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Author Archives: Helga
Looking Back on the 5th June
Thursday Dear Elsie Today is 5th June and whenever this date rolls around photos start being thrown up in my Google memories for the time the house was being built 5 years ago. Looking back on the 5th June, it … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, David and Anna
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Visiting a Funicular Site
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day the plumber came to put in more plumbing pipes down the channel and we also went to a house where a funicular was being installed. I worked the morning and when my meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged 2050, Building a house on a mountainside, David, Funicular, Mike
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Wintery Day in Fish Hoek
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day that dawned with rain. I heard it gently falling and then there was a thud, meow, meow, meow as Raiku hastily came inside. He jumped on our bed and proceeded to give me … Continue reading
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Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Funicular, Silvermine wetlands
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The Channel Grows
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day that dawned with a beautiful sunrise. I went for a morning walk and took a photo of the derelict house up the road. It is being reconstructed. This was what it looked like … Continue reading
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Tagged Building, Chess, Derelict House, Funicular, Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen
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Corridors of Trees
Sunday Dear Elsie Today was a well-balanced day. I woke up about 6am, had coffee and did my Bible reading. Then we walked to Fish Hoek to buy a few other things. Home for breakfast and a rest. I then … Continue reading
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Tagged Constantia Nek, Constantia Nek Forest, Forests
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Quick Swellendam Visit
Saturday Dear Elsie Today was the day we saw you! We had a quick visit to give you your birthday gifts. Uncle Julian also came so you enjoyed seeing him too. You loved the doll with long hair so you … Continue reading
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Tagged Elsie, Family, Liberty Books, Peregrine, Swellendam
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Tons of Yellowtail
Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day we took a late afternoon walk to Fish Hoek Beach to see a huge catch of fish. During the course of today, I saw the fishermen on the beach and they were there … Continue reading
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Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek sunset, Yellowtail
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Some Say Raiku is Not a Lap Cat
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day you sent me a beautiful creative picture you had drawn. It is of a girl who looks just like you swinging on a swing hanging from the moon! You said it was very … Continue reading
From Sunshine to Rain
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day that dawned with a beautiful clear sky but ended with very cloudy, windy and drizzly weather. This morning we decided to get some exercise. We took off before 7. The first rays of … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Autumn in Cape Town, Building on a mountainside, Exercise, Funicular design
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A Glimpse of a Fire
Tuesday Today was the day that began with a glimpse of a fire. We have a very active South Peninsula Fire Alert whatsapp group, but what to do when there’s a fire far out of the deep south? It’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged Building on a mountainside, Caracal, Chapman's Peak, faith, Fire
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Stretching my Eyes
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day I got up early to start work. I began at just after 6.30am and worked for 9 hours. The day was overcast, so no Venus nor the moon, but we did get a … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek sunrise, Raiku
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I Went Looking for the Moon
Sunday Dear Elsie Today was the day I woke up early and there was no moon! Venus was there but it was a moonless morning. I can’t remember seeing Venus with no moon. I went out on the balcony and … Continue reading
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Tagged Moonrise, New moon, Pictures of venus and the moon, Smitswinkel Bay, Venus
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A Perfect Fish Hoek Day
Saturday Dear Elsie Today was a perfect Fish Hoek day. The sea was so still – it reminded us of the doldrums. When I woke up, it was still dark, & the first thing I noticed was the moon and … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn in Cape Town, Fish Hoek, Fish Hoek sunrise, Pictures of venus and the moon
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Right & Wrong in Istanbul
Friday Dear Elsie Today we were having a little discussion about what we did right and wrong in Istanbul. The rights certainly outweighed the wrong. If you ever want to go to Istanbul, these are a couple of good things … Continue reading
Sea and Silence
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day I appreciated so much the sea and the silence. It’s significant that when I go away for a while, when I come home, I appreciate so much more what I have here. I … Continue reading