Saturday 21 March 2009

Good Omens

1) A week of spectacular sunshine and mild weather, sometimes slightly hazy because of the sea. It felt just like Cape Town on a those clear days that would miraculously interrupt the winter rain.

2) We had a barbeque last night. A more restrained, quieter, British one. But it involved some Fairtrade wine from Du Toitskloof, burger patties and general happiness.

3) More wine. In the supermarket, I overhear a man telling is son "This wine is from South Africa. From the Cape of Good Hope." The son gurgles happily. It's something red from Douglas Green. A cabernet perhaps?

4) Branston pickles are on the bottom shelf. As I crouch down to take one, a tall, thin bottle of Mrs Ball's peers out from the darkness at the back of the other pickles.

My flight is on Monday.

4 comments:

Marie said...

Flying...home?

I miss those briliant blue days of winter, and I miss the green winter. Invariably I visit Cape Town in summer, and occasionally in spring.

Nou verlang ek.

I just bought Warick's Three Cape Ladies, a Simonsig chenin blanc billed as a "quaffer", and Releaf, new to me: cab, merlot, shiraz blend.

And lamb ribs from the Halaal butcher. Nobody else will cut just lamb ribs for you.

jvdh said...

Home, yes: a week on the Highveld, then a bit of looking out over the gray/blue/white choppy/tranquil/stormy water of False Bay.

My earliest memories of the Cape involve the many faces of April: waves lashing Noah's Ark with spray enveloping the lighthouse, yachts driven up against the railway under Redhill; gray drizzle for days on end, with snoek and chips and a glass of sauvignon; but also sunny quiet days with empty, almost private beaches with brilliant white sand. Sometimes even a couple of early whales. And the fornicating penguins of course!

Ek verlang ook nou.

Marie said...

En ek gaan huil!

Fly safely. Lekker.

arcadia said...

happy, happy!

(ek huil nie)