Building Site

I see this signboard in our complex every day. The renovations next door are on-going.

~ A year ago today Thomas was being a good cat ~ 

PKCT

This evening I went to the PechaKucha event in Cape Town. It was really interesting!

~ A year ago today I was admiring a new monitor ~

Banks

I'm lucky to have an excellent kitchen supply store very close to where I work. I can always find things I want there.

~ A year ago today I was sitting in traffic ~

H4 Shoot

They were filming Homeland in my neighbourhood today. A fleet of trucks and gazillions of extras - and pouring rain. 

~ A year ago today I had Royals on repeat ~

Excavations

Dorothy and I did a bit of driving around District Six today. I had no idea that the building site that I go past every week day is so vast. It's going to be interesting to watch the development in this area over the next few years.

~ A year ago today I had a sore finger ~ 

St James St, Vredehoek

I ran some errands after work today. It was a lovely afternoon.

~ A year ago today I was making chips ~ 

White Woodstock

We had three hailstorms today. The last one was a big'un. 

~ A year ago today I was sitting in front of a fire ~ 

Mark

General election 2014: civic duty done.

~ A year ago today I got some photos printed ~ 

Three Towers

The Disa Park towers at the top of my suburb are so ugly! And what a strange orange light there was, late this afternoon. 

~ A year ago today today it was miserable ~ 

Visual Pollution

It's general elections in a month. Posters are everywhere. I hate them!  

~ A year ago today I was noticing a certain white cat for the first time. Now it sleeps on my bed. ~

The Rumble Truck

Every day, twice a day, the garbage truck comes past and empties bins and collects recycling from our building. It idles, right outside my window, for about ten minutes. Not my favourite thing in the world.
~ A year ago today I was walking in Silvermine ~ 

Winter Wonderland

Last night the cold snap we're experiencing this week intensified - it was freezing cold, the rain came down hard and there was even snow on the mountain. The local news sites had lots of pictures. I love reading about extreme weather!
~ A year ago today I the sweet pea was in flower on Table Mountain ~ 

Crane

Every day I drive past this construction crane. It's on a very big building site so going to be there a while I reckon.
~ A year ago today I was looking at recipe books ~ 

Stop

There is a new stop street in my neighbourhood. The traffic roars down the road in the morning... hopefully this will help to slow it down.
~ A year ago today I was eating cake ~ 

Whoops

This morning there was an almighty racket outside and the whole neighbourhood came out to see what had happened. A car had crashed right through someone's wall! Luckily the driver was unhurt, but - eeek! - poor car, poor wall.
~ A year ago today I was admiring a crocheted throw ~ 

Ghost Cat

There is a new kittie in the block and there are some complicated cat politics going on between my two and this one. It is shy but I think it would like to be friends. Tom might be amenable but Trixie is having none of it. 
~ A year ago today I was eating a delicious supper ~ 

Lost Dog Found

A few days ago I saw this lost dog notice on an internet message board. Yesterday, quite by chance, I saw a "found dog" notice on a Facebook page and made the connection. I contacted the owner and heard today that it was the right dog. She is well (despite over a week alone on the mountain and travelling all the way from Constantia Neck to the city bowl) and very happy to be home. It's so nice to have been able to help, and hooray for the internet! 
~ A year ago today I was combing my hair ~ 

Armed

One of my neighbours was accosted in the street late last night, resulting an a bit of a neighbourhood disturbance. One gets a big fright when crime starts happening almost literally on one's door step. It prompted me to get my burglar alarm checked and restore the security company signage on my wall. Not sure it's much of a deterrent, but it can't hurt.

~ A year ago today I was looking at cameras ~ 

People's Post

I don't read newspapers very often, but sometimes I flick through the local rag. It comes in Tuesdays.
~ A year ago today I was cooking kale ~ 

Crime

It's one thing to read crime stories in the news, but something else entirely when bad things happen to people I know, in my neighbourhood. Shocking stuff.
~ A year ago today I got a new phone ~