Monday
Today was the day…
I worked to the morning backdrop of 11 cement trucks rumbling up the road to a new build about 15 houses up. The owner, Andrew, who once stayed at our cottage for a few days, is project managing his own massive, 7-storey build. For the last number of weeks, they have been laboriously digging foundations and today was the day the concrete was poured way down the bottom of the plot. For this first load, it cost R100000 and there are at least 2 to go. They don’t need to put piles in, but the concrete foundations have to be super strong to carry the weight of all that will go above. The massive boom truck blocked the road from 7-30am to 2pm. At lunchtime, we took a walk to see how they were getting along.
The big truck blocking the road.
The long arm of the boom pouring concrete. Look how small the people are in comparison and so far down…it’s going to be a gigantic house.
Also from this photo you can see how majestic the day is. It’s a topic of ongoing conversation – how warm Cape Town winters are compared to Johannesburg. Where would you rather be? Keep an eye on the minimum temperatures as well.
Cape Town wins for warmth, even on the rainy days. We had the doors open and had a good washing day as well. We didn’t get to swim though. We woke up late and had too much work. We woke late because I had woken up around 2am and opened my bedroom door to the stench of wood smoke. There was a fire somewhere. The smell was very strong. Mike woke up at my exclamation and he went out on the balcony to investigate. He then went out his study door and there it wasn’t too bad. He went down to the cottage to investigate and it was better down there. We concluded possibly, the neighbour had got up and stoked the fire in his fireplace and a plume of smoke (which we couldn’t see) puffed out of his chimney which is parallel with us. In the photo below, you can just see his chimney with the satellite dish under our balcony railing. As it was dark, we couldn’t see the smoke, but it is quite possible it was coming from there. I heard him chopping wood the other day so I know he’s been enjoying his fireplace.
With the mountain behind us, we are always weary of smoke. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
Tomorrow, we hope to swim.
Jeremiah 39:18
Because you trusted Me, I will give you your life as a reward. I will rescue you and keep you safe.
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂