LARGEST PUMPKINS OF 2016~

LARGEST PUMPKINS
OF 2016~

Good afternoon my dears friends & Followers. I am truly sorry for not being around
these last couple of months...But with all my personal problems and the crazy stuff that has
been going on with Goggle I have had to take a break. There for a bit  I was wondering if
I was going to stay with a the #*$#@ that Goggle was doing with their G+page & my Blogger/Blog
Too! Yes there was a couple of days that I thought I would lose everything that I have worked over
the almost 4years coming this Jan 2017, however nothing happened. I am grateful that everything
worked out because I would have missed all of you my dearest friends, followers and so many people that view my G+page and blog too! So I have decided to stick it out and see what happens.
I have protected myself however... I have copied every post I have done since Jan of 2013 and all my links, widgets, and gadgets too. Bookmarks all on my word 2016 too... Which I implore any of you my dears who have a blog with Goggle to do... You never know what may happen.. For the last two years this has been going on...
Now as I promised a wonderful viewer and dear follower that I would start up with my blog again...😄❤
With the spirit of October, I thought I would start with a Pumpkin post...
This one is about the Largest Pumpkins of 2016, which I found in South Africa's Great Giant Pumpkin of Feb 29 of this year... I thought it would be fun to show a different country this time. In how they celebrate Enormous Pumpkins too!
It happens to be in a small town of Heidelberg in the Western Cape. In the last couple of years the tiny town has delivered record breakers in the LARGEST PUMPIN - in South Africa.
It would seem in that weekend of Feb 27 2016, at their Giant Pumpkin Festival there were 28 pumpkins that competed for the crowned champion in the town of Heidelberg.

At the end of the completion it was Louwrens van Deventer with the wining pumpkin weighing in
at 373kg[822.324pounds] with his wife, Theresa in second place pumpkin weighing in at 354.5kg
[781.581pounds]...It was said by both the two years winners that the conditions weren't as good as some years, for growing the Giant pumpkins as in the past years, yet they were very happy with their result and the one-two finish with his wife said Louwrens van Deventer after being announced the winner of their small town. However, in this year entries there were a few reports of weights that could of beat Louwrens record. This was by the announcement that Pinkie Swart had said who was the current winner of their small town of the last two years in South African with weight pumpkins of 497.5kg [1096,7998]. Sadly in this years
competition, he discovered his pumpkin was rotten, in the week leading up to the weekend of Feb 27 2016, at their Giant Pumpkin Festival. So he had to not compete. However, his wife, Ronel Swart, kept with the winning tradition in the family by finishing in third place with a weight of 342.5kg.
The current world record is 1054kg [2,323.672pounds] set in October of 2014 by Beni Meier Switzerland...
Year Winners in the Giant Pumpkin Festival of Heidelberg South Africa.
2012 - Henry du Plessis - 390kg
2013 - Johan du Plessis - 417.5kg
2014 - Pinkie Swart - 497.5kg [Previous SA record]
2015 - Pinkie Swart - 483.6kg
2016 - Louwrens van Deventer 373kg
Additional prizes were also awarded in other categories such as the smallest, pretties and the
Ugliest Pumpkin too!

Growers of the town can enter the competition with pumpkins grown from any seeds, however the seed Growers that do enter the competition are required to be very careful in planting the pumpkin seeds when preparing the soil they plant them in...The soil that is provided for them is by
Freshmark which is very special soil. It is not genetically modified in any way at all! And it originate from the Giant pumpkins from the North American Dill's Atlantic Giant variety too. Each pumpkin grower has his/her own secret to growing methods which spark speculation and anticipation leading up to the event every year... Around the world. The result is an exciting and tightly contested competition between pumpkin growers.

At the Heidelberg Pumpkin Festival, they have many other kinds of events other than the main event of the Giant Pumpkin contest...Like that of variety of different kinda stalls and activities for the young and old.. For this year of 2016 there was a MTB XC Race, Golf Day and bowls Competition...

There is another event that is strong in their community spirit of the town. This is the most possible pumpkins that are donated by their growers all over the small town for a most charitable cause... It is for a 400kg Pumpkin Pie which is baked in the most large portion like that of the spirit of the largest pumpkin too.  Giant Pumpkin Festival encourages the public to enter next year’s competition, for more information visit the official website. 
Well, I hope that you all enjoyed my post on the largest pumpkins in South Africa my dears I will  try to do more post this coming month as I have put lots more new images on my G+...
I truly am grateful for all your support over the last year and coming 4years I couldn't have done this without you all ... I love you all so very much
Your Wendy your friend...hugs❤❤❤🎶🎶🎶😄😄😄😍😍😍🎶🎈✨✨❤💜💜☀🌞🌟🌟

SUMMER AUG RIVER OTTERS 2016

Summer Aug River Otters 2016~

Well, I know that I haven't been around of late. And I've have tried to be a good
blogger as putting new post for you all my dear friends and followers however, life happens.
My life has been a bit difficult these last couple of months. In fact the entire year has
been full of ups & downs. That's is why I haven't been on my blog that much this year. Also I not so sure I like what is going on with the new look with the G+ page but that is out of my control...So I
am hoping for a much better year for 2017.
But I did have a lovely Vacation with my family in Northern Calif. In the Redwoods. My Parents and
my sister, brother and everybody lives there so now every summer I get to go home to my family
which really helps my soul and my heart for missing my family so very much.

This post on my Vacation is again at the Sequoia Park Zoo-www.sequoiaparkzoo.net- which I truly love going to
every summer. I have left the website so you can see the zoo, where I go if you would like❤ Its called the Watershed Hero of sorts. It another of my favorites the underwater world of the very playful
river otters that you can peek inside their world as they swim and play. These amazing creatures do flips and turns in the water that are truly wonderful to watch.
I have always love the otter since I have been in my late twenty's in college. When I lived in northern California in the Redwoods. I would go to the beach all the time with my dear Katie who is now my spirit dog when every I could to watch the otters at Trinida Beach near the Pier. They loved swimming around there. And I would see many times a mom with their pups too. However, there was the great Exxaon Oil Tanker that had spilled during that time which was heart breaking to see on the news.... And I had to do a drawing about something that truly sadden me and hurt the environment.
but that oil pasta painting I will only show if you want me too.

So on to the happy River otters of the Sequoia Park Zoo. An little history on how the Otters came to
the zoo, was around 2011 when they received the exciting news that they had been awarded the grant to proceed with the next stage of 'the foundations of the Native Predators exhibits in the form of the
Watershed Heroes project - the River otters! This project brought the River otter back to the zoo!

It is a wonderful exhibit for both child to adult meaning that it starts with an open space for children to play and to explore with a real watershed and investigate of the salmon images in the shape of a salmon run beneath the children feet. As you go forward there is a tumble of logs that looks like what would be a shelter for either river otters or a salmon run where they would have to jump over to spawn. To me it looked like a lot of drift wood make into a art piece and a waterfall coming down for the children to play and to learn too. It would have been great when my son was young. But even now at 16years old he enjoyed the underwater exhibit as you walk pass to where the otters are into a area made to look like how they live. the deep river part where you can see through which my son and my self loved. And the other part on the top that is dry for them to lay in the sun . I believe there was 4 otters ...And they come from the northern Coast.
My family and I had a wonderful time watching the otters at the zoo. And I believe the Birds and the Otters, Red Panda, a few barn animals were are favorites... Watching them swim around was so fun
I got some great photos and videos too. I will try to put the video's on too! if it does work I will put them on my G+ page. This was my vacation at the zoo with the River Otters
Love you Wendy...

I hope that you all enjoy the birds from the Zoo

as much as my family did...

I will be trying my best to add more post of my vacation

of the Zoo and other parts of my vacation too.

Love you all

Wendy

TODAY IS MY MOMMA'S BIRTHDAY SEPT 6, 2016

Today Is my Momma's Birthday~

And In honor of my Momma I wanted to do a post to show how much 

I love and care. How much she has help me throughout my life all these

55years.. Happy birthday, Mum. 

Wendy.

Happy Birthday Momma

You are so many roles in my life momma

the best Mother; Friend; Teacher;

Listener and Confidante too.

You have always been there for me throughout

my life as a child; teenage, young adult and

now as a middle age woman when life has

been the roughest. Your advice and kind

wise words have always got me though some

of the hardest times of my life.

and I hope that I have help you to through some

of you hard times too momma.

I truly miss you so very much and I wish

that we weren't so far apart in

the states. I don't know how it happened

that way being that I was always the

home body one of all the kids. but

I am thankful that Betty and Matthew

are there with you all to make sure that

if you are in need they can help.

I just pray

that one day that we can all be together

again like before. I miss you so much

Daddy, Matthew, Shelly, Betty and John

and the whole family...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MOMMA

~WENDY ~

I KNOW YOU LOVE THE SNOW

SO HERE YOUR FAVORITE THING

IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER☃☃❄❄

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMA 🎂🎈🎈🎆🎶🎁🎁🎁❤❤❤😄😄😄

Summer Aug 2016

Summer Aug 2016~

Well, I know that I haven't been around of late. And I've have tried to be a good
blogger as putting new post for you all my dear friends and followers however, life happens.
My life has been a bit difficult these last couple of months. In fact the entire year has
been full of ups & downs. That's is why I haven't been on my blog that much this year. Also I not so sure I like what is going on with the new look with the G+ page but that is out of my control...So I
am hoping for a much better year for 2017.
But I did have a lovely Vacation with my family in Northern Calif. In the Redwoods. My Parents and
my sister, brother and everybody lives there so now every summer I get to go home to my family
which really helps my soul and my heart for missing my family so very much.
This post on my Vacation is about the Sequoia Park Zoo that we go every year!
One of my favorite parts is the 'The Wandering through the Free-flight Aviary'
Here you can get very close to the beautiful birds that walk around free in the Aviary. inside
there is 'the Dazzling Golden Pheasant stunning scarlet ibises' Chattering guira cuckoos, and many more beautiful birds... The Bird on top is my momma 's  favorite its a pigeon type in Africa ? but don't quote me on that one. All I know its beautiful and my mum loves it and so do I.
Here are a few images that I got inside the Free-flight Aviary..Enjoy

I hope that you all enjoy the birds from the Zoo

as much as my family did...

I will be trying my best to add more post of my vacation

of the Zoo and other parts of my vacation too.

Love you all

Wendy