Wow, it's been a busy time lately there is always something needing attention or popping up on the radar. Last week apart from the fact that we had the South Easter blowing almost non stop we had one of those weeks of completing tasks, starting new ones and even managed some exploring which resulted in finding the elusive shell beach that had eluded us woohooo. Going on lots of little bits of information we had gathered we pinpointed where we thought it would be and at last SUCCESS we found it. Hopefully seeing as we had such a job not many others will be flooding down there, this little (and I mean little) beach is tucked away, almost completely surrounded by rocks, fairly sheltered and I cannot wait to go back and start finding shells. We also had some 'old time' fun and games as somehow Max figured out that if he stood on the gate motor box he could just manage to jump over the wooden post Hubby had put there to block it off. So after him escaping and us eventually actually seeing him jump over, my ever patient Hubby extended said posts on both sides which has stopped that particular exit, then just as we breathed a sigh of relief Hubby had to go to the store and so to stop Max and Sasha running while the gate was open, he tied them together on their leads and wrapped the leads around a small tree. He reversed and when he went to untie them both - they were gone, lol, somehow they had unwound themselves and took off at breakneck speed up the road, still tied together which looked extremely funny but also made it easier to catch them, it's like they plan these things.
On Saturday we tootled off to Somerset West to visit their monthly Country Craft Market fully expecting it to be like most markets we have been to but what a pleasant surprise. Every stand there has to be run by the person who actually makes the articles which means there are so many unique and quirky stalls, the likes of which I have never seen. Apart from the heat, it was 35 C, it was an absolute delight. Some of the things on sale were completely unique and the quality of the goods was on a par with most good 'store bought' products. As usual I was using my eyes to log up ideas for future use, so many, many new projects waiting to be attempted. We spent the afternoon with friends and came home from a temperature of 32 to 23 C in the space of 35 km's, oh I am SO glad we chose Betty's Bay to settle. Having said that though on the drive through to Somerset West it was quite the clearest most perfect day we have seen down here, hardly a breath of wind, no sea mist or clouds. I took a photo from just past Rooi Els looking clear across to Table Mountain and Signal Hill, I could have kicked myself for not having taken one encompassing Cape Point through to Table Mountain. I did take that one on the way home but the mist had come in a bit and it was nowhere as clear and detailed as the earlier photo. The amount of cars that were parked along Clarence Drive were unbelievable, obviously everyone who could was out enjoying the sun and waves, there was even a troop of baboons in Rooi Els which completely stopped the traffic causing quite a build up. Having said all that it was glorious to come home to cooler weather. Yesterday and today have followed much the same pattern of hardly any wind and perfect days with today being just a tad cooler thank goodness. I ended up doing a huge baking session (in the heat) because it just so happened that every biscuit etc all finished at the same time, so now we are stocked up for a little while. We had quite an 'exciting' few minutes late last night as I let the dogs out and on closing the glass door looked up and there was a HUGE spider +- 6cm diameter, on the glass, my first thought was it was inside and my huge gasp brought Jelly Bean and Hubby to see what was going on, needless to say my beloved Husband dealt with the doomed creature speedily which according to him this morning was due to the pressure of the two females in the house
Friends on that note I am going to wish you a wonderful week and end off today's Blog with much love and prayers for a peaceful week for each one of you. Whatever you are doing enjoy and always please be safe.
Pic from Rooi Else looking to Table Mountain
Pic showing Cape Point right through to Table Mountain
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