Before dawn in the bushveld My game drive of choice is always the early morning one. Yes, it’s a ruthless wake up call to be at the vehicle by 04:15; and it can be very cold. But then, there is always the promise of the golden hour as the sun rises over the African Bush….
Category: Photography
Life-lessons from a rose
A rose’s story This is the last surviving rose bush in my small garden. About seven years ago, she was destined to be discarded. But the gardener, unbeknown to me found a place for her in a secluded overgrown section of a garden bed. Here, unnoticed, she took time out to recover and started to…
The Kruger is Pink
Move over Safari Khaki So often we visualise the African bush experience of the Kruger National Park in the wildlife safari colours of Africa’s Big Five. Well, that may be true to some extent. But after our last visit to the Kruger National Park, I decided to look for and experience different aspects of being…
Caring makes the difference …
As promised – a post about a talking painting and a different kind of service … So we decided to visit the little country town of Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga for the long weekend of the 9th August 2013. What a quaint little dorpie (village) similar in character to Rhodes in the Eastern Cape. Wakkerstroom is home…
Every picture tells a story …
Last weekend, I visited a well – known Lifestyle Centre close to where I stay. The displays in the nursery and gift shop are always uplifting: beautifully and tastefully done. There I spotted a painting that spoke to me. It told me two things. The painting whispered suggestively that it would be good for me…
A Rose-Scented Life 