Welcome to “Blogging for Birdseed” – My introductory post!
So, who is blogging, and who needs the bird seed? My name is Julia, and I’m married to @jasperdick. I live in the “small city” of Cape Town, South Africa. It’s actually basically a village. Within four people we are all connected…
A famous Cape Town question is “what school did you go to?” This question helps us identify who you know (that we also happen to know) quicker than doing an ancestry test!
Throwing curve balls like “I’m from Joburg” (Johannesburg... another larger South African city), or “I’m from (insert your country of origin)” may keep a Capetonian on their toes, but trust me, it won’t take long for us to find a connection – we know someone who knows someone you know!
So basically, I’m only four connections away from being your new best friend. Let’s chop that down to one!
Hot topics you can expect me to post about include:
•New mom life
•How to throw a one-year-old baby’s birthday party
•Food (I studied at SA Chef’s Academy)
•Art and Jewellery (I also studied jewellery design!)
•Rediscovering old hobbies
•Creating new interests
•And birds! – especially the ones who need bird seed…
Like these helmeted guineafowls!
It’s not only the birds who need bird seed – the practice keeps my two cats (Bunny and Mr Pickles), and my baby daughter, very entertained – basically like “Cat TV” through the window!
My account will hopefully also be sprinkled with farmers markets, coffee outings, recipes and restaurant gossip, the cats and whatever catches my attention on the day!
Is there a point? Where will we be going? … and will the birds ever get their seeds? Join me and we’ll find out together!
Yours,
Julia A Baker
