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Tag Archives: Claw’d
Looking
Friday Dear Elsie The mist hung over the mountains at the start of today. I love this kind of weather… It resulted in a beautiful sunrise… Despite some early rain, with the sea so flat and calm, I couldn’t resist … Continue reading
Very Rainy Road Trip to Swellendam
Monday Dear Elsie Today is the day I drove through to your house on a very rainy day. It absolutely poured down but was particularly bad just for about 30km before & after Riviersonderend. That was when I drove at … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Claw'd, Swellendam
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Still No Claw’d
Sunday Dear Elsie It’s been almost 36 hours since I last saw Claw’d. There’s been no signs of him anywhere. I’ve put his photo on the Whatsapp groups with little response. My head tells me this is the way with … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Claw'd, Claw'd and Raiku, Fish Hoek mountain
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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
Warm is Relative
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day I went down to the beach in the afternoon on what was a windy day. We didn’t go this morning, but as I got to lunchtime, I couldn’t help it. I went off … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Claw'd, David, Fish Hoek swimming, Long Covid
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Christmas Cat
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day you got your Grade RR report and you have done so well! These are some of the highlights. I’m sure you are going to love Grade R next year. The other thing I … Continue reading
I Got Here First
Sunday Dear Elsie Today was the day I had a sweet moment with Claw’d. I had been out and when I got home, he was sitting in my rocking chair. Usually when he’s there and I want to sit down, … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Cats, Claw'd, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
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Clawed by Claw’d
Monday Dear Elsie It had to happen! Yesterday was the day I got clawed by Claw’d. I had picked him up, had him on my lap and he was just sitting there when someone accidentally knocked over a cup. It … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Claw'd, Claw'd and Raiku, Life with cats, Rotator Cuff injury
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More Foundations Thrown
Monday Dear Elsie More foundations were thrown today. As I stood with Mike outside and looked to see what was being done, it dawned on me that this is actually the start of the foundations for the house behind! How … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Claw'd, Foundations
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