Well nothing much has happened here today.  I lay awake listening to the rain early this morning so when Earl got up at 5:30 to go fishing – I said – don’t bother – it’s pouring.   He ignored me, went to the harbour and returned with an amazed look on his face, “The wind is horrific, the sea is rough and it’s raining!

I guess that is amazing when Summer has been hanging around for so long you think she’ll stay for ever, and suddenly, shockingly on a long weekend she gets meanly pushed out by Winter.

Lolz dragged her dad off to Bredasdorp to shop but I just didn’t have the inclination nor energy to join them so I spent a lazy morning reading my book.

There is not much to report about today so I will just show you some Struisbaai pictures I took on our walk yesterday afternoon.

Struisbaai has grown considerably since I we were regular visitors in the 1980s.  There was  no electricity, no telephone and no T.V.  There was one shop and it did not provide for one’s needs adequately so everything was carted up.  Today it is a thriving medium sized holiday resort. It even has a mall!   Enterprising people have built up easy to run businesses and it would be quite a pleasant place to retire.

Lolz and Earl choosing home made delicacies

Art on sale in an open field

Old houses converted into business premises – a fashion shop and doggy parlour

Quite quaint an picturesque

The harbour is always an interesting place to visit.  There is always something going  on.   Struisbaai is famous for its visiting sting rays who are often seeing cruising just beneath the surface in the shallows waiting for titbits of chum from the fishermen cleaning fish.

Sting Ray swimming in the shallows

Attracting lots of attention

Out in the tranquil bay

Fishing boats bobbing in the harbour

Cormorant

Surfers share the waves with the gulls

Earl decided that our TV was not good enough so while in Bredasdorp he and Lolz bought a new one!   They are busy installing and setting it up now.  Gone are the days when we came here simply to enjoy the simplicities of life.  Now we don’t move without laptops, dongles, cell phones and ipads.   Well I guess it is the 21st century and even though I am a nature freak – I do so love technology especially on a rainy day!   The Easter Bunny may not make it through the mud and wet unless he has a takkies with 4X4 soles!