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Tag Archives: Cape Town wind
A Calm Day Before The Wind
Thursday Dear Elsie Today begins a bit of a countdown for us. Three weeks today we fly to Italy and 1 month today we fly from Italy to Denmark. I got an email from Easyjet saying we could check-in. The … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Autumn, Cape Town weather, Cape Town wind, Ofelia Beach
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Where is Claw’d?
Saturday Dear Elsie Today when we spoke do you remember Raiku was around? He played with the ball and fish, but there was no Claw’d. And he’s still missing. I let him out at 5.30am this morning and he hasn’t … Continue reading
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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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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One Month Til Christmas
Thursday Today was the day… That’s one month til Christmas. I know that some people don’t want to know this, but Christmas passes in such a flash that the earlier it can begin to be celebrated the better. My work … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cape Town wind, Christmas is coming, False Bay, Fish Hoek
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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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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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Fresh OJ
Wednesday Today was the day… We made fresh orange juice. Mike likes fresh preservative-free orange juice but it’s not always available. Today on our morning walk, I bought a 2.5kg bag of oranges and David bought up his juicer… It … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Cape Town wind
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Solar Almost Done
Monday Today was the day… that came with very strong wind – probably one of the windiest days this year. Wind guru – you just need to look at all the pink on the left – that’s today. It blew … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town wind, Solar at Echo
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Wind and Work
Wednesday Today was the day… The wind blew and I worked. I’ve got a lot of work at the moment & it means sitting at my desk for a prolonged period of time. While, it may be a bit of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town wind, False Bay
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Home Alone
Thursday Today was the day… We were home alone. There were no workers on site! It was very quiet. Even Courage wasn’t here, because he went straight to the old house to continue the work that needs to be done … Continue reading
Cricket and Wind
Sunday It’s been a really windy day today. The wind is expected to drop on Tuesday and be pretty windless until Thursday and Friday. Saturday and Sunday look quite still as well. Meantime, South Africa played a second T20 against … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town wind, South African Cricket
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