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Tag Archives: Friends
Vitamin Sea
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the first day of the new month! We started it by going for a swim in ocean water that is cooling. It probably was about 14C. It was still not warm enough for me to … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Family, Friends, Sea swimming
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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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A Lot To Be Grateful For
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day that we woke up in the very early morning to hear lashing rain and high winds. Chairs were being blown over on the balconies and it turned out to be a storm of … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Adversity, Attitude of gratitude, Flight Radar, Friends, trials
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Portico Under Construction
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day that dawned with a beautiful sunrise, no wind and a good day for an early morning walk. I did a 30 minute loop and came back along daisy lane. What a sunrise. This … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Fish Hoek sunrise, Friends, Landscaping
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Port Elizabeth
Saturday Dear Elsie Today was the day we drove to Port Elizabeth. I woke up early and went for a spider-webby morning walk around Carmel’s boundary. The grand architects of invisible strands had woven them across path after path and … Continue reading
Afternoon Tea
Saturday Dear Elsie Today we had tea with a previous neighbour. Many years ago, Philomena lived across the road from our Sun Valley house. She had two children, Paul and Hannah. Hannah became good friends with Stacey as they were … Continue reading
An Airbnb Shock
Friday Today was the day… I got an Airbnb shock. I’m trying to get my head around what happened today. I worked the morning and then went and had a lovely sushi lunch with my friends. I haven’t seen them … Continue reading
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Tagged Airbnbing, Friends
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Burst Water Main
Thursday Today was the day… We woke up to no water. Actually, what had happened started last night around 10pm. I was winding down and was about to shower only to find there was very low water pressure. It soon … Continue reading
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Tagged Burst water pipe, Friends
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Someone I Haven’t Seen in 37 years
Thursday Today was a good work day but I also did some housework. I scrubbed the kitchen floor! The highlight of the day was visiting a friend who I have not seen for 37 years. Grahame Wray. He was a … Continue reading
Posted in Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs, Echo Photos
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Friends
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Friday Girls
Today has been a good Friday . I had a bit of a slack attack, ate too many carbs and did not go to gym. I did do some work but just a couple of hours. Spring Break is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Fridays, Friends
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Sushi and Carrot Cake
Today I met my friends to celebrate Melanie’s birthday. She now lives up the West Coast and came into town to join us. It was wonderful to see her and to celebrate with Sushi and Carrot Cake. Riana bakes an … Continue reading
Sun Valley Pond 2017-2018
We haven’t gone down to the Sun Valley pond for ages. The last time I took a photo of it was back at the end of January and it looked like this… This evening Julian and I took a walk … Continue reading
Posted in A Thousand Thanks, Cape Town Drought, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cape Town dam levels, Friends, Sun Valley pond
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A Beautiful Cot Blanket
Today I got a lovely surprise. I went to my weekly ladies meeting and Jo walked in and presented me with this… She had crocheted a beautiful soft pink cot blanket. It is just so lovely. I was very touched. #600 … Continue reading
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The Value of a Friend
I had my friend Riana come over. She now wears two hats. The first and most important is ‘friend’. The second is ‘colleague’. Yes! The company I work for is paying her to help me here in South Africa. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Edvectus, Friends, Helga's Work, Hushai the Arkite was the king's friend
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My Journey to Cape Town
It was early in 1981, the year I wrote my O-Levels, that I decided I wanted to enter the noble nursing profession! I was hoping to be able to get into the Registered Nurse’s course on O’Levels alone. I wrote to … Continue reading