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Category Archives: Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Log on the Rocks
Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day we saw the logs on the rocks. I had read about this on Facebook & this morning when we went for our swim, it was low tide, so we got to see the … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek, Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid, Long covid treatment
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Highs & Lows of the Day
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day that had highs and lows. The biggest high of the last 24 hours though, was hearing that yesterday, you, my sweet, darling Elsie, invited Jesus into your heart. I couldn’t be more delighted. … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged David, Elsie, God's salvation, Long Covid, Long covid treatment
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Hadedas at Sunrise
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day we saw large noisy hadedas at sunrise. They are the noisiest birds in Africa! It was a glorious morning, so we threw open our bedroom balcony doors. Raiku immediately was drawn to them. … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Claw'd and Raiku, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek sunrise, hadedas
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When Fake is Good!
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day that Mike and David dropped Julian at the airport and then went onto Stellenbosch for David to have two lots of blood done. They were home after 12. David was tired. Small steps. … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Artificial lawn, Claw'd and Raiku, Courage
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Clawed by Claw’d
Monday Dear Elsie It had to happen! Yesterday was the day I got clawed by Claw’d. I had picked him up, had him on my lap and he was just sitting there when someone accidentally knocked over a cup. It … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Claw'd, Claw'd and Raiku, Life with cats, Rotator Cuff injury
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Back to Kommetjie
Saturday Dear Elsie, Today was the day we woke early and before 8, David and I took a drive to Kommetjie. We returned to where we had walked on 3rd April. David had been sick for 6 weeks. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged David, Granny, Kommetjie, Long Covid
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Biggest Lesson Learned From Airbnb
Friday Dear Elsie It’s been two years since we put our units on Airbnb and started hosting. And there is one massive lesson I learned almost immediately. We had put together the listing and were about to push the publish … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Airbnb, Andy Stanley
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No 2 Sunrises are the Same
Wednesday Dear Elsie, Today was the day that was windless and balmy although there was also lots of cloud, making it more of a fancourt slate kind of day….mostly grey. Early this morning we watched what looked like a satellite … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek sunrise, Landscaping, Satellites
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And So Spring Sprung
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day you went to school, even though it was the holidays. You chose school, so off you went. You are doing so well. Today in Cape Town, it was the day full on, spring … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Gleneagles Road, Long Covid, Long covid treatment, Spring in Cape Town
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3 Hour Hike Through Newlands Forest
Sunday Dear Elsie Today was the day that started out very relaxing but ended with aching feet and sore muscles. It was a beautiful spring day and I lay on the couch and relaxed. David took the car & went … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Hiking, Newlands Forest
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A Day of Nature
Friday Dear Elsie Wow! Today was a day of nature for sure. It began with a majestic sunrise. Then, after the sun rose, I noticed a lone baboon on the roof of the house across the road.I learned his name … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Amaryllis, Baboon in Fish Hoek, Cape Town whales, Fish Hoek sunrise, Sagweba
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Electricity Fixed
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day the electricity got fixed. In fact, last night, after 8pm, I got a call to say the electricity department was downstairs to fix the problem. When they found out where the problem was … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Cape of storms, Cape Town weather, Red Tide
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Davide the Developer
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was a work day. There were quite a few things that happened and one of them was I spoke to Davide the developer of the big 3200 square meter plot on the mountain. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Amaryllis, Claw'd and Raiku, Davide
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12 Years Later
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day I found the picture we had computer generated in 2011. It was also done in the booth at Caledon Hot Springs. This last month, we had this one drawn… This next is from … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Aging Positively, Art photo booth, Gleneagles Road
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Mopping Up Day
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day we encountered some storm issues. There was water blowing in under our bedroom door. Also, because the rain was swept in from the south-east there was water coming under the flashing on one … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Cape of storms, Cape Town winter, Fish Hoek, Spring rain
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