Tonight I want to tell you about my son, Mornè
Both my sons, Mornè and Brett are known to you if you have followed my Blog from the inception.
With Brett living locally I have been lucky to have his permission to sometimes use his photo’s and articles and for this I am so grateful.
Living on my own there is a need inside me to be able to talk about them and this is somehow possible through my Blog.
It has caused some concern in the past and I have discovered that their permission is required prior to publishing, and I try not to overstep that mark.
So when I received a set of photographs from Mornè today, I quickly asked him if I could use them on my blog tonight and he was happy that I did.
After leaving home just after he turned 21
Mornè left to live in the United Kingdom. He was the first member of our family to leave South Africa and he managed to get there by being given R3,000 by a fellow colleague of mine who worked at Filpro.
This was a loan, just to get him into the UK and he had to return it to her once there. This he did within the month. I was recently divorced and was unable to help him financially in any way.
He started off polishing brass work outside of buildings, cleaning, sweeping or anything else that came his way. From these humble beginnings and with hard work he was able to start his own business, married the love of his life, Ulrika, and started to buy and renovate old houses.
They lived in these old places, working his business during the day and at night renovating and repairing the buildings.
They worked as a team. I have photos of Ulrika using a jack hammer – using tools and working side by side with him. After a few years they had their son and a while later, their daughter.
I think they kept up this unrelenting work pace for 20 years and bought and sold 7 houses. Their dream was to be able to have a home in London and then to move to Ulrika’s homeland, Sweden, and have their children live a good life there.
This they have achieved.
Once in Sweden…
The work continued non stop. To start off with, he was employed by someone but very soon he was able to get on his feet and start his own business again.
Anyone who is a worker in Sweden finds that it is a hard life. The winters are unrelenting, cold and snowy, while the short approximate 3 months of summer seem to fly past too quickly.
The photos that I am using tonight are interesting to me and I hope you enjoy them as well.
They show the 5 day process of constructing a kit form cabin by Lundqvist tra.
Mornè has his 3 apprentices working with him on the job and has the help of one additional carpenter. This is likely referred to as a Summer Cottage, and the location next to the lake is just perfect.
The temperature this morning…
Today was the first morning that the temperature was -2 degrees, frost on the ground and winter on it’s way. He is so grateful that they have been able to get the roof on before the snow. Now they can continue to do the work that can be done inside.
He sent me a photo of himself and I told him I thought he was looking very tired.
His response was “It is always the same before winter. So much to do before the snow comes. Soon we will be going into hibernation and I can rest for 6 months.” I just laughed. He always works too hard!
Back in Toti…
I have been taking it very easy during the week but am feeling perfectly fine and will be resuming all my activities again next week.
A crowd of us are off to the BarnYard on Sunday to see another of their shows. This one is Nineties Vs Noughties. We have booked upstairs where the strobe lights are not a problem to me and I am sure we will have a fantastic day.
We will be meeting friends from down the South Coast for lunch first and this makes it even more special.
