April 2010

It’s a Giveaway Day!!! Eeeeee!

April 30, 2010 Giveaways

Hooray Hooray Hooray it’s finally here! Today is the first ever Giveaway Day on carolinecollie.com! I’m so glad you could join us! It’s just in time for Mother’s Day and Cinco de Mayo! ¡Olé! I am very pleased to introduce you to the talent behind Little Miss Priss Designs, Karen Congleton. Unless you guys have [...]

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The Sometimes-Spotted African Bear

April 29, 2010 Baby Photos

In case you were feeling that our one and only was becoming a lesser-spotted species of Bear lately, here’s your fix on where you might spot the 20 month old wonder these days. He was recently seen dancing and testing out musical instruments in Green Market Square in Cape Town. He tried to score a [...]

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Every Person Has a Story :: The Princess in Trainers

April 28, 2010

I have another story to share with you. I just wish I knew more of it to share. I had the privilege of washing these tiny feet. I’m not sure if this little one understood English at all. But Hero Hubs, being the Hero he is, managed to get her to smile. Isn’t she beautiful? [...]

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My Coffee Cup Overflows

April 27, 2010 Stories

After spending time in the townships and taking a good look at how different my life could be were I born in a different place to a different family, I am suddenly newly thankful for things that I haven’t really thought to be thankful for before. The other morning, Hero Hubs was on an airport [...]

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Travelling Tuesday: Table Mountain, South Africa

April 27, 2010 South Africa

You already know it if you read the potty story last week. We ventured up Table Mountain last Tuesday, and a mountain as cool as this one deserves its own Travelling Tuesday. For sure! You take a cable car up to the top (well you can hike it if you want but uh…with a 20 [...]

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This is Africa. AND A Giveaway’s Coming

April 26, 2010 Stories

So you guys. I had a great post planned out for you today. It was all gussied up and waiting in the queue just to tickle your blog-reading fancy. But guess what? Africa had other plans. Two of South Africa’s major telecommunications companies, Telkom and Eskom, have been having technical difficulties today. Translation: We didn’t [...]

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Every Person Has a Story

April 24, 2010

It’s an old saying I mentioned yesterday. And it’s a saying my friend Dominique uses a lot. It has more and more meaning to me all the time. Every Person Has a Story. Here’s a bit of one. I had the privilege of washing this guy’s feet the other day. He shared with me a [...]

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Something Better Than Your Blackberry

April 23, 2010 Stories

There is a special quote that has a special place in my heart for lots of reasons, and every time it comes to mind it seems that I gain some new insight from it: Earth is crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes [...]

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