Day tripping to the Chain Ladders
My love for the Drakensberg mountains deepens each time I have the privileged to visit. It doesn’t matter which part of the Berg I see, it does my soul a world of good, just to be…
Taking time to smell the roses.
A few years ago, I did myself a seriously good deed – one that fed the soul. I stopped to smell the roses. Growing up, I was one of those kids whose bedroom walls were…
Namaqualand – Blooming marvellous
The trip of a lifetime started because of a book in one of our crammed book shelves. The black letters on the white spine read ‘Patterson – Garden of the Gods’ This gem of a…
Blossom smile some sunshine down my way
The loveliness of Peach Blossoms. Now I’m not one of those girls who has a huge affinity to wearing the colour pink. I thought at a stage that I actually disliked the colour, but nature…
A spike of colour
Imagine standing beneath a cloudless blue sky, in the baking African sun, a harsh dry winter landscape meets the eye. You’ve been hiking this single – shale ridden track for the last half an hour,…
Cosmos Dreaming
I’m thinking of sugared almonds, the kind you get at weddings. You know the ones; white and pastel pink? They are traditionally given as wedding favours, in indivisible numbers, representing the unity of the bride…