Tuesday
Today was the day…
I got a response regarding the piece of metal in the mince pie. My email finally got to the right person and the latest news is a courier will arrive tomorrow morning and collect the offending fragment. At least their supplier can try figure out where it came from.
Today it rained. Mike and I did not walk to the beach, but I lay in bed and watched the north wind blow puffy clouds across the sky…
Later, between showers, we took a brisk walk to the end of Echo Rd and back. This is the magnificent view of Simon’s Town from the end of Echo.
I remember coming to this spot many years ago with Granny. I would take her for a drive and drive to the end of Echo Rd. She would sit in the car and admire the view. “Beautiful” is what she would say. I know that she would be in awe of where we are living now. Both Mike’s parents would shake their head in wonderment. They would also be bewildered that they need to climb 80 steps to get to our front door!
There have been workmen here today. They have finished the woodwork for the balustrade on the stairwell. They also have almost finished David’s unit below ours. There are just a couple of things that need to be done there, like a skirting board needs painting and a cupboard door handle needs putting on (they got the wrong size). The toilet roll holder and towel ring and rail need to go up in the bathroom and one more piece of metal needs to go in the shower. Then Mike just needs to do final covers for the kitchen plugs and it will be finished. Werner leaves for Spain on Friday so he only has two days to complete the work. I will always be grateful to him for taking on this mammoth project and seeing it to its end and pretty much on budget. There are few that could have done what he has done. God bless Werner!
Covid numbers in the Western Cape –654 new cases over the last 24 hours
Covid 19 stats – South Africa –
- Friday 24th July – 13944 new cases (maximum we had in a day)– 250 deaths (245 771 recoveries/169 882 active)
- Tue 17 Nov – 1987 new cases – 118 deaths (696820 recoveries/37004 active)
- Wed 18 Nov – 2888 new cases – 124 deaths (701534 recoveries/35054 active)
- Thur 19 Nov – 2514 new cases – 115 deaths (702544 recoveries/36443 active)
- Fri 20 Nov – 3105 new cases – 88 deaths (707040 recoveries/34964 active)
- Sat 21 Nov – 2646 new cases – 86 deaths (707784 recoveries/36780 active)
- Sun 22 Nov – 2270 new cases – 58 deaths (710099 recoveries/36677 active)
- Mon 23 Nov – 2080 new cases – 65 deaths (711195 recoveries/ 37956 active)
Total cases: 769759 Total deaths: 20968
Psalm 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.
The best is yet to come.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Braces:
2 years and 11 days (29 sleeps!)