Something else on Christmas day.

papilloncharity in #hive-106316 • 3 years ago

I didn't show you this in my previous Christmas mountain post.

Marian and Troy at the back and we were on our way, to take Troy for his Christmas day walk in a public park.

This year we do not have the means to load our car with food parcels for the poor, but instead we took little Troy for his normal late afternoon Christmas walk.
I hope that you will enjoy the pictures.

Look at that lovely "V" shape at the back by the sun in the mountain valley.

I just had to get a closer shot of the "V"

And also a landscape to show you the beauty that surrounds us.

Sorry, I digress as I want to show you Troy's walk.

They start at the far end of the park and return to this old tree.

Then around the tree and back to the far end.

Finally here's a sky shot of the tree.

They do the walk twice, both fast and then slower.
Troy is now going for 17 years, as he turned 16 in November of this year. By the time that they get back to the car he is dead tired and sleeps in the car on the way back home. Normally at Christmas times we do a "Mercy Flight" meaning that we hand food parcels out to poor people that we find in the streets, but sadly not this year as Papillon's finances cannot allow it. We are a bit skint as they say. But we have eternal hope and next year we will try our best to continue with it.

We view Christmas day as a day of thanksgiving.

And That's All Friends!

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.

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johannpiber 3 years ago

Troy is such an old boy and still loves to walk in the park. We should take him as example for when we are in his age, if ever we should get that old.

Let's hope that 2022 will be a better year and that it will bring you all the help you need and deserve.

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

We have to keep him healthy as best we can and he also has to take two pills every day. One for his chest and 1 for his heart. But he is the love of our life and we hope that he will get older than Methuselah 🤣

Thank you kindly and all that we can do is hope and pray. There will come a time that I cannot do it anymore, but as you know I am trying to secure the future for the projects to keep on running.
Let's see what happens.

Cheers and thanks.

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johannpiber 3 years ago

Oh yes, you care very good for him and he will live on for many more years.

You are doing a lot and as much as you can and I do hope it works.

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

We try always Hannes, both with Troy and our work.
I do not like to run the same projects over and over and as soon as the attendances drop, then I know that the project has served it's purpose. Then we simply launch a new project.

I now have apart from the recently launched coding project, also some other new ones on the waiting list. So I am sure that we will continue, although I don't know how yet.
Our God will guide as usual, as I feel that our current situation is only a test to see if we will give up.
You know what I will say here 🤣

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johannpiber 3 years ago

Such is life, my friend, and I am sure you will not give up and that everything will be good soon 😀👍

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

Come what may, as we will just continue Hannes 🙏 👉👍👈

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Oh yes, I know you will 🤞🤗

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joanstewart 3 years ago

Troy is fantastic for his age and deserves a sleep after the outing, we all start to feel that way. Considering in doggy years he is well over 100!

Was wonderful to read our youth went out on Day of Goodwill delivering parcels to the homeless early in the morning in Beach Road where many live in coastal bush.

Everyone is trying their best, sometimes we just not able, hopefully soon the coffers are full and feeding is an all year round responsibility.

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

For his size the old man is tough, but now that you mention it, he doesn't run around in the house anymore and he spends most of the day sleeping.

We con him with the 2 pills that he has to take for his heart and his chest, as he absolutely will fight to the bitter end not to take them. So we buy round strips of dried wors, cut two pieces off, stick the pills into the soft middle and Marian offers it in her open hand. Before you know it, both pieces and the pills are in his stomach.

Great to hear that your youth are also doing their thing on Christmas day.
This is the first year since 2002 that we missed, but such is life.

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Yes, I agree as we always have hope. Just a pity that we cannot afford a fundraiser.
But one never knows what the future holds.

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joanstewart 3 years ago

We used same trick with the dogs and tablets over the years, they don't like their daily dose unless disguised.

Youth set out with loaded bakkie on day of Goodwill early morning to get to the homeless, sad how many now live in the bush, sadder many are now drug addicts or alcoholics which was not evident a couple of years ago.

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

Hahaha, yes, we can certainly outsmart them, but Troy has learned the habit to chew carefully if he suspects a tablet inside and then he politely spits the tablet out.
This is his way of getting another piece.

Don't talk as we also have them laying around in the parks legless. Ether alcohol or drugs.
I think that it's the same all over the country.

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joanstewart 3 years ago

If they taking a plate of food is crush the tablet into the food to hijack, but boerewors sticks does the trick most times in between.

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

Nope not Troy, he has a very fine sense of smell and he simply won't eat the food.
That's why we keep the wors pieces small with the pill stuck right into the soft center and squished closed. One bite and it its gone down.

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joanstewart 3 years ago

Cheese another trick my dogs fell for, until they don't!

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

Hahaha, yes, Troy also love cheese, but the vet said no go. Brown rice and carrots only.
You will be totally surprised how well that works in dogs. A light touch of meat gravy over it, for the smell you know and soon the bowl is empty.

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

Thank you Lady Joan and Troy says for me to tell you that he also loves you and your doggies.
He used to sleep in my shoe as a pup and now he is an old man and he has lost most of his tricks.
Except one. He will not go to sleep at night until I sing him a song while rubbing him.

Oh and he gets upset when I sing him a song that sounds similar to the one of the previous night.
So I have forever to change the tune and the words and I have to end all of the songs with the words "Time to sleep"

We gave ZAR40,000 to the feeding of poor children in the schools this year and this put a big dent in our finances. Last year we gave 30,000 and we had 10,000 left for food parcels and other things, but with the Covid it was worse this year.
Then there are also the funding of the other projects and yes, we are running on a very tight line.

Yes, I agree as we always have hope that things will get better.

Thank you kindly for the tipu and may you guys be blessed in the coming New Year.

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joanstewart 3 years ago

Don't they just tickle you pink with the habits formed, Woody is really eager for a walk, we waiting for the holiday makers to leave before venturing down to the beach or park.

Cost of food is sky high really don't know how people are going to manage feeding schemes that have run for years. Donations help but as families find their loved ones needing assistance as well money dries up, this has been an exceptionally long haul with so many without work it is scary.

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papilloncharity 3 years ago

Shame, I feel for Woody and hopefully in a week or two things will return to normal.

Things are really bad out there my friend, so bad that some nights we struggle to sleep.
But there are also lessons to be learned and many here are starting to grow their own food.
It is now the middle class that is starting to suffer and that is very worrying. People of worth are also emigrating left right and center and the tax base is being eroded, simply meaning higher taxes for those that remain. I can go on and on but it will not help.

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joanstewart 3 years ago

Woody has a garden which he will not use unless we go out with him, strange... Will get to the beach in a week or so, considering he never got out of his original garden except to escape I reckon he does pretty much OK, wait for inland travelers to leave.

We know so many who have already gone overseas to live, many waiting for borders to open or waiting on documentation to get going.

Perhaps money would still be in the hands of the country had better controls been put in place, also inviting overseas immigrants in to 'help build' is not a good idea, won't be crying about colonialism, when working under Chinese...

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