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Tag Archives: Building on a mountainside
Storm Damage and Breaking Ground
Last night’s storm was pretty significant. This morning when I left for gym I was surprised by some of the damage. There were a number of trees down and a lot of debris on the road. We ourselves had our … Continue reading
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Tagged Building on a mountainside, cape town, Cape Town storm, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
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Sunset From The Bed
Today has been a typical Monday with quite a lot of work in the morning, gym at lunchtime, a little work in the afternoon and a sunset from the bed. Between it all, I have tried to contact our building … Continue reading
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God is Faithful!
Mike and I speak often about ‘building at Echo!’ We call the place at which we want to build “Echo cottage” so the phrase ‘building at Echo’ comes up often. There are many hurdles and challenges. Mike is cautious. He … Continue reading
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Putting Pain Behind Us
So today Mike and I trundled off to Peninsula Eye Hospital for round two. We were there before 8am. This time a tiny injection into his eye. Sounds dreadful. He said it wasn’t bad. All he felt was a tiny … Continue reading
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Tagged Building on a mountainside, Cape Town Drought of 2017, Mike, water leak
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Marking and Measuring
Today’s been a good day! I did about an hour of work and then went to gym. I am suddenly feeling fitter. I can go to gym, have a solid hour-long work-out and not be exhausted for the rest of … Continue reading
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Another Step In The Right Direction
Sometimes things take time to mature in one’s mind. They need to be mulled over, discussed, thought about and investigated. With us, we do all the above and then shelve them for a few weeks. In fact, what really has … Continue reading
Small Steps
Yesterday Mike had a number of things to do OTM (Over-The-Mountain) so he took his golf clubs with him and had some fun at the LONG driving range. On the way home, he stopped by the South Peninsula Municipality to … Continue reading
Autumn in Fish Hoek
The last couple of Cape Town days have been nothing less than spectacular. Somehow I feel I have said this before. Just look at Fish Hoek Beach this morning…. And walking along the beach, it just got better and better…trek … Continue reading
Red Letter Day
I think I should call this blog Green Bush Day – but it is a notable day. Today we took the first step which may be of a hundred or more steps on a journey to build a house on … Continue reading