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Tag Archives: Birds on the bottle
Working Day
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today, I worked! I love these kind of working days. They are low key and I can do as much or as little as I like. I worked for an hour and then we went to the … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Birds on the bottle, Long-tailed Cape sugar birds, The Little Lookout
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Birds All Time Record
Monday Dear Elsie, Today was the day the birds finished the bottle of sugar water in less than 6 hours. It was an all time record! I filled the bottle at 6am this morning. Before 12 noon, they had slurped … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Basil the cat, Birds on the bottle, Cats
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Brain Fried
Wednesday Today was the day… I worked for more than 9 hours. Brain is fried. I’ve just come back from a walk down the road, where 55 Echo is now completely cleared. It’s like a blank canvas waiting for a … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Birds on the bottle
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Happy Moments Every Day
Tuesday Today was the day…. My bites felt better. We swam and I didn’t get bitten again. The water was about 16.5, I think. I swam to the Lighthouse and back and when the net was put out, I swam … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Birds on the bottle, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek Trains
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Appreciate Every Day
Friday Today was the day… The. last. day. of. 2021. I remember a year ago having hope for this year. There was an air of optimism that things would be better in 2021, but to be honest, it was a … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged 2021, 2022, Birds on the bottle, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek summer
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Melancholy to Contentment
Tuesday Today was the day… I woke up feeling melancholic. Everyone was leaving! The guests checked out at 8:30am and by lunchtime, I’d taken Julian, Jess and Gerrie to the airport. By the time I got back from the airport … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Birds on the balcony, Birds on the bottle, Fish Hoek Beach
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