As I look towards Table Mountain from home, the Peninsula mountain chain is cloaked in puffy clouds blowing in from the north west, but as always, Kommetjie is bathed in sunshine, with no sign of clouds coming in off the sea. I don't know if it's my imagination, but it always seems to me that the number of sunshine hours in Kommetjie and the far south Peninsula far exceed those of the rest of Cape Town. When a cold front passes through, it always clears from the south west and we are the first to enjoy the sun, usually as it sinks into the sea at sunset! It certainly is a most temperate place to live, and the ozone-laden air is exactly what the doctor would have ordered in the old days.
Earlier today, there was a huge commotion among the pigeons that gather in the neighbourhood as a black sparrowhawk jetted in from above and scattered the flock as chaff before the wind. Thirty or so birds took off in all directions, their flight obviously panic-driven, as the sparrowhawk passed low overhead. When I took the birdseed out now, pigeon feathers from every part of the body littered the driveway, so either the sparrowhawk caught dinner or there is a cold pigeon nearby.
My local coffee shop has changed hands and the refurbishment has taken longer than expected, so it has been a bit hit and miss trying to find cappuccino in Kommetjie for the last two weeks, but our little group of ladies has survived the building operations and will soon be able to sit at our table in the sun again and life will be back to normal. Pop in at Espresso Dotkom in Kommetjie for breakfast if you are in the area. You never know who you will bump into - the famous, infamous and even the unknown!
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