On Friday
afternoon I walked from our office container at one end of the parking lot to
my car parked near the entrance of the site.
I walked along the palm lined entrance road. I loved hearing the palm fronds rustling in
the light wind. I thought “I just love
such soothing sounds!”
On
Saturday we visited John and Brenda and Glenn’s Mom. Vi’s wounded arm is recovering slowly.
We drove to a “Millionaire’s Mile” two-houses
converted into a Bed and Breakfast, Coffee Shop and wellness spa. “305 Guest House” is what it is called. We sat out on the veranda overlooking the
bush and the sea way below. There was a
baby-shower party of about twenty women at the table next to ours. As you can imagine… cheery… and noisy… As they finished and left in ones and twos
the veranda area got quieter. I loved
hearing the quiet sound of the sea below us.
I took a walk to where there was a wedding being set up on the
lawn. I loved the view of the sea beneath
the steep bushy slope under us. We were
like four or five stories of bush above the beach level. I paused and breathed in the fresh air and
soaked in the sounds of the waves gently breaking on the golden beach way down
below us. I love the sound of the
sea! I always feel better when I have
spent time pausing, and listening, and BEing.
Our
apartment is on a housing estate with over 300 different types of units. You’d think it is noisy… It has times of
hustle and bustle. We look down on the
swimming pool. The sounds of children
romping there is familiar – we have a pool at home. At night when we settle down to go to bed, I
love the sound of… silence… Most nights,
very little noise. I feel very blessed
to be here for while we are at the Durban Temple construction site.
I love
the music that I love – different music for different days and times in my life… I love complex orchestral sounds. I also love simple melodies in minor keys.
This
afternoon I paused for twenty minutes or so and listened to a TED (Technology,
Education, Design) talk – about an analysis of the words we use, and how we use
them. “The Science of Analyzing
Conversations” by Elizabeth Stockoe. How
important our words are, how we use them, and how they sound to those who hear
them… I love words and the sound of them
well used.
I love
listening to TED talks. I have learnt so
much – about so much. Thank you Shawn (Powrie)
for introducing me to them.
What do
you love hearing and listening to…?
Glenn
says: water… yes! And some birds… yes!
I said
“Let’s go for a walk to the park…”
“Why
don’t we?” said Glenn.
We
walked to the park.
Some
teenagers/young-adults on the estate were there before us and enjoying their
time together.
We decided to walk up the
hill to “the house with the magnificent chandelier.”
It is
the last of the mansions on the left hand side up the hill.
At the
end of the road is Chantry Point where Alan Rudolph (our ‘boss’) lives.
We
enjoyed the beautiful chandelier, and turned around to walk downhill again.
On the
left hand side as we walked downhill are the three storied two a story
buildings.
In
deeper cul-de-sacs on the left are yet other flat units – All with height
restrictions.
We met
and chatted a while to our resident estate agent walking his dog.
The
estate is about 15 years old, built in stages – ours the last stage.
There is
one last mansion to complete.
I love
the safety of the estate – and the quiet, clean! Tidy! respectful
living.
We all
sign ‘rules’ of the estate before we can come and live here.
This is
a view of the complex hiding ours as we look back walking up the hill.
The park is on the right of the picture where
the trees are.
Walking up the hill – mansions on the left,
housing units on the right.
One of the six?, seven? mansions.
The house with the beautiful chandelier.
It did
not photograph well…
Chantry
Point at the top of the hill – probably with twenty or more double story houses
joined one to another in three, four or five a unit.
