. We love you Mr. B and we love the fact that at 84 you not only showed us all up on the dance floor, you also decided to run the New York marathon and raise money for charity, sky dive and break your hip getting too drunk!!! Pammie would be proud.
With this start to the New Year, how could 2011 be anything but fabulous!!! New Year was of course not without the frivolities and mania and some very unsuspecting guests found themselves being horribly harassed during the early hours of 01 January 2011 by 4 extremely unsavoury looking and smelling characters – the Barber, the Instigator, the Mohawk and the Madman – we won’t mention names seeing as you crazy idiots have day jobs to keep.
The first part of 2011 has been fairly quiet. In March this year, our new manager, Gert Havenga joined us. We are very excited to have him on our team. We hope he is going to walk a long and fruitful road with us.
Thank you to all our guests who supported us over this time. The fun and humour that you bring to our Guest Farm is just too fantastic for words.
To all our little guests, we would just like to thank you for loving this place and for bringing your moms and dads back every year. We love having you all come and visit us. Simba and the horses send their love to you all.
On a sad note, one of our very loved staff members, Mabel Booi passed away in April. She was the dearest old lady who never let a day go by without smiling at someone. She led a simple, humble life and yet was one of the happiest people I have ever met. So many of us could learn the power of happiness from people like our scullery lady, Mabel. She has now joined Sylvia, Tiesani and Caroline so our host of angels over Blanco is getting stronger.
Talking of this, we were greatly honoured this year when we were asked by Kathy and Yael Raeburn if they could sprinkle their late husband and father, Jock Raeburn’s ashes at his special place on Blanco. Blanco was Jock’s happy place and when he was battling through the toughest hours of cancer, he would get through by visualising his trip to Blanco. Jock was a most loved guest of ours and it was the most spiritually powerful experience watching his gorgeous wife and daughter, Kathy and Yael, sprinkle his ashes into the Blanco soil and fondly remembering the man they love.
“It is here in the spirit of the wind that I will find my soul”
Aunty Peggy Kendall also scattered her husband, Collin Kendall’s ashes here earlier this year. Collin loved Blanco so much that he painted an entire collection of pictures of the Blanco landscape. Aunty Peggy was so kind as to donate them to us. We cannot express our gratitude for this. Blanco was Collin’s favourite place in the whole world and it was here that he found peace. Aunty Peggy has moved from Port Elizabeth to the Tarkastad old age home. We would like to welcome Aunty Peggy to Tarkastad.
Well everyone, that sums up most of our news. From the whole team here at Blanco, we would like to wish you all a wonderful 2011 (at least what is left of it). Remember not to sweat the small stuff, find the fun in each day, believe in your intuition and laugh loudly. Too many of us go through life constantly trying to “get more” instead of finding the beauty in “giving more”. It is when we give of ourselves that life starts to reciprocate in abundance. It may not be in ways that we initially think we want but eventually we realise that it always reciprocates in ways that we need. May you honour each and ever lesson life throws at you this year and in doing so come to know the great rewards that await once lessons are learned. When we embrace life’s lessons instead of fighting them, that is when we find peace, joy and self mastery.
So fellow Blanco friends, together lets commit to an awesome year.
So much love
The Blanco Team
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Blanco Foster Care Home and Safe House
Blanco is in the process of opening a Foster Care Home and Safe House for abused and abandoned children on our premises. We will run and fund it independently but will operate as a project of Child Welfare. We are going to use their constitution and their NPO (Non Profit Organisation Number).
This project started off initially as a community outreach program that was initiated by us but after numerous meetings with Child Welfare it was decided to do a situational needs analysis and what arose from this was that there was a greater need in the area for safe housing abused and abandoned children.
Although the Tarkastad/Cradock district is an area where there is very little crime upon the white community, there is sadly a large amount of criminal behaviour that happens towards the little children in the townships. Babies are being dumped in dustbins, small toddlers are being left unfed, unclothed and uncared for, little girls are being used for live sex shows in the taverns etc.
Although an enormous amount is already being done to help, it is not nearly enough, hence our mission to join forces with Child Welfare and see how we can assist.
Whilst at a Child Welfare meeting one day, I sat listening to these stats and just got thinking about the enormous network of people that we have through the Blanco database and, of course, just with our very own friends and families. Our Blanco guests, for some reason, are extremely passionate about upliftment in this area and are constantly donating funds and clothing to help with the betterment of our staff.
At times the guests have also asked me as to how we can extend our reach into the community. With this in mind, we have decided to start this project driven by the pure faith that we will get all the support, donations and funds we need just by tapping into our network. We hopefully would like to create a ripple effect by asking each and every one of you to please try and tap into your network for us so we can spread the word and eventually get donations and funding from far and wide. We would like to think of this as a way of “paying our charity forward”. By this we hope that we can not only get people to donate, but also get them, with as little effort as one e-mail to their friends and family, to help get funding from others.
Having said all of this, we completely understand that many of you already do an incredible amount of charity work in donating of old toys and clothes so there is ABSOLUTELY no expectation from our side. This is simply a blanket request and we only want those who feel an urge/inspiration to join us and/or assist us to do so. Donations can be once off or on an ongoing basis. Alternately, every time you pass by Blanco, if you do have anything old that you want to discard, please bring it along. An old teddy or a few R5 coins all add up and make a difference. It is incredible how the principle of “a little goes a long way” certainly does apply to an underprivileged child.
We are going to take an extremely formal approach to the funding process. Those who would like to join us will receive monthly status reports on the Foster Care Home and a monthly e-mail attachment of the bank account that will be set up to manage the funds/donations. The names of all our donators (who we would like to call “our partners in touching lives”) will be included in this feedback.
Our most generous sponsors:
Shanelle Smailes
Shanelle, we would just like to thank you and your company for your EXTREMELY generous donations and for your amazing offer to continue to fund on an ongoing basis, we truly are grateful for your generosity.
Penny and Mark Hosken
Sheila - who has made beautiful quilts for the foster home
Natasha and Andrew Brand – thank you for your beautiful gesture in teaching your children how to give and in doing so, helping others
Gary and Joy Strydom
Roy and Leigh-ann Morgan
Roland and Judy Selb
Steve and Lyn Bruce
Val and Pete Douglas
Ed and Kate Dutton
Helen Le Grange
Leigh-ann and Darren Cooke – Thank you for your unbelievably generous offer. You guys are the very best
Karen Rubidge
Blanco Guest Farm – Building of the home.
Thank you all for being part of our foster care home and helping us make it happen.
We are hoping to have the home built by the end of the year. We have had architects re-design the old school into a lovely little home for the kids. Please see design attached. Setting up the home is obviously not something that is going to happen overnight but once it is up and running there will be no stopping us.
We are obviously appealing to our network for anyone who would like to assist us with this project. Your donations do not need to be just monetary based, they can be toys, clothing, furniture, materials, kitchenware, household equipment etc etc
As mentioned earlier, this is just a blanket request, we realise that everyone already does so much in their own right.
We are also working together with Child welfare on various projects in the area, so funds that are raised do not have to stop at the Foster Care Home. Should we get enough, it will spill over into helping the broader community. All of this will be communicated to funders.
Our NPO (Non profit organisation number) is:
026-901-NPO
The Management Committee for the foster care home is:
Chris Laubscher, Kim Laubscher, Maria Schenk (Dolly!), Vuyokazi Solani
We will be giving monthly reports to the Tsolwana Municipality District Child Welfare Management Committee and our project is being overseen by Jenny Van Heerden – Child welfare representative and founder of Sparrows – the gorgeous little children’s home in Tarkastad.
Thank you to each and every one of you who have taken the time to read this. We just know that there are many of you out there who share our compassion for this and we are excited to get your help, even if it is just in the form of encouragement and /or passing along the word to potential funders.
With much gratitude and heartfelt thanks to our partners in touching lives.
The Blanco Team
Blanco
Sung to the tune of Surfin’ Safari by the Beach Boys
Chorus
- Let’s go to Blanco now
- Who wants to milk a cow?
- Come on all to Blanco with me
- Early in the morning we’ll be eating our eggs
- Cleo’s gonna trot along
- We’re loading up the golf bags with irons and woods
- Trying to get a hole in one
- There’s a squash court and a bowling green
- Let’s go camp on the trampoline
- Let’s run to Judy’s everyone
- Its gon-na be lots of fun
Chorus
- Lets go to Blanco now
- Come on all to Blanco with me
- Everyday at lunchtime we like to eat
- All this food is such a treat
- We’re going to Blanco for the Easter break
- Do you wanna come along
- There’s a tennis court and a swimming pool
- I’m so glad we’re away from school
- We’re driving to Tarkastad to shop for clothes
- We’re driving on a gravel road.
Chorus
- Let’s go to Blanco now
- Who wants to milk a cow?
- Come on all to Blanco with me.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Blanco's New Owners
It’s that time of year when we all go
To our very favourite Guest Farm – Blanco
This year however, was different you see
Because Blanco has new owners – Chris and Kimmy.
As we made our approach we all wondered I know –
About the new owners – would it change our days at Blanco?
Good changes we have seen around and about
These two people have worked hard there is no doubt.
We’ve had fun this year – we’ve had a ball
And Chris and Kim have been part of it all.
In order to see his guests to bed safely –
Chris has been seen to lock the pub after three!
Wherever you go, whatever you do
There’s a friendly Laubsher face to meet and greet you…
If the problems are big, if the problems are small –
Chris and Kim see to them all;
Quick as a flash, they always do their best
To look after and pamper the Blanco guest.
This shapely young lass who has a smile for all
Is not however going to stay this small…
In May next year a new baby arrives
To bring joy and happiness into the Laubsher lives.
This group of hooligans would like to share your joy,
We really don’t mind if it’s a girl or a boy;
We would like you to accept something from us all
To save you a trip to the Queenstown Mall!
Blanco Babble 7-13 July 2003
(I’m sorry to say I have not had enough time to put something together for tonight so)
I’ve had to join Robin Williams, and become a member of Dead Poet Society but then I thought again. Late evening when I donned my nighty
And put pen in my hand, and gave it a little time
And thought about you lot, and came up with a rhyme
So we are gathered once again, after a week of Blanco fun
To remember In rhyme, some of the things we might have done
Now some may feel scorned, and others may get the shits
As I recite your week’s misdemeanours, in scores of rhyming couplets
With so many teenagers, the lion den was very quiet
And the Olympic opening ceremony was a wonderful sight
With all the help you gave, you kids are now forgiven
For your nightly raucous parties, which left some broken and some smitten
The Hanley’s holiday took a drive, when they left the warmer clime
To spend a week in the cold, but had a great Blanco time
And Isabel in thirty seconds, gave Dennis a really big fright
Said sex is like a song, it’s been hard day’s night
Good food from the kitchen, dear Bronwyn couldn’t care a shit
For she brings to the dinner table, her own bottle of Marmite
And Pierre inspects the sauna, after the kids have doused the fire
He stokes and pokes the flames, till we perspire with desire
If the debate at night in the bar, is not hot and needs to thaw
Then just call on dear Mignon, but please, don’t mention the Law
And Roy wasn’t feeling well, said it was a bug in his stomach
But we all know too well, he’d just over-done it.
At night in lower meadows, lying in bed I beg for leg
The closest I got to procreation, was watching Lesley lay an egg
And Pete Cox broke an egg, right between his hairy thighs
And Colleen broke all the rules, by having the heater up on high
Nicky teaches science at Grey, knows her stuff but is clearly quite stern
For she sits by the fire all day, setting homework for the whole of next term Hubby Fred wearing shorts and sandals, up Black Eagle he easily was first
And on the bike when you think he is tiring, he puts foot and gives another final burst.
Now Vanessa’s been good all week, I’ve got nothing nasty to say
but she sang out of tune accompanying James, when in the pub he was singing My Way,
And the best relaxation for Jill, is to sit by the hut with literature
While Sam again takes out the kit, to fix yet another bicycle puncture
Bruce Barrow arrived late in the week, Tiffendell was their skiing resort
Heather sank the black at first try, says snooker is now her main sport
The McWilliams also came midweek, but made sure their presence was seen Allan and Heather sure played their part, in the victorious Olympic team.
The Saunders called Allan and Claire, with three kids out here in the sun
Dad’s back home after being away, and mom says wearing beanies is fun
And Wiseman’s called Ghita and Barry, up Loskop the last day of their stay Coming down was quite another matter, following Wayne as he lost his way.
And Guy did his stuff, with another great Olympic fest
With so much sporting talent, did he really know who was best
And Lindsay was a star, arranging Prickly Pear was really great
For morning tea, hot chocolate and lovely carrot cake.
For fun and entertainment, Louis stampedes the Wildebeest
And after dinner in the bar, he entertains all the guests
And Jenny the sporting Mum, looking always very chic
With not a hair out of place, she easily wins the Olympics.
Lynn Hobbs was feeling ill, Blanco tummy was the range this year,
So no time for annual shopping, nor a trip to the Prickly Pear,
But Neill was in fine form, and on his bike he looked quite cute
But he had us all in stitches, with his yarn about a suit.
If your cool drinks have gone missing, and the bar needs a lock
Then call inspector grim, Oh our Wayne is still in shock
And Debbie played bar games, all night in the Kroeg
Kept on with 30 seconds, till we were all tired and moeg
And Dave at the piano, played fine music without the boom
Of the base drum and guitar, that emanates from the rec room
And Sandy spent a morning, at a store called C and D
Says even though it’s Tarka, its still great retail therapy.
And Richard to the Prickly Pear, drove the little ones for tea
Complained one was very chatty, just like her mommy named Sandy
Now Hester she’s plain bedonnerd, swimming four lengths under ice
But we will all agree this year, your pink hair is very nice
Now loosing balls at Blanco, was the best of golfing fun
But Dave’s now gone and spoilt it, with a perfect hole in one
And Lynne was there as witness, with shouts of joy as she should
Watch out Ernie Else, be careful Tiger Woods
And Elaine had a good giggle, watching hubby on the first tee
With balls in every direction, she laughed so mush it made her wee
And talking about balls, have you see Ian in his cycle shorts
I think his shop in Hermanus, is clearly for other sports
Our Baron Ian van Trapp, he’s feeling sad and sore
For he’s climbed every mountain, and he’s moaning there are no more
And to his lovely wife Jane, every bit the perfect Tannie
She’s given the best Blanco treat, to a little boy named Attie.
For most of us as at Blanco, horse riding is just fun
But dear Ruth took a tumble, now she got a very sore bum
And Dr. Roaul brought his medicine, but it’s only a pupil dilator
To get relief for poor Ruth, he used Jane’s 12-inch vibrator
If you dream of reaching for the stars, ask Neville for his long telescope
But keep your curtains drawn he may just peep you having a poke
And Jenny’s last to leave the sauna, she says she likes it all sticky and steamy Neville says pour more Eucalyptus, he loves when her eyes all go dreamy
Now most of life’s an illusion, just look at the owners too new
All week we call them Chris and Kim, when their names are really Fuzzy and Foo
And so to end we thank you Kim, and congratulate you Chris
For ensuring for years to come, unblemished Blanco bliss.
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