Category Archives: Living on Fish Hoek mountainside

The Dark Fog

Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day I woke to see blackness across the bay. The bright string of street lights joining Clovelly to Kalk Bay, the harbour lights and distant twinkling of Muizenberg were shrouded by a cold dark … Continue reading

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Taxi Violence

Monday Dear Elsie, Today we woke up to a mass of cloud coming in. Our morning sunrise usually is this… This morning it looked like this… The massive bank of cloud soon dispersed with the rising sun. At lunchtime, Mike … Continue reading

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The Broken Cup

Saturday Dear Elsie It was a treat to speak to you today. My favourite moment was when you were showing me round the new building and as you were walking, I was telling Granpa how clever you are and all … Continue reading

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Raiku Caught a Mouse

Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day Raiku caught his first mouse. He was so impressed with himself. He bought it in with Claw’d closely behind and first deposited in the study. But the need for affirmation was too much, … Continue reading

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I Pretended…

Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day you felt a bit better – not back at school yet but certainly on the mend and your Mom sent me a photo of you tying your shoes. Well done! That’s good for … Continue reading

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Landmark Day – Both Cats Are Out

Tuesday Dear Elsie You have an ear infection at the moment and are on antibiotics. I’m so glad you were a little better this morning so you could go to the padstal for a little outing and some sunshine. This … Continue reading

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Formwork and Foundations

Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day formwork & foundations happened. To get to this point, Mike needed to make up a tripod for his theodolite. He so enjoyed getting the formwork straight and not having to use a level. … Continue reading

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Mike Bought a Theodolite

Sunday Dear Elsie Today was the day Granpa bought a theodolite! This has a backstory going back decades. When we were newly married, we had many conversations about Mike starting his own land survey private practice, but the start up … Continue reading

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Bed Day

Saturday Dear Elsie Today was a good day for you and me. We had a good video call where you commandeered the cell phone and took me round the house showing me all sorts of things. That was a lot … Continue reading

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Raiku on the Move

Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day we have had the cats for 2 weeks! I celebrated it by letting them out and then spent about half an hour looking for them. I followed Claw’d to make sure he didn’t … Continue reading

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More Foundations Thrown

Monday Dear Elsie More foundations were thrown today. As I stood with Mike outside and looked to see what was being done, it dawned on me that this is actually the start of the foundations for the house behind! How … Continue reading

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A Waiting Kind of Day

Sunday Dear Elsie Today was a waiting kind of day. There were guests in the Cottage and Seaview Apartment and both were leaving today, so I was waiting for that, so I could say good bye. I waited for Ruth … Continue reading

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Being Good at the Menial Tasks

Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day the sun shone and there wasn’t too much wind which made it a lovely cool winter’s day. We had the balcony doors open for most of the day so the cats could come … Continue reading

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Beach Art

Sunday Dear Elsie Today we saw some amazing beach art at Fish Hoek beach. You would have loved it. I had seen a few photos on Facebook and walked past today and saw some more. Such a lot of amazing … Continue reading

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Skittish Cats

Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day after a very restless night. We made the mistake of keeping the cats in our bedroom for the night and they were wide awake right through the night. While yesterday they were hiding … Continue reading

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