"Jubilee Home Fun Day"

Early Saturday morning everyone was off doing their bit for the Jubilee Home Fun Day.

First the Jumping Castle was set up then the rolls collected for the hot dogs and of course the long awaited Face Painting Station manned by the grand kids.

From the start we kids lining up for their Face Paint and keeping us busy on the Jumping Castles.

We had to keep an eye on them at the pool as well so there was no rest for the wicked.

Midday the munched on Hot dogs until not a crumb was left and we kept the cold drinks

flowing throughout the day.

Just after lunch a very special lady arrived from Heart Filled Parties with her sweet machines and set up her station with a real Christmas feel. Christmas decorations and balloons adorned their kiosk and they even wore their Father Christmas hats while they served the kids.

The kids could eat as much as they liked - Candy Floss - Pop Corn - Snow Cones. All going down very well with people that really understand children.

We have one more surprise for them and on Christmas Eve we will arrive with a Special gift pack for each of the children.

The draw for Nan's Quilt No 14 was done and a big thank you to Mr. Keith Faulke from the Wattlespring Gun Club that supported us. You are the owner of our quilt.

We would like to say some special thank yous to the people that made this day very special for the children of Jubilee Home.

First the the Basics Group: Our main sponsor for the day. Thank you very much, without you this day would not have been possible.

Vaugh Hatting

Wendy and Trevor from Heart Filled Parties.

All who bought tickets for our raffle

May you all be Blessed - Have a wonderful Christmas - and once again, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Due to pending court cases that the children are involved in we have had to be very cautious with exposing the identities of the children but I sure hope you get the feel of the day from our pics, it was great fun for all.

Jubilee Home & Nan's Quilt No 14

Tomorrow is our big "Jubilee Home Fun Day"
Thank you to all who made it possible, we are very excited to do this for the children.
Everything is set and all we are hoping for is good weather for the children to enjoy the day outdoors.
Jumping Castles, all the food, drinks, treats, party packs, etc are ready to be delivered in the morning and set up.
Our draw For Nan's Quilt No 14 will also be done during the day.
SO - WATCH THIS SPACE

Quad Day Ride for Sunfields Home

We have not been on a quad ride for a few months so we had to make time for this one.

It is a very special ride that Family Adventures puts together to raise funds and goods for the Sunfields Home for Handicapped People.

We arrived at Fortuna Resort near Balfour just after eight in the morning to check in and deliver our grocery parcel for the home.



Glenn Foley and his team always do a great job and everything is always super organized with tickets for lunch, making sure you have emergency numbers at hand and smiles all round from the guys that have been at work since early hours of the morning.

Once everyone had unloaded and geared up we set off on a mass ride to Sunfield Home where the kids awaited the Bikers.

They were super exited, not only for the bikers but Father Christmas was arriving.

After a few Christmas carols and a thank you from the kids we were off on our ride

Two routes today. One into the Koppies and one to Balfour, then also some fun loops near base camp in the quarries and hills.

Even the rain added loads of fun to the ride.

Lovely buffet lunch where we ate way too much.

We always enjoy this, so thank you Glenn Foley and Family Adventures for a super year of
riding. May you be greatly Blessed and have an awesome 2014.

Golden City Shooting Club

Saturday saw the last club shoot of the year at Golden City Shooting Club.

Normally we shoot both Saturday and Sunday but this was a one day shoot only so the shooters were double what we normally are.

Just a short shoot of 6 stages - 114 shots but loads of fun once again.

In our detail we again met guys that we had not shot with before.

Thanks Justin, Kristy, Grant, Alex - you were real fun to shoot with.

Salvation Army Creche

We had loads of fun again today.

We did lunch at the Salvation Army Creche in Benoni.




We loved sharing the day with all the busy little chatterboxes that had so much to tell us.








We will be seeing you again 

Classic Arms Gun Collectors Auction

C 006 and C 008

The day of the long awaited Classic Arms Gun Collector Auction arrived, much to the delight of Richard.

He now fancies himself as a collector since he received his collectors certificate.

Only the Further competency License still has to arrive.

Auction day is exciting as it reminds me of the cattle
auctions we used to attend.

There must have been in excess of 500 lots to be auctioned.

Now it is down to the business of getting the paper work done for each of the firearms.

 

D 001 and D 002

There are loads of forms to fill in and motivations to be prepared but I am becoming an expert in this so I think from now on I will have to charge Richard for my services.



Here is the start of his collection.

D 129 and D 131

C6  Egyptian Hakim Rifle Bayonet. In original & excellent condition, complete with original metal scabbard.

C8 .303 No. 9 Bayonet For No. 4 rifle. Bowie type blade. Good condition.

D1 9mmp Artillery P-08 Luger Pistol Ladder rear sight in front of the breech which is stamped 1917.Toggle marked "Erfurt" under a crown. All matching numbers to parts. Some light dings to chequering on grips, high % original finish with some loss of finish to high spots. Overall good to good plus original condition.

D 052

D26, 35mm Mauser WTP Pistol Mauser WTP model 11. Left side of slide marked "Mauser-Werke A. G. Oberndorf an N" and the Mauser logo. Right side of slide marked "W.T.P.-6,35-D.R.P". Rare & collectable, the WTP11 was only produced in 1938 & 39. Serial Number 63954. Pistol is complete with original magazine, in very good & fully original condition. Bluing worn on edges of slide. No cracks or chips to grip plates.

D52 6,35mm FN "Baby" Browning Pistol Serial Number 70017. 2" barrel, 6 shot. Very good plus to excellent condition.

D129 6,35mm Ortgies Pistol S/N 183883. Popular with Nazi officials. Squeeze grip safety. 6 shot magazine. Plain wooden grips, expected wear to original finish. Good overall condition

D131 7,62x25mm CZ VZ52 Service Pistol Roller cam operated locked breech system with 4,5" barrel, good bore. Brown bakelite grips. Good plus original condition. Scarce.

F 104

F104 .410 British" Walking Stick" Shotgun The best example, the bore is good and there is a sensible muzzle plug, easily removed to fire the gun. Rotate the brass ferrule until the trigger appears. Barrel is 26 1/2" and in fairly good shape though the ban on 3" Magnum cartridges remains! Good condition.

We had a super day