Tag: winter
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Smoke
Winter in South Africa. It’s cold and in the countryside many on the farms make a fire to keep warm while working on the land. Seemingly unaware of the effect: smoke stretching for about 15 kilometers between mountains and river/lagoon before disappearing above the ocean.
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Aloe greetings from …
…. our wonderful village, somewhere in nowhere between Hermanuspietersfontein and Ganzegat (original names for Hermanus and Gansbaai in the Western Cape, South Africa). It’s Winter and that is for this part of the world the season that many endemic plants such as aloes are flowering. You are welcome to enjoy!
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Dutch Apple Pudding
When the Dutch came to South Africa a few centuries ago they took with them the ‘Potjie’ but seemingly forgot to take the recipe for apple pudding. A new generation did not forget and last night we re-introduced this delicious Winter desert with three South African friends here in Stanford in the Western Cape. And this is the…
Life in the Overberg 