I am a 63 year old Granny with a wicked sense of humour.
I have seven grandchilren ranging from 18 years down to 3 weeks old.
I hope there are no more forthcoming.
I can’t remember another name or birthday!
I work full time.
Not because I really want to.
It is better than starving.
I have a dog called Jasmine.
I adore her and you will see a lot of pictures of her on my posts.
I also have a Ginger cat called Tom.
My grandchildren picked the name!
I live near a beautiful beach.
I post pictures of it on a daily basis.
love taking Jasmine for walks every day.
She loves it even more.
Granny1947's Blog 
Years and years ago I had a ginger cat named Tom.
By: adeeyoyo on June 5, 2010
at 9:07 pm
I love Tom…he has such personality!!!
By: granny1947 on June 5, 2010
at 9:10 pm
Erm, me again. How do I get my avatar onto my comments? WordPress seems kinda complicated!
By: 40 Something on June 7, 2010
at 7:56 am
You have to go on to Gravatar….don’t know where it is,though. Ask Lynda or Cindy!
By: granny1947 on June 7, 2010
at 9:02 am
How do I add you to my blog roll, everyione seems to have different options on show. a bit confusing
By: viewfromtheside on June 8, 2010
at 11:50 am
I do it by going to Bloginfo on the top menu bar…then say add to blogroll…then if you go to links you see everyone…if you go to Blogsurfer you should see who has posted lately but not everyone seems to come up there.
Is that as clear as mud?
By: granny1947 on June 8, 2010
at 11:54 am
Im looking at an old blog here-but I dont see any of this stuff at the top-i dont really have a menu bar-I cannot understand the RSS feed stuff-i cant get it to work or anyone to tell me in simple terms how to do it. If you can help me, please do, I got youre site from Subhan Zeins’ blogroll-another concept I dont understand-Im becoming part of his and other blog rolls but dont know hoe it works..I like your site, Granny 1947-I am expecting grand #5, I will follow your blog and how you will check mine our and follow0i am also on Subhan’s “great fellow bloggers” It has been nice to meet new people and support them. beebeesworld
By: beebeesworld on July 2, 2012
at 1:57 am
Thanks Beebee…I do hope you came right with the link I sent you…great to see you here.
By: granny1947 on July 3, 2012
at 9:10 pm
Oops…you have to be on my post at the time!!
By: granny1947 on June 8, 2010
at 11:55 am
I do it by going to Bloginfo on the top menu bar…then say add to blogroll…then if you go to links you see everyone…if you go to Blogsurfer you should see who has posted lately but not everyone seems to come up there.Is that as clear as mud?
+1
By: Video planet on September 16, 2010
at 10:34 pm
Hi Video Planet…as clear as mud…yep…I have also done that but,as you say, not all of them appear on Blogsurfer.
By: granny1947 on September 19, 2010
at 4:36 pm
Hi Granny, I came across your blog by accident. Well, it wasn’t quite by accident – in fact over this postaweek2011 I stumbled over the name of your blog.
For years Granny1947 was my nick while I was surfing thru the internet. 🙂 1. because I’m a grandmother of 3 lovely girls and 2. because I was born in 1947. So we have quite a bit in common. 🙂
Some years back I changed my nick to Grethe which is a short form of Margarethe.
I’m living in Germany and so my blog is in german, of course. But I’ve often thought of having one in english, too.
I like your blog very much and after I’ve read my way through I it, I will return regularly.
Greetings and reading you again soon, Grethe
By: grethe on January 12, 2011
at 7:18 pm
Good Morning Grethe and welcome to my blog…always nice to see a new face and future friend.
Are you German?
Your English is excellent.
Whereabouts are you in Germany?
I spent two and a half months near Kiel.
I loved the Germans…they never ever laughed at my atrocious German!!!
By: granny1947 on January 13, 2011
at 8:54 am
Good Morning to you, too, Granny. I’m so happy you answered my comment. When I checked last night it was gone and I was afraid you might consider it spam.
Yes, I’m German and thank you for your lovely compliment concerning my english.
I lived in the states for quite a while – but that was ages ago and I’m afraid my english got a bit rusty since then. I live near Munich at the foot of the alps, but I was born in Bremen. Only one of the reasons why I enjoy your beach fotos so much. 🙂 Why were you in Kiel? Or is this question too personal?. So you speak some German too? Maybe you can understand my blog a bit after all. I’m considering of running it bilangual in the future.
In Cape Town Summer is slowly coming to an end I suppose. Here we are waiting for spring. It will still be a long time away I’m afraid.
Have a wonderful Thursday evening – the day is just starting for us. A friendly Hello from Germany – Grethe
By: grethe on January 13, 2011
at 10:31 am
Hello Again Grethe…I went to bed very early last night so I didn’t see your comment.
I went to Germany on a visit…My first husban’ds family are German…I had a wonderful time and made some incredible friends. I still correspond with them….they write to me in German and I reply in English….it seems to work.
Tonight I will come over and see if I can understand your blog.
I spent a couple of days in Munich and loved it….very pretty place.
Have a great day.
By: granny1947 on January 13, 2011
at 11:45 am
I’m not sure how I found your blog, but I’m glad I did. I love your wicked sense of humour! 🙂
By: classyrose on January 14, 2011
at 12:58 am
Well Good Morning Classyrose….I am so glad you did find me…welcome to my warped world!
By: granny1947 on January 14, 2011
at 7:21 am
Hi Granny,
Love your Blog – I am soon to become a gran or Vává as they say in Portugal and I live near loads of beautiful beaches which I blog about. I enjoy cooking and gardening and love blogging!
Have subscribed to your blog and look forward to reading more
PiP
By: Piglet in Portugal on January 15, 2011
at 6:13 pm
Thank you so much Piglet…great to see you here…I will be over to visit you soon!
By: granny1947 on January 15, 2011
at 7:11 pm
sarcasim is the lowest form of wit but I love it, many people don’t catch it here in dubai. I have kind of lost it so everytime I go back to S.A. the family catches me out.
I enjoy your posts, it reminds me of home:)
By: adamdubai on January 27, 2011
at 3:36 pm
Hello Adam…thank you for visiting.
Sarcastic?
Me?
Never?
By: granny1947 on January 27, 2011
at 4:02 pm
Hey granny! 🙂
By: Lorselle on January 27, 2011
at 5:00 pm
Hey Lorselle!!!!
By: granny1947 on January 28, 2011
at 8:23 am
What a fabulous place to live! Is it out of the way to stop that scary cat from frightening strangers? Brilliant photo.
I loved the teeth joke.
You are wicked. I’m subscribing immediately.
Thanks for visiting me; I might never have known about you otherwise.
By: Tilly Bud on February 10, 2011
at 11:36 am
Welcome to Africa Tilly.
Wicked?
Me?
Never!!!!
By: granny1947 on February 10, 2011
at 2:16 pm
I have a confession. Only today that I read what you wrote. I subscribe for the photos you take, and your form of writing are like poems (which i am not fond of) so i never read it.
but after reading it today, i realized how i missed out on your posts.
so today is my awakening day.
Love it!
Jesse
By: Jesse Jaca on May 12, 2011
at 8:09 am
Thank you Jesse…I must say I have never considered my form of writing to be like poetry. 🙂
By: granny1947 on May 12, 2011
at 11:37 am
I thought it was poetry when I first read it 🙂
By: Tilly Bud on May 12, 2011
at 11:40 am
i think the style of paragraphing, like one liner – one liner. so at a glance you would think its a poem.
By: Jesse Jaca on May 12, 2011
at 11:51 am
I have a confession to make Jesse and Tilly….I use one liners because I am really bad at punctuation!!!
By: granny1947 on May 12, 2011
at 12:16 pm
Bad punctuation but a knack of overcoming disabilty – I like your style 🙂
By: Tilly Bud on May 12, 2011
at 12:17 pm
Hehehe Tilly…more like too lazy to bother!
By: granny1947 on May 12, 2011
at 1:10 pm
Hi Granny, I found your blog by way of oldereyes. He thanked you on his blog, and I thought, “Wow, I could be Granny1947 too!” I was born in 1947, in Denver, Colorado, USA where I still live. I have lived in Germany (my first husband was in the United States Air Force) and Dover, Delaware, USA. I noticed that Grethe is a 1947 Granny too! I have two daughters who produced three grandchildren for me–one girl and two boys (brothers). I live near the Rocky Mountains, so I’m a mountain lover (not climber). They have been on my western horizon for most of my life. Love your blog! It is like poetry, as another reader noted.
By: marjulo on May 25, 2011
at 7:29 pm
Hello Marjulo…welcome to my humble abode.
Thank you so much for the kind words.
Have never considered myself a poet. 🙂
By: granny1947 on May 26, 2011
at 3:18 pm
Good Morning to you, too, Granny. I’m so happy you answered my comment. When I checked last night it was gone and I was afraid you might consider it spam.Yes, I’m German and thank you for your lovely compliment concerning my english.I lived in the states for quite a while – but that was ages ago and I’m afraid my english got a bit rusty since then. I live near Munich at the foot of the alps, but I was born in Bremen. Only one of the reasons why I enjoy your beach fotos so much. Why were you in Kiel? Or is this question too personal?. So you speak some German too? Maybe you can understand my blog a bit after all. I’m considering of running it bilangual in the future.In Cape Town Summer is slowly coming to an end I suppose. Here we are waiting for spring. It will still be a long time away I’m afraid.Have a wonderful Thursday evening – the day is just starting for us. A friendly Hello from Germany – Grethe
+1
By: Genovera TAS on June 2, 2011
at 10:51 pm
Hello Grethe. My goodness that comment was months ago!!!
I spent two and a half months in Kiel with family of my first husband.
A lovely part of the world.
I must come over and have another look at your post.
Polish up my German a bit. 🙂
By: granny1947 on June 6, 2011
at 3:30 pm
hi granny1947, i have been really enjoying your blog, i just found this wonderful spot this afternoon.. thanks for the laughts, i’m suscribing, it will be fun to follow you.. ; o)
By: Dianne - life as i see it on June 11, 2011
at 8:24 pm
Thank you so much Dianne….welcome to Africa!
By: granny1947 on June 12, 2011
at 5:02 pm
Hello Granny,
It is nice to meet you. The beach looks awesome. I love the ocean. It is peaceful and I am drawn to it each time we go there. I will be visting from time to time.
http://timkeen40.wordpress.com
By: timkeen40 on July 31, 2011
at 4:44 pm
Hi Tim…thank you for the visit…hope I see you again soon.
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2011
at 5:51 pm
Hi Granny, thanks for your 2nd visit to my site, i’m going subscribe to your blog and i’m also putting you in my blogroll, if you would like to do the same 🙂
I think us ” older people ” need all the help we can get 🙂
By: dribblingpensioner on August 30, 2011
at 9:20 pm
Hello Harry…Blogroll?
I recall seeing one somewhere.
I will have to ask one of my friends…I don’t remember how to do it.
I am technically challenged!
By: granny1947 on August 31, 2011
at 10:00 am
Dashboard, links, add link, put the site name and url in, tick blogroll and save, thats it.
To subscribe to a site, tick the stupid little blue follow box on peoples site and you are subscribed to their site 🙂
By: dribblingpensioner on August 31, 2011
at 5:24 pm
Thanks Harry…will give it a bash tomorrow.
By: granny1947 on August 31, 2011
at 9:41 pm
I have just subscribed to your site and put you in my blogroll, i like your posts.
By: dribblingpensioner on August 31, 2011
at 9:01 pm
Thank you Harry…very kind of you.
By: granny1947 on August 31, 2011
at 9:37 pm
You will have to get busy with that blogroll and add sites that your on.
Also i have read a lot of the posts above and a lot have subscribed to your site, and as far as i make out over the years i have been here you are supposed to do the same for them 🙂
Its done so that we can spreed our blogs far and wide when people comment on posts, etc.
By: dribblingpensioner on August 31, 2011
at 9:45 pm
Hi granny here is something for you, one oldie to another
http://dribblingpensioner.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/versatile-bloggers-award/
By: dribblingpensioner on September 23, 2011
at 9:08 pm
Granny there are 3 changes made, are they ok ?
By: dribblingpensioner on February 25, 2012
at 10:03 pm
Hello, greetings from Canada. You might remember me? I mentioned that my dad and his wife live in Capetown; well guess what? we are planning a visit in October, (fall changing of the colours here in canada)
By: Susanne Ferreira on April 21, 2012
at 3:03 pm
Hi Susanne…that is GREAT news.
You will love it here.
The bad news is I am leaving Cape Town for Port Elizabeth next week!
Please let me know how yu enjoy your time here.
Also, let me know if you come up PE way!
By: granny1947 on April 21, 2012
at 5:10 pm
I haven’t been getting notifications when you publish a new post Kathy, and on checking, I found that I am no longer subscribed to your blog??? 😦
I definitely didn’t unsubscribe – so I have re-subscribed!
No wonder I’ve been missing you!
By: barb19 on May 15, 2012
at 1:54 am
Hi Barb….and I thought you didn’t love me any more. 🙂
By: granny1947 on May 15, 2012
at 11:42 am
Never!!! I have no idea what happened. We’re back on track now!
By: barb19 on May 15, 2012
at 11:21 pm
Hi Granny. I just found your post. I think its great. I am also a Granny of one grandson. How do you post your pictures. I can’t find out any info on that. I also have a couple of orange cats, Rusty and Morris. A dog called Odie. They are great company.
By: mhembroff on May 20, 2012
at 8:31 pm
Hi Granny! Thanks for following us at 20 Lines! Looking forward to going through your blog!!
By: Melissa Hassard on July 2, 2012
at 10:20 pm
Hi melissa…I do hope you enjoy.
By: granny1947 on July 3, 2012
at 9:08 pm
Granny, i have been working on your blogroll adding some people, i’ll have another go later.
By: Harry on July 3, 2012
at 3:57 pm
Thank you Harry…you are a real star.
By: granny1947 on July 3, 2012
at 8:22 pm
If you can find any awards let me know the post they are in.
By: Harry on July 3, 2012
at 9:28 pm
Oh my word Harry…I have no idea anymore…don’t worry about awards.
By: granny1947 on July 3, 2012
at 9:50 pm
OK, but if you get any let me know.
Another 7 added to the blogroll 🙂
By: Harry on July 3, 2012
at 10:01 pm
Thank you so much Harry…have just looked at my links…damn…one cannot copy them all at once.
By: granny1947 on July 3, 2012
at 10:33 pm
I checked about 60 comments to find the blogs.
By: Harry on July 3, 2012
at 10:38 pm
Hi, We love following your blog and we have just awarded you the One Lovely Blog Award. If you would like to accept this award, please follow this link to our site for the details. Happy Blogging!! http://rezichfamilykitchen.wordpress.com/
By: Grandma Nancy on July 23, 2012
at 6:18 pm
I love that you follow my blog but, as i said on your post, I don’t really do awards.
By: granny1947 on July 23, 2012
at 7:01 pm
I added the award granny, i know you don’t do them but you may as well have them 🙂
Let me know if you get more and i miss them.
By: Harry on July 23, 2012
at 8:51 pm
Thanks so much Harry…you are a star!
By: granny1947 on July 24, 2012
at 8:50 pm
Reading along.., I just liked your blog….., and I am laughing as I read along.
By: iamsofree on September 7, 2012
at 4:57 pm
Hello Granny, so glad to see you and Jasmine alive and kicking! 😉
By: ramblingdizzy on November 2, 2012
at 8:01 pm
Thanks Ramblindizzy…I don’t know about the kicking bit but we are still alive.
By: granny1947 on November 4, 2012
at 11:34 am
Hello again! I had to nominate seven blogs for the Beautiful Blog Award. It was quite hard but you have been chosen. If you want to participate you can find the rules here http://beinquisitive.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/beautiful-blogger-award-i-am-nominated/. Keep up with the good work!
By: beinquisitive on December 27, 2012
at 3:19 pm
Hi There beinquisitive..thank you so much for the nomination.
I don’t do awards but thank you anyway.
By: granny1947 on December 28, 2012
at 5:57 am
Hello Granny,
May love and happiness be with you. I hope it is not too late to wish you a wonderful New Year. May 2013 bring you more happiness, love, and success. I would like to thank you because you continue following my blog. I hope my blog posts do not disappoint and that your visits in there have been a joyful ride. Thank you again, many blessings and much love to you. 🙂
Subhan Zein
By: Subhan Zein on January 9, 2013
at 1:47 pm
Hello Granny!
I am a journalist and am writing a feature looking at over-60s bloggers in South Africa and came across your blog. I would love to ask you a couple of questions about why you started blogging, what you enjoy about it and so on. Please do get in touch. Thanks!
By: Laura Cooke on November 30, 2014
at 10:52 am
Brilliant love your about, I am an Australian and have a Chihuahua xbreed called Tibby who is my life and joy. Up until a month ago she had a brother as well, he passed away. A gentle soul he was. They were both 17, there is no signs of Tibby slowing down yet.
By: bjsscribbles on April 23, 2015
at 12:53 am
So glad to have you here. 🙂
By: granny1947 on April 28, 2015
at 4:31 pm
Thank you so much
By: bjsscribbles on April 28, 2015
at 11:45 pm
What a beautiful coast you have! I will enjoy exploring it!
By: The Coastal Crone on June 15, 2015
at 11:56 pm
Hi Granny. I am sorry to trouble you. I have not been active on wp for almost two years due to personal commitments. I have now started a new site. Can you please follow my blog and help me grow. Thank you for your support. ♥️
http://www.mstiquetravelandlifestyle.co.
By: Cindy Naidoo on February 2, 2019
at 9:35 pm
Hi, Granny. I’ve only just found your blog and like it very much. I see your comments on Jeff Cann’s blog so thought I’d pop over to see what you’re doing. You certainly do have your hands full with seven grandchildren. How old are they all? I have four grandchildren (doubt they’ll be anymore now as children are so expensive to raise now). I’ve got three girls, 16,13 and 9 and one boy, 7. I’ve just signed up to get your posts regularly now and am looking forward to hearing more about you and your life. Take care, Ellie 🙂
By: Ellie Thompson on April 12, 2022
at 6:10 pm
Please don’t ask me all their ages.
Hard enough to remember their birthdays.
The eldest is 30…eeeek.
Think the youngest is 12 or 13.
Don’t have my hands full because they all live a long way from me.
We are a confusing family.
I adopted one of my grandkids so I suppose I have five kids and six grandkids.
By: granny1947 on April 13, 2022
at 1:32 am
Can’t find a ‘contact’ form so I’ll tell you here…
You were kind enough to comment on my post last week ‘This page is intentionally blank’ to ask “Why?????”, and it seemed only polite to be sure that you understood that it was a trick. The text is white, so it only appears to be blank (try selecting the text).
It was supposed to be funny. I realize now, perhaps not so much if you didn’t spot the legerdemain.
By: peNdantry on September 15, 2022
at 7:44 am
Thank you. Have no idea what a legerdemain is!!!
By: granny1947 on September 20, 2022
at 5:59 am
It’s related to an aardvaark but it’s much more easily tamed.
By: peNdantry on September 20, 2022
at 8:41 am