Daily Helen

After another attempted break-in over the weekend we had an electric fence installed at our offices today. ~ A year ago today I was try...

Part of my daily routine is locking and unlocking this chain. We've a burglar alarm and security gates but this is just one extra lev...

Arrived at work this morning to find that someone had lobbed a beer bottle threw one of our windows. Urgh, what a mess!  ~ A year ago t...

One of my neighbours was accosted in the street late last night, resulting an a bit of a neighbourhood  disturbance. One gets a b ig fri...

A week or so back one of my keys broke. Finally got around to have another one cut. In fact, did a whole spare set. One chore done off my ...

A friend and I went down to Clifton 3rd beach for sundowners this afternoon. We had a relaxed hour or so enjoying the sun, but left early wh...

I got yet another new key today. Far too many on the bunch these days I reckon, but what can one do? Got to be safe and secure. ~ A year ago...

After yesterday's unpleasant mugged-on-the-mountain experience Michele's mom sent over a home-baked milk tart. Comfort eating has n...

This morning I got an sms from the bank notifying me of a large debit on my account. As I had made no such transaction I immediately rang th...

Last night a gale force wind storm blew into town, with gusts up to 75km per hour. Buildings lost roofs and trees were blown over. I didn...

Last week my garden hosepipe was stolen. I didn't want the same thing to happen to the replacement so I've had to buy a chain and pa...