Start of the Stairs

Thursday

Today was the day…

Mike took the day off. He actually has to design the kitchen, do the cutting list for it and get the island top design ready for the fabricators. He did go to the site to do some measuring. We also went to the garden nursery and bought some more bird nectar. In the afternoon, we sat on the balcony and drank tea. πŸ™‚

I had a good work day – just over 5 hours.

Just after 5pm, we went back to the build to see today’s progress. The main thing we noticed when we walked in the front door was this…it’s the start of the construction of the stairs. I think it must be tricky getting this right. They will be in concrete.

We had to go up there to get to Julian’s floor.Β  The window peeps had been to put in Julian’s main balcony door…it’s looking good.

Then we had to go down again…carefully…

Werner has made great progress with the floors. Mike is taking tomorrow off as well so we can go through to CTM to choose wall and floor tiles for our bathroom.

After we visited the site, Mike and I walked up onto the mountainside and met our neighbours. They moved into the house on the Fish Hoek side a few months ago. The owner of the house lives in Germany and comes out every November. With Corona, it’s unlikely he’ll come this year, so they hope to stay on. It was nice to actually meet them. I’ve greeted them over the wall before but now weΒ  know their names.

Blog’s a bit later than usual and it’s time for me to wrap it up.

Corona stats South Africa country-wide – July 2020 –

  • Thursday 23rd July – 13104 new cases – 153 deaths (236 260 recoveries/ 165699 active)
  • Friday 24th July – 13944Β new cases – 250 deaths (245 771 recoveries/169 882 active)
  • Saturday 25th July – 12 204 new cases – 312 deaths (263 054 recoveries/164 491 active)
  • Sunday 26th July – 11233 new cases – 114 deaths (265 077 recoveries/173587 active)
  • Monday 27th July – 7096Β new cases – the lowest for a number of weeks – 298 deaths (274 925 recoveries/ 170 537 active)
  • Tuesday 28th July – 7232 new cases – 150 deaths (287 313 recoveries/ 165 191 active)
  • Wednesday 29th July – 11 362 new cases – 240 deaths (297967 recoveries/165659 active)

Total cases: 471 123Β  Total deaths: 7497

Psalm 37:23-24

The Lord directs the steps of the godly. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.

The best is yet to come.

Keep the smile going.

God bless you.

In His Grip,

Helga xx πŸ™‚

Braces:

1 year and 260 da

 

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