Friday
Today I woke up at about 5:30am and the first thing I saw was Venus and the moon. Kaashiefah who lives up the road took a couple of amazing photos.
Iris took this one..
I don’t know much about astronomy but this morning’s meeting of the moon and Venus is said to be a special one. They were expected to get only 1 degree apart and with the sky as clear as it was, it was against a perfect canvas. Apparently there were Americans watching it on a live webstream so we enjoyed our front row seats.
We got in a swim in lovely water.
So I felt I dodged a bullet today. There is this guy who we met walking on our road. I asked him his name and (stupidly in hindsight) gave him my number because he said he was visiting the area and staying at a guesthouse in Fish Hoek. Mike then had a long conversation with him and we began to think he was telling tall stories. This all happened about a month ago when we had no guests. Then May picked up and we ended up being pretty full. He arrived unannounced in pouring rain about a week ago and asked if we could help him. He looked really rough. The Little Lookout was occupied so I said we couldn’t. Today, he reappeared and again asked if we had space. He looked better, so I asked him where he was staying and if he was still at the previous lodging. No he said he was at another very nice guesthouse on Berg Rd. I told him the Little Lookout was booked. We exchanged a few more words and then he left. He had told me which guest house he had been at, so I immediately came inside and phoned them to ask if they knew this guy.
OH BOY DID THEY JUST!!
Avoid him like the plague. Do not have him stay at your place. That guy is trouble. He wrecked my place. I had to get the police out at 4am to evict him. Do not let him in. I have spent thousands fixing the damage he did.
I blocked his number on my cell phone.
References are always good.
I’m so grateful this didn’t go any further.
Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, the naive proceed and pay the penalty.
The Message is more colourful…
A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks; a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂