Sunday
Dear Elsie,
Today began around 5.50am when I awoke and looked out the window to a very bright light in the Eastern sky. At first I thought it was a plane, so reached for my phone and looked up Flight Radar. There was no plane at that point. While I made coffee, Mike got out the telescope to look. Through the telescope we could see it was a crescent shape and turned out to be Venus! Look out for it in the early morning before sunrise. It’s incredibly bright.
While our eyes were turned to the skies, a plane took off from the airport and we could see its lights. Then we heard it fly overhead. I was so interested. These overhead planes are usually heading for Europe. This would be a day flight leaving Cape Town at 6am. Where could it be headed. Again I looked up Flight Radar and found the unexpected answer. It was a Chile Air Force plane.
Flight Radar has it going from Cape Town to Cape Town, but it didn’t return to the city. It continued West towards South America. When I took a closer look at its flight path, I discovered it had come from India and was returning to Chile. It must have stopped for a refuel at Cape Town. Later in the day, I looked for it and it was just off the coast of South America.
We went to the beach this morning. The water was 15C. It was lovely and refreshing. Home in time to watch Pastor John preach on Zacchaeus, which was very good. Not long after that, Margaret (who is a beach regular) called and came up to have a little rest on our balcony. She had only just left when David arrived for a chat. After he left I did an hour’s work and then we went to Kommetjie for a walk to the Lighthouse. My phone battery was low, so I turned it off and didn’t take any photos. The day has been warm and windless pretty much like this day from April last year!
On our return, we stopped at Blue Water Cafe for Mike to pick up a pizza. Once that was done and we were homeward bound (about 5pm), I turned my phone on. There was a last minute request sent half an hour or so before from a lady needing three nights accommodation from tonight! That was messy because all the guests vacated this morning, leaving the loft, the Little Lookout and the Seaview apartment all empty but not having been cleaned! She was inquiring after the Loft. I wrote to her and said we needed time to clean it and she could come from 7pm onwards.
We got home, had our supper and then jumped into action. Mike & I make a good team. We both just went at it and an hour later it was ready for her. Now we have just exchanged messages and she’ll be here in about half an hour. While on the topic of guests, one of those who left this morning was a delightful young Chinese woman who is working in Harare. She flew from Harare to Johannesburg and then to Cape Town, with her flight landing at 8pm on Friday evening. She was on her own, hired a car and drove in the dark from the airport to Fish Hoek, arriving just after 10pm. When she got out the car, she announced it was the first time she had driven a right-hand drive and had never driven on the left side of the road! I was astonished she had attempted it late at night in a completely foreign city. Adventurous one indeed.
It’s been a good weekend.
Luke 12:7
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂