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Tag Archives: Long Covid
David Recovering From Long Covid
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day a new resident was installed on the gabion baskets. He stands tall and proud and keeps watch over the stairs. Julian read the book he’s just given me and it’s a delightful story … Continue reading
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Tagged Long Covid, Rabbit, trials
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The Triangle of my Life
Sunday Dear Elsie Today’s the day I’ve been thinking of the triangle of my life. As you grow older you will become very familiar with our apartment. We have 2 bedrooms – one large and one small. The triangle of … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged bread, Fish Hoek, Long Covid, Triangle of my life
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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
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Tagged Claw'd, David, Fish Hoek swimming, Long Covid
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I Felt Useful Today
Saturday Dear Elsie Today was a useful day. I woke up around 6am and went through my usual routine. With the wind churning up the sea, flinging mountains of seaweed onto a messy beach, I chose not to go down … Continue reading
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Tagged Long Covid, Long covid treatment, Minetest, Weekend
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We Heard a Big Bang
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day I woke up with a tummy ache and it hung around until eventually I took some Buscopan. That worked like a charm and now I’m better, albeit I feel slightly queasy. Note to … Continue reading
Smoky Sunrise
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day of a very smoky sunrise. There has been a massive fire burning over in Pringle Bay. This was it two days ago… Pringle Bay residents had to evacuate their homes. This was soon … Continue reading
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Tagged David, LDN, Long Covid, Pringle Bay, Pringle Bay Fire, windy day
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11.9C – Alpine Water in Fish Hoek
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day we went to the beach and the water temperature was a chilly 11.9C. I adjusted and spent a wonderful half hour swimming. The water was so clear – it reminded me of alpine … Continue reading
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Tagged David, Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid
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Bravecto Day
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day I needed to put Bravecto on the cats again. With the mountain behind, they pick up ticks so easily. My strategy today was to put it on first thing in the morning. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bravecto, David, Long Covid
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New Phone – Old Photos
Thursday Dear Elsie, Today was the day my new phone got all its contacts and apps transferred across. It took a chunk of the day but it got done. The camera is fantastic and there is a macro feature that … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid, New phone 2023
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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
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Tagged David, Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid
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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
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Tagged David, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek sunrise, In the Valley, Long Covid, trials
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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
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Tagged blankets, Cats, Claw'd and Raiku, Fish Hoek Beach, Long Covid
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The Main Event of the Day
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day we went to the beach for a swim. While there wasn’t too much wind, there was a bit of swell. The water clear, clean and warm. There was very little seaweed and kelp … Continue reading
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Tagged Cricket World Cup 2023, David, Long Covid
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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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Highs & Lows of the Day
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day that had highs and lows. The biggest high of the last 24 hours though, was hearing that yesterday, you, my sweet, darling Elsie, invited Jesus into your heart. I couldn’t be more delighted. … Continue reading
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Tagged David, Elsie, God's salvation, Long Covid, Long covid treatment
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