Thursday, November 20

Amazing Beach

Hout Bay, old fishing harbour, chill-some Atlantic Ocean side

We had a lovely walk yesterday morning - it was sunny and windless since we were out relatively early. We picked up our friend Jeni's dog to join us and returned to the scene of the lost wallet. All cards have been replaced and Michael is going to apply for a South African Driver's License while he waits for a new one to come from Vermont.

Yesterday was a good garden day - with me planting stuff and working on weed clearing - not exciting but feels good to be making some kind of progress against some of the bigger projects of putting up artwork and arranging an art space for myself.

We are looking forward to a number of social things for the weekend which includes visits to a local farmer's market at the Tokai Forest and the Potter's market in a nearby town called Rondebosch. Not that we need any more pottery but as this is the place where Michael first developed his love for pottery and he is keenly interested in getting to know many of the local artists we may just come home with something new.

One of my projects for today is to check out printing photos from the digital camera disk directly at the store.  The other plan since it is truly going to be a warm summer day of 25 centigrade (over 80 farenheit) is our first beach for swimming outing at Michael's favorite beach called Fish Hoek. It's the Indian Ocean side so the water is just barely warmer and possibly warm enough even for me to get in it.  We shall see.

3 comments:

Frosty Family said...

Pee- Pee
Great to hear the stories of your new home and activities du jour... sounds romantic..almost out of the "tuscan sun" .... need some more stories about food... we must plan our visit shortly... enjoy thanksgiving ...
Love the frosts
p.s. you inspired us to blog http://frostfarm.blogspot.com/

hello, it's katie! said...

penne you just need to go all in for the swim - it will be refreshing!

Unknown said...

Hello Penne and Michael -

Hope you guys enjoy your Brazilian bird. Ours come from good old Vermont.

It's been fun to read up on your experience. Have you heard from the girls?

Kristen