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Tag Archives: Simon’s Town from Red Hill
A Bit of a Bleak Day
Monday Dear Elsie You will have days that are a bit bleak. Today was one of those for us. Stuart left for China. David did not. It was always going to be a bleak day. I thought Stuart was leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged David, Kommetjie Lighthouse, Long Covid, Red Hill, Simon's Town from Red Hill, Simon's Town steps
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Labouring Under the House
Thursday Today was the day… We did not swim – again! The day dawned WINDY and I looked at the number of rows of waves breaking onto the beach and how far I was going to need to go to … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Airbnb, Manual labour, Simon's Town from Red Hill
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Three Middle Aged Men Smoking Pot
Wednesday Today was the day… That it rained, so we didn’t go to the beach…again. Tomorrow we are going to have to. Instead, this afternoon we walked to the village for some shopping. We decided to walk back the mountain … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged 20 on Echo, Simon's Town from Red Hill
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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
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Tagged Cape birds, Garden birds, Long-tailed Cape sugar birds, Simon's Town from Red Hill, Sparrows, Sun birds
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