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Tag Archives: Fish Hoek Beach
Swimming Along the Cat Walk
Friday Dear Elsie Sometimes I look out my window and wish I could just go down to Simon’s Town road, hop over the railway line, wade into the sea and swim to Fish Hoek. It would probably only be a … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Clouds, Fish Hoek Beach
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A Wonderful Swim
Thursday Dear Elsie Today both you and I had wonderful swims! Your Mom sent me a video of you doing so well in the pool. You managed cross the pool using your board. Well done! I also had a lovely … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek Galley, Fish Hoek swimming
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Young Guinea Fowl Came to Visit
Sunday Dear Elsie Today was the day two young guinea fowl came to visit. I wish I had my camera with me. They looked like this (Photo from The Martha Blog) Perhaps my early morning visitors were just a tad … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Building a house on a mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek Shark Nets, Guinea fowl
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Friend From The Long Past
Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day we did not go to the beach this morning. We felt our bodies needed a break, although we did walk down to the beach this evening and what a lot of activity there … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Friends
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Morning Routine
Thursday Dear Elsie Today I followed my regular morning routine. I woke up just after 5am and let the cats out the study. I usually pick each of them up to give them a good morning cuddle before feeding them. … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged David, Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid
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God is Bigger
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was an exciting day for you because you visited the new school you will be going to next year! Grade R! It looks amazing and you loved seeing it and didn’t want to leave. You also … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Belief in God, faith, Fish Hoek Beach, How many stars are there
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The View from the Valley
Sunday Dear Elsie A beautiful sunrise this morning… Today was the day I walked down to the beach twice. The first time was for a swim. The tide was super low, so there wasn’t too much swimming space, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged David, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek sunrise, In the Valley, Long Covid, trials
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Train Station Kind of Day
Friday Dear Elsie Today was a busy Friday. It was a train station kind of day with much coming and going. I worked for a bit, then we went to the beach. It was a beautiful day with lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Cricket World Cup 2023, Fish Hoek Beach
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No Penguins or Seals
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day we went to the beach again, but there were no penguins or seals. there was tranquil water and beautiful clean sand. The weather has been good enough for us to have swum 6 … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged blankets, Cats, Claw'd and Raiku, Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid
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59th Birthday
Sunday Dear Elsie As you know, today was my birthday! It was lovely to see you on our video call and to speak to you. You are such a joy! My birthday began early with me getting up, feeding the … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Birthdays, contentment, Fish Hoek Beach, Kite surfing, The Trek Fishermen
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Doing Things Slightly Differently
Friday Dear Elsie Today dawned surprisingly overcast. The sea was calm and there was very little wind. So I started the day by doing things slightly differently and having my cappuccino out on the balcony. It was a quiet and … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek Shark Nets, Fish Hoek Sharks, Florence
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It Was a 1-Lizard Day
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day that I worked 9 hours and the cats caught only 1 lizard. They get terribly excited over this new-found ability of being able to track down ‘wild’ life around the house. I only … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Cats, Fish Hoek Beach
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Swimming Through Murky Water
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day we went to the beach. There wasn’t too much wind, but what there was came from the north. Walking down the cat walk, I could already see there were undercurrents and rip tides … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, Sea swimming
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Log on the Rocks
Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day we saw the logs on the rocks. I had read about this on Facebook & this morning when we went for our swim, it was low tide, so we got to see the … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek, Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid, Long covid treatment
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Hadedas at Sunrise
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day we saw large noisy hadedas at sunrise. They are the noisiest birds in Africa! It was a glorious morning, so we threw open our bedroom balcony doors. Raiku immediately was drawn to them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Claw'd and Raiku, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek sunrise, hadedas
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