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The Fresh Market
Every Saturday morning we go to the fresh market in the village. Fresh from the land and the oven; from lettuce and coriander to baklava and springbok pie. Yummie. And this is how some people walk home….
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When Peter met Jami ………..
Peter was in “the restaurant business” in Hermanus. Jami was (still is BTW) the ‘Flower Queen’ of Stanford. One day Jami went for a drink in a restaurant in Hermanus. And the result you can read here.
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The Snout
THE “Snout” of Stanford. Legend says that this sculpture was created by B. Aboon long before the first ‘humans’ ….
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Developments in our garden
Almost every day we add a picture of our garden to our ‘Green Cathedral of South Africa’ page on Facebook. We started this page a few years ago after the restoration and extension of the historical succulent garden of Soekershof. Today a year ago an Italian/German couple visited us there and made an offer to purchase.…
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Still standing
Last week Friday Herman ‘recycled’ old building material into a ‘potting table’ and during the weekend Yvonne potted numerous plants on this creation. This morning the table was still standing…..
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Left or Right; either way is Right
When we go out with the dogs we can choose between right and left once outside the gate. Either way is right. It’s not even a political issue; it’s living the good life.
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One of those little changes
Whoever buys a new house always want to change something. No difference with us although the house itself was perfect; the garden was not. Last week we took the ugly invasive hedge in the front out and replaced it with succulent plants. These (merely African origin) still have to grow to cover a large part…
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A Village Walk with the Dogs
Rits and Roets (brother and sister) are 11 yrs old and taking the whole ‘Wandelpad’ (hiking trail) around is nowadays a bit too much but we did half and they’ll be quiet for the next few hours…. But they truly love their Doggy Walk. And this is what, amongst others, they saw on their way…
Life in the Overberg 