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Tag Archives: Black south-easter
The Wind and the Warning
Friday Dear Elsie Today is Friday and I usually try to work only in the morning and take some time off in the afternoon, but this week has been super busy so I worked 8 hours. I still finished slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Black south-easter, Cape of storms, Raiku
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Sit & Knit
Sunday Dear Elsie Today was the day I spent some time sitting and knitting. That was after church. The big knit project has everything to do with you. You love red & I figured knitting you a red blanket would … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living
Tagged Black south-easter, Cape of storms, Fish Hoek winter, knitting
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What’s With The Weather!
Monday Today was the day… The weather changed and changed again. We woke up to rain and a cloud came over leaving everything damp and gloomy outside. As the rain fell, it no longer came from the north but the … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Black south-easter, Cape Town wind, Cape Town winter, David's travels
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Strong Winds and Seaweed
Thursday Today was the day… …after a big stormy windy night in Cape Town. It was a storm swept in by a black southeaster which howled all last night driving in 22mm of rain and has blown all today. There … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Black south-easter, Cape Town wind, Cape Town winter, Fish Hoek Beach
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Very Quiet Easter Monday
Monday Today was the day… We did very little. I went down to the cottage where the family had woken up and after some coaxing Elsie came upstairs to the big house with me. She watched me do all sorts … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Black south-easter, Fish Hoek Shark Nets
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The Internet Dish Blew Off!
Friday Today was the day… The internet dish blew off. The black south-easter that has been pounding the Cape over the last couple of days was particularly strong last night. At 2:30am, I woke hearing an enormous kaboom! I thought … Continue reading
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Tagged Black south-easter, Internet dish, WIFI
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Winter in Summer
Sunday It’s crazy that it’s the 19th January and we are having such winter weather. The pumping south-easter which turned black has caused a bit of havoc in some areas of Cape Town with stories of trees being uprooted and … Continue reading
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Tagged Black south-easter, Summer in Cape Town
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