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Tag Archives: Weekend
Where is Claw’d?
Saturday Dear Elsie Today when we spoke do you remember Raiku was around? He played with the ball and fish, but there was no Claw’d. And he’s still missing. I let him out at 5.30am this morning and he hasn’t … Continue reading
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
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Long Covid, Long covid treatment, Minetest, Weekend
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Fridays are my Favourite
Friday Dear Elsie Today is Friday and Friday is my favourite day of the week. It’s not that I don’t like my work, but Friday represents a day where everything starts winding down for the weekend. I can work as … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Fish Hoek sunrise, Fridays, Weekend
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Pajama Day
Saturday Dear Elsie Today was a pajama day for me. I spent the entire day in my pajamas with the exception of showering, after which I got back into them. An ideal day then. The highlight was of course, speaking … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Chess, Fish Hoek winter, flowers, Weekend
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An Active Sunday
Sunday Today was the day… That was quite busy. We went to the beach and had our 4th swim this month. Just before we left for the beach, I got a photo from David. He’s living his best Bali life! … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged David's travels, Weekend
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End of a Good Restful Weekend
Sunday Today was the day… That we took it all quite easy. Mike slept in. At 11am, the guests shipped on out and we spent an hour and a half cleaning the Seaview Apartment. The new guest arrived at just … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Car accidents, Weekend
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Going Back to Say Thank-You
Sunday Today was the day… Mike and I returned to Scarborough Beach. We were there in July last year, when Mike felt compelled to pray. He got this inkling that the challenges in getting our plans passed would now melt … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cape Town winter, Scarborough Cape Town, Weekend
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A Quiet Sunday
I’ve probably had a lot of these, but believe it or not, I’ve never titled a blog A Quiet Sunday. It’s the first one. I woke up quite early this morning (around 5ish) but went back to sleep and fell … Continue reading
Posted in A Thousand Thanks, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Sundays, Weekend
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