Thursday
Dear Elsie
Today was another day for a swim, although it was not completely sunny. When we woke up there was quite a lot of cloud about…but it made for a beautiful sunrise.
I swam quite a long way today. I have lost a lot of my swimming fitness, so today was the longest proper swim I’d done in a while. I swam to the Surf Ski club and back and then out to the barrel.
Yesterday, I rushed the blog a bit, so forgot to talk about the cormorant and me. I had swum out to the barrel and as I approached it, a very focused cormorant flew towards the barrel as well. We both arrived at about the same time. He swam around the back of the barrel, so away from me and then judged how he was going to fly onto the drum, which he promptly and proudly did. I swam away amazed at how he did all of this while pretty much ignoring my presence. It is always one of the joys being in the sea and so close, at times, to the bird life.
This afternoon, there was a small fire on the train track below the cat walk. We saw the smoke from our balcony – it was light grey and billowing in big puffs out to sea. I don’t know the cause but it was reported and put out pretty quickly. Magda from our NHW chat group posted this photo.
Finally, staying on the train track, yesterday while we were walking to Harbour Bay for dinner, this train came in from Simon’s Town. I love trains. This one was driven by a lady who smiled and waved when she saw me taking a photo…
This had me Googling how to become a train driver. I found that you need to do a National Diploma for Train Drivers. Pretty straight forward it seems. Get the diploma, apply for the job.
And finally today my MD checked in with me. It’s a busy time of the year for the other consultants so I’ve been asked to pick up on some additional work they are not coping with. No problem.
Psalm 12:5
“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord.
“I will protect them from those who malign them.”
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂