Wednesday
Dear Elsie,
Today was a far better day than yesterday. We went to the beach and we were a little late so the shark net was being put out while I was swimming. The sea was quite rough as the wind was picking up, so it was more challenging than usual. It made it quite fun. I’m thinking of you and your swimming lesson tomorrow.
I worked for 7 hours. Guests arrived for the cottage. One of them had spent 10 days in December at the blue house. He and his young family are hoping to move to Fish Hoek (from Johannesburg) within the course of this year. He’s looking for a place to rent. I’m not sure the cottage will work for him because his kids are small and it’s not suitable for small children.
Courage and Brian have been working on the wall behind the house and have made great progress…
Courage has become a pro at building with stone. When we first started inquiring about building stone walls, we spoke to a stone mason in Fish Hoek who said he could build walls for us but needed different stone to the ones that litter the mountainside. We were not about to buy stone for a wall! Courage started down the bottom and worked his way up getting better and better as he went.
The latest wall, he’s written 2023 in the concrete. He also put his name and 2021 in a lower wall. I asked him to.
It’s hard to believe that wall was built in 2021. What happened to 2022? This is the thing with time – it has a way of running away with us. If this blog remains on the internet as a record of the build and our lives, it will be quite something to look back on in 30 years time. Imagine writing the date 25th January 2053! If I live to see it, I’ll be 88. If I’m able, I’ll probably still be documenting the day at the end of each one, trying to remember what I did and typing it very slowly. (And you Elsie will be 34!)
Such thoughts do drive me to want to make the most of every day. I am not guaranteed 88 years but I do have today.
Psalm 25:1
In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂