2001 - The First Year

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=80 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #999980;" BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05c8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <B>Emoyeni Retreat Centre</B></div> <div> <A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Album"><B>Back</B></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2f484070.png" border=0 width="900" height="7" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05c8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B> 2001 - The First Year </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="743" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="COLS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 225 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="102ab740.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0c0458f0.jpg" border=0 width="325" height="143" ALT="Lunch during our very first Retreat." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="10476aa0.jpg" border=0 width="118" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="166"><div> Humble</div> <div> Beginnings</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="349"><div> New Year Retreat 2001</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div> Rocky</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="742" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="COLS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 178 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="110a9760.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="118" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="11277aa0.jpg" border=0 width="119" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="115aa770.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="11872aa0.jpg" border=0 width="114" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 60 WIDTH="166"><div> Digging the</div> <div> veggie patch</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div> Mario</div> <div> March 2001</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div> Mervyn</div> <div> & Rocky</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div> Mervyn</div> <div> birding</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="742" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="COLS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 178 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="11aaa780.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="11caa780.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="11eaa770.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="120aa740.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 60 ><NOBR><div> Delapidated shell:</div> <div> What will it become?</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div> Overgrown</div> <div> milking shed</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div> Once a dream:</div> <div> ruins of stone</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> One of the seven</div> <div> wrecks </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="742" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="COLS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 188 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="133a86e0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="20301b40.jpg" border=0 width="257" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="137a86e0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="110" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 60 WIDTH="166"><div> Fences:</div> <div> burnt & tangled</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Tons & tons & tons</div> <div> of scrap metal gathered for removal</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div>  Another</div> <div> wreck</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="742" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336600" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="COLS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 230 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="206a8700.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="348"><div> <IMG SRC="209a8de0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="20aa8700.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="166"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="42" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="166" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> Neighbors helping with the clearing</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><div>  </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>