Wednesday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day that dawned perfectly still. There was some cloud but there was also the promise of sunshine. Ah, beautiful sunshine. We needed the sun to get washing dry and solar batteries charged. Both were happily achieved. With the dams 95.6% full, Cape Town has certainly had her fair share of rain and winter just begun, so the sunshine was more than welcome.
The laundry got done. We don’t have formal washing lines, so we use a clothes horse as well as these drying racks which are really effective. I usually hang shirts on hangers and then load up each rack. Once dry they just get hung back in our cupboards. Today after they were taken inside, I spread out linen and David’s heavy pants and jackets on them. I can also move them to where the sun is warmest.
Most of it’s in now. There’s just a couple of towels getting their final drying. With the sunshine, today was also a good day for tumble drying, so some of the heavy stuff began its dry in the drier. It’s a bit of an anomaly that Mike doesn’t want the tumble drier used when it’s heavily overcast (which is when we need the tumble drier most!) because of how heavy it is on the solar batteries. Today was a good day to benefit from it because it’s winter sun after all and the towels and jackets can go for a tumble first.
The other entertainment for the day was the SA Navy’s submarine that has been trawling around False Bay. Photo by Gavin Finlayson.
After the horrible events of the Ocean Gate Titan at the site of the Titanic last week, I think everyone looked at this one with fresh eyes.
Julian arrived today and joined Mike, Courage and engineer Paul. They are huddled around the wall at the top plot discussing the requirements.
It was good to have Paul. He’s such a nice guy and so helpful.
Time now for the evening routine. Dinner is done and we are about to watch a Grand Design.
One of my favourite Psalms. I learned it off by heart…
Psalm 121:1
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂