Monday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day I found the perfect 5km route. It’s from our house down to the Sunny Cove traffic lights, across the road, along Simon’s Town Rd to the Glencairn lookout. Turn around, all the way back to the lights, then up Hillside to Daisy Lane and back home again. 5km. There’s always something to see and usually someone to talk to. This morning, I saw a seal in the kelp. He had caught a big fish and was slapping it on the surface of the water. Once done, he let it go and then dove down to get it. He bought it to the surface, slapped it about a bit. Meanwhile, a flock of seagulls, hovered expectantly. As soon as the fish hit the water, they swooped in. You have to look very carefully to see the birds. The seal’s tail is disappearing in the middle of the photo. Very difficult to get a good photo.
That’s how the flocks get fed. Breakfast for the seal and the seagulls.
While I was watching, an elderly gent came up and watched with me. “Never seen anything like it”, he said. We spoke for a while about the whales and the orcas. He said he lived above the graveyard, close to Harbour Bay.
I walked past one of the houses on Simon’s Town Rd that is being renovated. In 2018, when we were not sure if building was a good idea, I visited a show house in the area. When the estate agent heard I was not sure about building, he enthusiastically suggested we buy this house on Simon’s Town road. For me it wasn’t even a consideration. Eventually, it got sold and the new owners have renovated the floor above the garages and are living there while the upper floors are done.
They are busy taking off the roof, so it will be interesting to see if they plan on building up, or just replacing the roof. There is lots of building going on in the ‘hood.
From the estate agent we also found this out…twas the day a massive boulder came tumbling down the mountain and right through the cottage roof. It was the estate agent’s grandparents & he emailed me the newspaper story. Amazing! It happened 65 years ago yesterday!
The wind has already dropped this evening and we will have a brief reprieve from the south-easter. Tomorrow, we should get in a morning swim. Julian arrives Wednesday in time for another couple of days of the Cape Doctor, but after Thursday, it shouldn’t be too bad.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God Bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂