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Category Archives: Building a house on a mountainside
Busy Day Around the House
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day that was quite busy around the house. David moved down to the Little Lookout and Ruth cleaned Julian’s apartment. Mike oversaw the making of the form work and also made tiles. I worked … Continue reading
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Tagged Basil the cat, Fish Hoek Beach, Silvermine River
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First Column
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day you sent me a lovely voice note, explaining what colours you like (red and pink) and what colours you don’t like (brown!) as well as all the numbers you wrote to put on … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Fish Hoek sunset
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Mike in his Workshop
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day a strong black south-easter blew and a cold front started to make landfall. I got dressed up warmly in the long jersey I bought in Milan. Julian will remember the event. Mike was … Continue reading
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Tagged Building, Fish Hoek winter, Landscaping, Mike
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5% Better
Tuesday Dear Elsie This is going to be a short account of the events of the day. Today was the day David felt the stairs were 5% easier than yesterday. He did all right in morning. By lunchtime, he was … Continue reading
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Tagged David, Helga's Work
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Two Mountain Walks
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day I did two mountain walks. I woke early and it rained. It actually poured with rain which is very uncharacteristic for February. By lunchtime, it had cleared, so after I’d done most of … Continue reading
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Tagged Just Nuisance, Just Nuisance Grave, Signal School Steps, Simons Town
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Walk Up Memory Lane
Saturday Dear Elsie It was great having a video call with you today. You are so chatty and full of beans and opinions and fun things to say. I’m so excited you are learning to swim and loving it. Already … Continue reading
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Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Fish Hoek summer
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Little Piece of Paradise
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day you had your first swimming lesson! I’m so excited for you to learn to swim. We went swimming too. The sea was very flat and swimming was hard work. I swam round the … Continue reading
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Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Fish Hoek Beach, Jet skis, Sea swimming
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The Plan Was For a Simple Day
Tuesday Today was the day… That went from simple to really busy. I didn’t have too much to do, I thought, and I think I have only worked about 4 hours, but it was full and crazy busy in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Airbnbing, orchid in the bathroom, Purple orchid
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Rainbows and Sunsets
Friday! Today was the day… We woke up to a little drizzle. When I walked out the front door, I was met with this majestic sight over the mountain… Last night, I’d already posted the blog, when Mike and I … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Building a house on a mountainside, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Living on Fish Hoek mountainside, Noordhoek, Rainbow
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Elsie’s Peak Tower Blew Over
Thursday Today was the day… There was a massive storm last night with very high winds. We woke to the news that Elsie’s Peak Tower blew over…this is before, on a sunny day… On a walk a few months ago… … Continue reading
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Tagged Elsie's Peak Antenna, Elsie's Peak Hike, Gabion baskets
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Tanks a Quarter Full
Wednesday Today was the day… We had enough rain to fill the tanks to a quarter. Mike was a happy man! The other day, I forgot to mention, we trotted off to Valley Timbers and picked up a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Building a house on a mountainside, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Landscaping, Water tanks
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4 Water Tanks Arrived
Friday Today was the day… 4 water tanks arrived. The pictures tell the story…it wasn’t easy. They are very bulky and 32kg each. They didn’t fit between the tree and the wall, so Mike made a little bridge… And over … Continue reading
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10.5 Hours of Work
Monday Today was the day… The first day of a colleague being away and me covering for him. I’ve still go 38 of his emails to go through, but it certainly isn’t going to be tonight! On this 1st day … Continue reading
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Tagged Helga's Work
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Boys on the Rocks
Thursday Today was the day… That dawned with unexpected rain. I went off and had a much needed hair cut. I worked 5 hours or so and then in the late afternoon, Mike and I walked to Fish Hoek. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Fish Hoek
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We Have a Rickety Fence
Friday Today was the day… We had two extra workers come. They were here to help lug fencing and poles up the hill. The other day, the worker for the house on the Simon’s Town side started cutting back some … Continue reading
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Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Landscaping
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