The Wondrous Wandering Tornado

  Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you..The legends themselves! Widget and Smudge.  My fur babies, my woofs, the reason I can't sleep in, my reminders to play in the garden during my breaks and to not work late, the only two creatures to get genuinely upset when I exercise and are pretty much behave like plush teddy bears that are sentient. Don't let this picture deceive you, they are vicious beasts! Okay not really, well maybe the little one sometimes but that's only because she truly believes that we all exist to serve her. Since the 26th of August was International Dog Day, it was fitting to dedicate this week's blog to these two heartbreakers. Widget is the eldest by four months but also the smallest in size. This means absolutely nothing because she will attempt to take down a dinosaur if given half a chance. She is a mix of Jack Russell and Dachshund and the first to be adopted.  We got her at six weeks because Parvo was found in the kennels so she needed to be ...

  Greetings and salutations! I thought as it is a religious day for me that I would write about what today is all about. It is by all means not a religious post just an informative one. I won't be offended if you don't want to read any further, but if you're keen to know why I wear a red string on my right wrist, get your cup of tea, and get ready. Today we Hindus celebrate Mother Lakshmi and offer her prayer, food and worship so that she will visit our homes and bless us with prosperity, love and joy. So in preparation, I spent time getting the house clean which would have been difficult if not for The Husband who knows what is needed when I pray. So all I needed to concentrate on was cooking three curries, making vermicelli, getting my lamp ready, and preparing the prayer area. That's all. Oh, and making the strings which unless you're going fancy is just some good red string tied with at least three knots. Odd numbers are important. I went a little bit big this y...

  ...to Succulents. Hello, my name is Therusha Naidoo (until I change it) and I am addicted to succulents. Who knew that I would ever be this interested in plants given that most of my life I couldn't keep one alive? Not even a cactus, which I have learned is possible to kill in many interesting ways. Two years ago I was at home, depressed for reasons that have been mentioned before. And I couldn't pull myself together. Yes, I had meds and therapy but I needed something creative to help me focus so that I could pick up the pieces. Youtube was my only company because the husband was working. Somehow I saw a video on succulents and the seed was planted. See what I did there? I got really fascinated by the beauty of these plants, the wondrous things one could do with them and the fact that they were hardy and could grow from seed, leaf and stem. Magic. I showed the husband who suggested I get some to work with and I laughed thinking he would join because he knew I couldn't kee...

2005 was when it all started when I became obsessed with a mad man in a blue box. I remember it clearly, I had been in Cape Town for 5 years and I was sitting alone and looking for something to watch when David Tennant popped up on the screen on Mnet. I had heard of the Doctor but had never had the opportunity to see what all the fuss was about. That evening my life changed forever. The theme song was now in my soul. An obsession started that won't end especially now that the husband is into it. He has gotten as far as Matt Smith and the Ponds going..spoilers sweety! So it's still early days but enough for him to also declare Number 10 as his favourite Doctor and disliking Rose.  Sorry to the fans that love her, I never did. I have a TARDIS(Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) purse thanks to my brother that gets me. A couple of Lego figurines, not taken out of the packaging, a spatula( that's a weird one that a frenemy gave me), two tees and of course a sonic screwdriver...