Tag Archives: Summer in Cape Town

38 Years Ago On This Day….

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Helga

Sunday Today was the day… Of Tweede Nuwe Jaar. The day Cape Town, particularly, celebrates the second day of the new year. The day was spectacular – as brilliant and windless as it was on 2nd January 1983. That was … Continue reading →

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Boxing Day 2021

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Helga

Sunday! Today was the day… We celebrated Boxing Day – the day after Christmas. The 26th December always brings to mind that we know it as Boxing Day but more that it is my sister’s birthday. Happy Birthday Annie! Thinking … Continue reading →

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Entrance Under Construction

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Helga

Friday Today was the day… Courage started building the wall immediately to the left of our front door. This is coming up the steps… This is from the top step looking in what will be a big door… Mike on … Continue reading →

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Great White Shark in False Bay!

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Helga

Monday Today was the day… That started out gloomy and chilly. I wore a jersey! It’s December and a jersey was called for. How about that!? There was also a little drizzle. But that has all passed now and the … Continue reading →

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A Day of Strong Winds

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Helga

Monday Today was the day… …we woke up to a raging black south-easter. While there was thick cloud cover and it looked like rain. I woke up around 6am. About half an hour later, I got up and went to … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Hard

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Helga

Sunday Yesterday on Facebook, I saw this picture and thought it very well said and insightful. Life is hard! So well said. I thought of others: Buying a house is hard. Building a house is hard Choose your hard. Having … Continue reading →

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A Perfect Day

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Helga

Saturday Today was a perfect Cape Town day. I woke up early and at 5:09am took this photo from our balcony… After going back to sleep, Mike and I woke up just after 7am and before coffee (bad idea) we … Continue reading →

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Penultimate Day of 2020

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Helga

Wednesday Today was the day… .. the second last day of 2020. A lot of people are waiting for this year to end with great anticipation that 2021 will be better. Tonight is a full moon, but the horizon is … Continue reading →

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Holiday Vibes

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Helga

Saturday Today was the day… Mike considered himself on holiday! He took today off and will do the same tomorrow. Monday to Wednesday is the final stretch of 2020 and then he will be fully off and enjoying holiday vibes. … Continue reading →

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Summer Came

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Helga

Thursday Today was the day… Summer came to Cape Town. The wind dropped overnight, the sun shone brightly and the temperature rose to the late 20s, at least. Mike organised Courage and one other worker to put the rails on … Continue reading →

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House Keys… Already?

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Helga

Friday Yes! Today we got keys for the house! Can you believe it?! I spent a few hours on site this afternoon with Mike. I went down when it was cooler and did a bit of  manual labour from about … Continue reading →

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Winter in Summer

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Helga

Sunday It’s crazy that it’s the 19th January and we are having such winter weather. The pumping south-easter which turned black has caused a bit of havoc in some areas of Cape Town with stories of trees being uprooted and … Continue reading →

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Site Meeting

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Helga

Friday Today we met with Werner the builder. There were a number of things we needed to talk about. Discussing cladding… Discussing windows… It was a warm summer’s day so a treat to have the basement in which to shelter … Continue reading →

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McGyver Mike

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Helga

Thursday 4-15pm This is a very hastily assembled blog as we need to leave for the airport in 15 minutes. 😮 so I’ll type fast. Mike worked at the YMCA on Queen Victoria Street Cape Town from 1980 to 1986. … Continue reading →

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A Month Before Christmas

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Helga

Today, I woke early and decided to go to gym. I drove out the garage at about 6-15am and as I did so, I noticed one of the neighbour’s garage was partially open. I didn’t give it too much thought … Continue reading →

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