Stormy weather and a sprinkling of snow

Wow! Hard not to harp on about the weather here. Apart from a short trip up the road to get milk and eggs this morning, I haven't set foot outside the house. Outside, the sea is monstrous, mainly due to the strong winds blowing the crests of the waves back into the Atlantic. The strange thing is that there has been no rain, although the dogs have just come inside from a foray onto the lawn and are a little damp - nothing that a rub with a towel won't deal with.

The forecast for tonight and especially tomorrow is heavy rain and then sharply dropping temperatures with the unusual addition of snow on Table Mountain. Don't go getting your skis and snowboards out! It will probably only be on the table itself, and besides, there are no slopes as locals well know! Snow is predicted over 3 days which also seems like a first.

The seas off Cape Town have been big over the last few weeks and it's always exciting to watch ships sail/steam/drive (what would the word be these days?) past as the bows rise out of the water, revealing the bulge below the waterline which, believe it or not, is termed a 'bulbous bow' and increases speed and fuel efficiency (who would have thought, when every vessel ever built had a sharp bow?) and then crash into the trough, throwing plumes of water over the deck. Dramatic stuff and I bet it makes a few rivets creak! Although you might think it odd, small fishing vessels have also been taking to the deep waters in heavy seas, disappearing from view completely as they chug out (a ship wouldn't chug, I don't think - but it seems appropriate here), perhaps to be first at the fishing grounds when the storm has passed. Who knows, but I wouldn't like to be on board.

Taken through a window covered in salt spray!

I think I'll take advantage of the inclement weather to stay at home and deal with some rather nasty paperwork for a government department, interspersed with some painting while the mood takes me and late at night, the US Open Tennis. Vamos, Rafaaaa!