From the kitchen side of our flat, I watch the newsboys on an early morning, selling papers to the motorists. They are very organised, one wearing luminous orange trousers and hooded jacket. The light of his headtorch shines through early Cape Town traffic like the cars themselves. As we return from Bible class, there are two Africans crouching under a big brolly while repairing one of the carpark booms, or barriers as we’d say in England.
Dolphin Beach Hotel and Paddocks Shopping Centre smell of new paint and turps at the moment. Everything is in a state of preparation for the world’s visitors to the World Cup 2010. From the lounge side of our flat, on a clear day, we can see the distinctive oval shaped stadium. It’s an impressive structure of man’s, dwarfed by the more impressive structure of God’s: Table Mountain. Aje described it as God’s exclamation mark at the end of the African continent!
It’s made an appearance today. Lately, it’s been hidden under cloud. It’s quite amazing that such a big piece of rock can be hiding anywhere. There’s the steady drama of big container ships queued to make an entrance to Duncan Dock, which for obvious reasons has my attention.
God went to a lot of trouble to get us here. We feel stunned at everything we see. When the Atlantic Ocean pitches in and the clouds copy the white foam, Table looks its best. Here’s an altar and our thoughts are of the Ten Commandments, Mount Carmel and the Transfiguration all at once. I know none of these stories had the sea around them at the time.
This is just God showing off.
What an awesome picture! Makes you want to run into those waves with a surfboard (shame I can't surf!)
ReplyDeleteFirst time I brought Annie to Cape Town the clouds hid the mountain. Not even the tablecloth, totally covered. After a few days we were going back to the car park on top of Milnerton Park and the clouds had lifted. I have never seen Annie so excited. She tells everyone the story. It was an amazing moment for her, one I think will be repeated when we are there in August.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you this morning Beverly - truly a beautiful picture with the table mountain in the background.I expect you will see many unusual sights in a new country- I think the lights for the newspaper boys are a very good idea.Duncan used to deliver early morning papers - getting up at crack of dawn and bringing us a cup of tea in bed before he went out. Bless him! Hope you have another good day Love from Pam/Mumxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely view and look forward to seeing the mountain clearer with the sun shining. Have you been in the water yet? Are you both well now and over the colds ? Love you both xx
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