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Tag Archives: Garden birds
Sparrows at the Window
Sunday Today was the day… We had tons of birds come to the juice bottle. It was a warm sunny day with very little wind. After our swim and breakfast, I video called with Stacey and Elsie and showed Elsie … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cape birds, Garden birds, Long-tailed Cape sugar birds, Simon's Town from Red Hill, Sparrows, Sun birds
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Seed Thief!
Tuesday Today was the day… We had a seed thief! Slowly but surely the birds have been coming and eating the seed. I have put it in the trees protected from the wind. Today, I peered out the laundry window … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Garden birds, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
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“Cream Soda” For The Birds
Tuesday With red food colouring not available at my local grocery store, I decided to go green. Whether or not the birds will approve remains to be seen! It’s not really cream soda you understand? It’s water with 5 tablespoons … Continue reading
Posted in Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs, Echo Photos
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Garden birds, My Mom
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Looking Back – Photo of 2007 & 2019
I’ve been seeing a lot of Facebook pictures of people comparing what they looked like in their first FB profile photo to today. My first profile photo was 19th July 2007. Wayne Turner took this. He had the right camera and I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit - where to from here?, Garden birds
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Summer Days
A beautiful summer’s day in Cape Town today. Our balcony doors have been open from early this morning and have just been closed. In fact it was that very thing that led to a conversation with Mike that made him … Continue reading