Here's for starters

Our wing-backs have commandeered the ultimate place in our home, at the top of Port Elizabeth's highest hill, for three years now. They stand in our dining room facing due north and it is from them that much of our planning and reminiscing takes place. They provide glorious views across the western suburbs of Port Elizabeth towards Uitenhage and the Kirkwood mountains. If we look to the left we see the Cockscomb and get to watch the seasons and sunsets change over the months. To the right they look towards Malabar and the Northern suburbs beyond. We cant quite see the bay from them as it is obscured by a bank of trees along our property line. We like it that way though. It gives a belt of green that seems to separate us from the rest of the world.

The chairs are multi functional. In the heat of day they become a tanning bed for a lazy German Shepherd. She can guard her home from here without being too uncomfortable or having to set foot outside. She divides her time equally between the two. We are sure of this because they are both equally worn out.




At night they become a place for us to sit and watch the lights while we have a glass of wine. In three years we have never once got tired of the view. These wing-backs have travelled a long road with us. They arrived before our daughter was born and long before we allowed our dogs to sleep in the lounge let alone lounge on the furniture. In those days they were pristine. Now they are slightly battered and bruised and have been around the world with us. I would like to think that they will be with us for many years to come and that I will get to tell lots of stories from them