Cathie Rooyen
Orange Saturday
Saturday 2nd July 2022 ( sort of) It's almost 3am and I'm only climbing into bed now, so I'm saying that this blog is for Saturday even...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jul 1, 20222 min read
1 Year Old!
Friday 1st July 2022 1 year ago, I was sitting in my freezing flat, making plans to move with the sun. International travel was still...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 30, 20221 min read
Retail
Thursday 30th June 2022 A home based day for most of today. Although we did go to some sports shops looking for a rain poncho for...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Mooch!
Wednesday 29th June 2022 Today was a mooching day. In other words, very little was done. Yet in saying that, I did a laundry and went...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Palace of this people
Tuesday 28th June 2022 I woke up a bit later than my usual and listened to my nephew get ready for work. There was nothing planned for...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 27, 20221 min read
Monday showers
Monday 27th June 2022 After a reasonably good night's sleep, I removed my covers off my bedding for the Hostels laundry and said a quiet...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 26, 20222 min read
Treasures
Sunday 26th June 2022 Today there was no plan and it felt like I didn't do much because I spent 2 hours under my duvet staying warm...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 25, 20222 min read
Birthday greetings!
25th June 2022 Birth Day! 1 year ago I made the decision to rent out my flat and go spend some time living at the sea. I had no idea just...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 24, 20221 min read
Oban!
Friday 24th June 2022 It's birthday eve! And for my birthday I gave myself the gift of a trip to Oban. It's a small harbour town that...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Abby road
Thursday 23rd June 2022 I woke 'day brain' up at 3am. I didn't mean to, I just started think about 'day' things. It's light at that time...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 22, 20222 min read
Sunny and Clyde
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 I woke up hearing an sms come in from my South African Bank saying that someone had sent me some birthday...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Signs and signals
Tuesday 21st June 2022 It's the day of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere so my body woke me up especially to see the 'blue...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 20, 20222 min read
Nostalgic sunshine
Monday 20th June 2022 I woke early and checked my phone. My train had been canceled last night and I had the impulse to check the rest of...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Sunny Scottish Lochs
Sunday 19th June 2022 I woke up early take a picture of lovely sky and promptly fell back to sleep. It was a fresh morning and I was...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 18, 20222 min read
Life stories
Saturday 18th June 2022 Sometimes I look at my life as an outsider and I am amazed. How did this all happen? This scared girl who...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 17, 20221 min read
Returns
Friday 18th June 2022 After a few tense days of waiting to hear if my sister's passport had arrived so she could travel here to...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Bank card and barbies
Thursday 16th June 2022 A month ago I left South Africa. It feels like years. I know the first two weeks of tooth hell stretched out to...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 15, 20221 min read
It's a cool summer...
Wednesday 15th June 2022 Today felt like a real summers day and I even had my 'shirts' on. By shorts, I actually mean my calf length...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 14, 20221 min read
Sweet Tuesday
Tuesday 14th June 2022 Today we went into the town center again and took a nice walk around a church on route to Angie's favourite...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jun 13, 20221 min read
Good Monday
Monday 13th June 2022 5 months since my Dad died. Seeing all the father's day displays in the supermarkets and small stores makes me...
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