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Tag Archives: seagulls
Feeding the Flocks
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day I found the perfect 5km route. It’s from our house down to the Sunny Cove traffic lights, across the road, along Simon’s Town Rd to the Glencairn lookout. Turn around, all the way … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged A Taste Of The South-Easter, Rock, seagulls, Seals at Fish Hoek
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I Preferred Yesterday!
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day when work dominated. I worked for 9 hours and 43 minutes. I preferred yesterday. At least the first three weeks of this month are going to be very busy and I can expect … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cat Walk, seagulls, seaweed
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A Day for the Birds!
Thursday Dear Elsie Today I was so excited to see a video of you reading! Well done my girl! So fluent and so confident. Today was also day for the birds! Someone down at the beach area feeds them in … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Elsie, seagulls
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The Seagull Challenge
Tuesday Today was the day… We got to swim and the water was a lot warmer than two days ago. It was flat too, so swimming was easy. The water was clear. When I started the swim, I immediately headed … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Fish Hoek, Open water swimming, seagulls
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Feet on the Beach
Sunday Today was the day… We overslept! I woke up at 7:45am -Stacey had messaged half an hour before asking if we had gone to the beach. She messaged again and the ping woke me up. I was so shocked … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged egrets, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek birds, seagulls
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Not All Sharks are Created Equal
Saturday Today was the day… There was an official shark sighting at Fish Hoek. This is an event that completely rains on my parade! While it was overcast, it was a beautiful morning with not too much wind, so we … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Bronze whalers, Fish Hoek Sharks, seagulls
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Egg Thief!
3-34pm Today began well…Granny got herself up! I washed her linen and made her breakfast. Then René came to cut and blow dry her hair…she was happy… Not long after that, we left to see the penguins at Boulders Beach… … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Boulders Beach, Granny, Penguins, seagulls, tragedy
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