Thursday
Today was the day…
We didn’t go swimming but later in the day, we did walk to Fish Hoek to shop for dinner. Coming back, the cutest sight – Polly at the Beach. Go on, you can write a children’s story.
I’m actually outside as I write and three SA airforce fighter jets have just flown past. They seem to be flying around False Bay. If they come past again, I’ll try get a photo. It’s a beautiful evening. View from my balcony chair…
I got up and looked through my binoculars but although I could hear them, they seem to be out of sight. I doubt they will return this way and they are so fast, there’s no time to get the prized photo. Actually, I think what I’m hearing is an international Lufthansa plane flying to France. It took off and flew in a big loop around False Bay. Flight Radar showed me…
It’s great to see the international flights arriving. The other one just by Bloubergstrand is a United Airlines flight getting into position to land. It left New York at 8:30pm last night (NY) time and has arrived in Cape Town at 7:15pm our time, which is 12:15pm in New York. Try get your head around those hours!
Now I’m watching the BA flight to London head off into the distance…
Anyway, back to my day, every time Mike and I walk to Fish Hoek beach we pass Sunny Cove station. A lady called Jean has been helping the station staff cultivate the garden both inside the station grounds and on the verge outside it. It’s looking particularly good and this is the latest addition…
After dinner, I walked to the end of Echo Rd to see what progress has been made on the new house going up at the end. I love half built houses. This one has views that are quite spectacular. From their bedroom balcony towards Simon’s Town…
And from the same balcony towards Fish Hoek…
This view won’t change. It was one of the funny things that I did when we were building: I took loads and loads of photos of the view, forgetting that it won’t change once the building is finished. When I look back over my 100s and 100s of photos, the view ones are the same and I wonder why I took so many!
I spent an hour or two today cleaning the Little Lookout for Graham who arrives tomorrow. As I speak he is en route from London. The Brits are heading south away from the awful weather and in search of sunshine. They have come to the right place.
Friday tomorrow!
1 John 4:10
This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through – even the views – they are all temporary.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂