Monday 11 February 2019

I can't believe it is mid February already

Good morning folks from a slightly cooler Bettys Bay after a seriously hot and busy week.  Gee whiz it was a really busy week with trips to Hermanus,  a day in Somerset West (exhausting) and then yesterday we did a visit to Elgin,  more on that later.

As for the family everyone is well and as usual busy, the girls should be getting their new car in a day or two which will be a relief  for them, it's been a crazy two weeks.  My precious Hubby is very happy as he has had a number of watches,  fit bits, clocks and even a cuckoo clock in to repair - all of which are complete and either delivered or awaiting collection, well done my Angel.  He has been designing the enclosure of our deck and will hopefully be starting on that this week, wooohooo, I cannot wait for it to be up.  After all the activity I find my self in a flare #facepalm, which I need to work through, and the itchiness  aaargghhhh.  After eventually getting hold of the Specialist I was told that I might need a longer course of treatment, due to the fact that I had such a severe case.  All the spots have healed but every day random scars will have bumps on them which itch like crazy, then a day or two later they are gone and come up on a different scar.  I have an appointment with him at the end of next week so we will see then.

As for our mini zoo all the residents are well or in various stages of healing.  Jasper is looking much better, Gemma is actually nose kissing Zeepha WITHOUT a growl which is historical, Sasha has a bump/sore on her head which we've been treating but might have to take her to the vet to check it out and Max is ........ Just Max.  I eventually found little Zeepha a harness, for hamsters, LOl which fits and she is currently running around in it and trying to get head rubs and bumps while I am typing causing all kinds of problems on the screen, this week I hope to take her out and introduce her to the great outdoors.

Yesterday we awoke to a beautiful cool, wet day and decided to go through to the Elgin Railway Market in ....... Elgin.  They have converted a huge building in steam punk style and it is truly gorgeous, there are lots of different food stalls,  live music which was nice and created a fabulous atmosphere.  I must say I was disappointed in the market stalls as they were more like exclusive shops and not in the least like a market, with the exception of the leather stalls.  At some point they advertised that there were vintage clothing and vintage jewellary stalls but we did not see anything close, that was a disappointment.  I would definitely say though, that the building is the 'draw card' and on Saturdays a Steam Train comes in from Cape Town which is obviously a special experience.  What we saw of Elgin as a little village was absolutely exquisite, they have managed to maintain an almost English Village look and feel to it.  All in all it was a lovely, relaxing day before coming home and curling up with a good book.

Folks that's my news for the week, hopefully this one will continue at a more sedate pace as  I do some rest and recovery.  I wish you ALL a wonderful week please take care and be safe.  Ciao ciao.

Elgin Railway Market



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