Ready for Winter Shedding

Webers and skootle? check. Candles? check. Solar lights? check.

And by that I do not mean Lou & Serge and their fluffy coats. I mean Eskom load-shedding. We've gone through a summer of it and judging by the many more Facebook complaint posts from my comrades in the neighbouring suburbs, Morningside has had it fairly easy considering. (Knock on wood. Pooh! Pooh! Pooh!)

living room space heater? check.

But by the looks of it, Eskom and the South African authorities have still not managed to get their collective heads out of their rather large arses, so I can only assume this is going to be one long cold winter. Not like the arctic vortex that besieged the northeastern United States this past winter, thank goodness. How many inches of snow, Boston? Eish. But cold enough to be pretty uncomfortable inside Valley Lodge.








 

master BR space heater? check.

And as I have noted before that we have an all-electric kitchen, our apartment similarly is also all-electric heat. Very load-shed unfriendly.

So along with the Weber braais and skootles, armies of candles and solar lights, fake fur throws and shawls, inverters, camp stoves and solar batteries at our beck and call, we've brought out our gas heaters from summer storage in the garage.

Let's just hope we don't run out of gas and propane! Knock on wood. Pooh! Pooh! Pooh!