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Tag Archives: Granny
Back to Kommetjie
Saturday Dear Elsie, Today was the day we woke early and before 8, David and I took a drive to Kommetjie. We returned to where we had walked on 3rd April. David had been sick for 6 weeks. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged David, Granny, Kommetjie, Long Covid
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Birthday Came Early
Thursday Today was the day… My birthday present came early, but I’m feeling quite bad, because I sort of claimed it! Julian is here and went out buying books. At a charity shop, he found a quite large painting and … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Art, Fish Hoek, Granny, The Trek Fishermen
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Granny’s Work
Monday Today was the day… Much work was done at Echo, although I wasn’t there to see it. We phoned the Solar company and the solar panels are being delivered tomorrow. I phoned the Granite company and they should be … Continue reading
Granny’s Curtains
Friday It’s very difficult for me to go into the cottage and not think of Granny. We built the cottage for her in 2002. Grandpa had passed away in 1998 and she was living in East London with very little … Continue reading
Often Things Are Not As They Seem!
Monday After walking through Kalk Bay yesterday and photographing the house being built on the main road…. After admiring it and how far they had got and how many obstacles they had overcome, I was shocked to discover their plans … Continue reading
Posted in Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Granny
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Granny’s Book
Tuesday When Mike’s Mom (aka Granny) was alive, she liked to collect stories and inspirational poems and prose. Sometimes, she cut them out of magazines. Other times, she meticulously copied them down. All were stored in an A4 exercise book … Continue reading
Caught in Protests
Wednesday Julian usually comes on a Wednesday but this week he arrived last night, so this evening we went out for dinner. We decided to go to Imhoff to one of our favourite restaurants Blue Water Cafe. The sun is … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cape Town dam levels, Granny, Sun Valley pond
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Remembering Granny
Today 5 years ago, Granny passed away. Today I’m remembering her. I’m thinking of how often I looked at her frailty and knew that this day was coming. Time dragged by in those days. She was slow and infirm and … Continue reading
Posted in A Thousand Thanks, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Abundant Life, Granny
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Follow Up to Yesterday’s Tragedy
This morning news broke that not only had Austin Wesson died in a car accident but his wife of one day had succumbed to her injuries as well. Austin’s family are hastily making arrangements to fly to the States to lay … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin and Rebekah, Coping with tragedy, Granny, Sun Valley pond
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Reflections of Granny
Oh wow, I was looking back on some old blogs and I came upon this one. I remember this moment… Friday 15th June 2012 9-47pm This is a post I just want to write and not necessarily post for public … Continue reading
3 Years Since Granny Slipped Away
It’s hard to believe it’s three years since Granny (Mike’s Mom) passed away. This morning as I mentioned it to Mike, from our bedroom window we saw a beautiful rainbow. God’s promise of never again will He flood the earth. … Continue reading
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Tagged Eternal life, Eternity-thinking, Glimpse Into Eternity, Granny
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The Menace of Ageing
I’m not that old and yet I notice the menace of ageing. I can’t think as quickly as I used to. I have to think a fraction longer to retrieve the information I need. It is consistent with my age, but annoying … Continue reading
High-heeled one
Around about 7am, Mike and I crawled out of bed and wandered up to the hot springs for an early morning soak. We tried out a number of pools including this one…it’s not where the other hot springs are, but … Continue reading
Misunderstandings
It’s quite difficult working at my desk all day, getting square-eyes looking at a screen and then taking a break to do my blog, which entails sitting a bit more looking at a screen. The other thing is that when I’ve … Continue reading