Happy 5th birthday to G-Trove!

Would you believe it! Its exactly 5 years since our first blog post on G-Trove. 1050 posts later and we are still going strong. Our blog has brought us much fun over the years and I know the family has greatly enjoyed it too. It's also awoken my passion for photography. It's a wonderful treasure trove of memories for us to cherish in future years. So please join us in wishing G-Trove a happy 5th birthday...

Happy 2nd birthday, blog!

It is exactly two years since our first post.

Blogging is now firmly entrenched in our lives as a habit and a source of fun. It has provided great benefits:

• A fantastic way to keep our family in South Africa and Canada up to date with what we are up to
• Great way to keep in contact with friends too. One does not need to repeat the same old stuff in every email - but focus on more personal stuff
• An incentive to take lots of photos. Photography has since become a big passion and I have taken literally thousand of photos.
• A fantastic scrap book to look back on later in life
• Often an incentive to get up and "do something" (especially when we were working and we realised from our blog we had done nothing exciting in weeks).

So, don´t worry family, we will keep up the blogging!
If anyone wants to start up there own blog, its extremely easy !

Happy 1st Birthday, Blog!!

Well, we've been officially blogging now for a year. When I put up the first experimental blog on May 14 2004, we never guessed it would become such a fun part of our lives. We enjoy going back and seeing what we were up to in months gone by - and it will become more fun as time goes on and memories fade: like a great big digital scrap book except it doesn't get fish moths or take up cupboard space. I know the family has enjoyed it too - it's a wondeful way of keeping in contact. I've also enjoyed having a reason to take and post photos - it's been a fun new creative outlet. We're looking forward to our second year of blogging.