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Author Archives: Helga
Summer is Coming
Thursday Today was the day… That we saw some serious signs of summer. It was beautiful and sunny and warm. In fact even now, we are sitting on the balcony and it’s warmer outside than in. Summer is coming. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnold, Spring in Cape Town
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It Doesn’t Have a Head!
Wednesday Today was the day…. We woke up in Caledon and had a lovely morning between the hot springs, breakfast and rest! The internet has been pretty bad here, so I couldn’t work, but later in the evening, like now, … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Caledon hot springs, Canola fields, Swellendam
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Hot Springs 2021
Tuesday Today was the day… We went on a road trip to the hot springs! We stopped at Grabouw to pick up Mike’s passport. It took an hour and a half. While Mike was waiting in the queue, I walked … Continue reading
I Take It All Back…
Monday Today was the day… The whales came out to play. I take back all my comments about them being elusive and their presence fleeting. This morning the message went out, ‘whales in the bay’ and then they clarified ‘off … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Aly Ison Photos, Whales in False Bay
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From the Rocking Chair
Sunday Today was the day… I spent quite a lot of time in the rocking chair! My rocking chair is my go-to place. If I want to rest, if I want to read, if I feel I want refuge, the … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Christ in our Chaos, Delme Linscott
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I Hung Out With Both My Kids
Saturday Today was the day… We went to the beach latish, as it was at first quite overcast and with no sign of the sun, I hesitated. Then suddenly, the sun came out from behind a big cloud and the … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Waving whales, Whale season, Whales in False Bay
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When It Rains, Courage Does This….
Friday Today was the day… That was another rainy day in Cape Town. The rain came in showers with pops of sunshine in between. When it rains, Courage does this: he does more excavation under the house. Remember the big … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Jimmy Carter, Morgan
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My Green Card
Thursday Today was the day… We got to swim this afternoon. It started off as a brilliant windless morning – perfect Spring Day but I had an early physio appointment so we put off the beach until this afternoon. By … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, My Green Card
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The New Car Arrived
Wednesday 1st September 2021 This was the day…. The new car arrived! There are so few days like this and as we get older, they will get rarer. It’s a Suzuki Ignis and, besides the colour which I love, it … Continue reading
Things That Can’t Be Written About
Tuesday Today was the day… We woke up after an evening of drama. Sometimes there are things that can’t be written about and last nights activities will have to wait a few weeks or months before they drift onto this … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged stress
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Vaccine QR Code for South Africans
Monday Today was the day… That was a cold, rainy late winter’s day. It’s winter waiting for spring. So no beach for us today. Tomorrow looks better. I was thinking back over our year of swimming so far and the … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Building a house on a mountainside
Tagged Vaccine QR Code for South Africans
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The Distant Snow
Sunday Today was the day… We saw the best snow we’ve ever seen on the distant mountains. It spread across the entire range from Hottentot Holland to Ceres. Of course a phone camera can’t do it justice, but you can … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Cape Town snow, Snow on Table Mountain, Snow photos
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We Almost Bought a Car
Saturday – this is a blog for the family! It’s really family news. Today was the day… We went to Somerset West to look at a car which we almost certainly will buy. The other day however, we almost bought … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Suzuki Ignis
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Moved My Desk
Friday Today was the day… I moved my desk. It’s back to the summer position. When it’s in this spot, in winter, there’s too much glare in the afternoon. In summer the trajectory of the sun is higher so it … Continue reading
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Only 4 Hours of Work Today
Thursday Today was the day… I only worked for 4 hours, so that was a good day. Also a cold front blew in. Wind guru was pretty accurate. They said it would blow up a storm until this afternoon and … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cape Town rain, Courage, Fish Hoek winter
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