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After our first real summer's day - 41°C on our old maximum and minimum thermometer in our shady garden - just salads and cold chicken cuts for supper. 

But that's only part of it.  The temperature is rising as we get closer to another of our flagship annual markets.

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I am so grateful that I'm not handling most of this.  We have help from the new tourism committee and they are doing a stunning job.  The time is short and I need to be spending time on making stuff and not doing stuff.  If you get my drift.  

The other heat I'm talking about, is having actually managed to post on Hive.  Every. Day. For. Thirty. Days.  This was my (this year, very shoddy) contribution to @traciyork's November #HiveBloPoMo.  When I began, I mentioned, with gratitude, how busy I am.  It's not slowed down but somehow, I managed.  It does prove that if there's a will there's a way.  So thank you to each and every person who's dropped by this month.  

Will I keep up the momentum?  Let's see.

<strong>Until next time, be well
<strong>Fiona
<strong>The Sandbag House
<strong>McGregor, South Africa</strong></strong></strong></strong>
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