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Tag Archives: A Taste Of The South-Easter
The Cape Doctor is in Town
Saturday Dear Elsie Today was the day I went birthday present shopping for YOU! That was fun. In collaboration with your Mom I bought the things we think you will love. They are now mostly wrapped & ready to be … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Cape Doctor, Cape of storms, False Bay, Fish Hoek, windy day
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No Water
Sunday Dear Elsie This afternoon we had no water. What was different to other times is that no one had seen a burst water main. The water just went off in our whole neighbourhood and there was no burst pipe … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Water supply, windy day
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The Day of the Empty Beach
Monday Today was the day… That every time I looked down to the beach, it was empty. A vicious south-easter, pumping through at about 40km per hour has something to do with the beach being abandoned by regular walkers and … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Cape Town wind
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Whistling Wind
Saturday Today was the day… It blew gales. I sat in my rocking share watching a little sparrow cling to the cottage roof. He found shelter behind the chimney pot but then decided to brave the gale and sit on … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Cape Doctor, windy day
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The Restless Murky Sea
Tuesday Today was the day… I stayed at home almost the entire day. The only time I ventured out was to walk to the end of the road and back. The wind continued to blow stirring up the sea to … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Gabion baskets
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Domestic Kind of Day
Saturday Today was the day… We had the cottage guests leave – they were a small but busy family that were sleep- deprived for most of the week because their 14-month-old, Hugh, had a bit of a cold. They are … Continue reading
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Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Code breaker
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Autumn Begins
Sunday Today was the day… That was far windier than I thought it would be. I thought today was going to be calm – a brilliant swimming day. Nope! All I can say is the Cape Town Cycle Tour peeps … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Autumn, Fish Hoek, Little Stream, windy day
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Courage Was Sick Today
Monday Today was the day… Courage called in sick. This has to make my blog because he has worked full time for us for an entire year (more than because he started permanently at the beginning of November last year) … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Blowing gales, Cape Doctor, Courage
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Another Airbnb Anecdote
Sunday Today was the day… The wind continued to blow. And so it shall remain for almost the next week. Next weekend looks stunning though. Despite the wind, we decided to go to the beach for a swim. It took … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Cape Doctor, Fish Hoek Beach, windy day
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Four Useful Things I Did Today
Monday Today was the day… I could have called it just another manic Monday. They usually are the busiest day of the week as I have to catch up with work that has come in over the weekend. I did … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Cape Town wind
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A Good Medical Day
Wednesday Today was the day… Mike went to the cardiologist for a check up. He had some strange chest pain the other day and when he had an ECG at our GP, the doctor picked up an anomaly, so referred … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Benefits of the Bible, Cape Town wind, Eternal life, We are only passing through
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A Day of Strong Winds
Monday Today was the day… …we woke up to a raging black south-easter. While there was thick cloud cover and it looked like rain. I woke up around 6am. About half an hour later, I got up and went to … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Summer in Cape Town
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Quiet Sunday
Sunday Today we had a quiet Sunday. Mike rested, read his book, watched some TV, slept….all those good things to do on a Sunday. I chatted to Stacey and watched her and Elsie decorate their Christmas tree which was a … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Simons Town
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Windy Days
Wednesday The wind has started to pump and it’s not due to stop for some time. This is the wind forecast for Fish Hoek… It’s going to be breezy! Meanwhile, the temperature has been up and it has been very … Continue reading
Posted in Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs, Echo Photos
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Building a house on a mountainside, Building on a mountainside, windy day
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The Wind is Good for This….
The Cape Doctor has been in town these last few days. Thanks Wiki We hope for some of that black South Easter rain. It’s not been a black South Easter this week however. The wind is good for this…. I … Continue reading
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Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Gym, Sun Valley
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