THE WILD SPACES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
Karoo National Park is an overlooked secret. And for those on the Garden Route, how bad can a two to three-and-a-half-hour drive really be? From...
Author : Mariëlle Renssen
TIME MARCHES WITH THE MARCH LILIES
The sudden appearance, out of nowhere, of March lilies has stimulated a whole stream-of-consciousness train of thought. These gorgeous Amaryllis belladonna lilies are so called...
I AM HERE, SAID THE SEA
It struck me recently that we get so caught up in the maelstrom of our daily challenges – coping with life and Covid-19 – we...
OUR SHOES WILL LEAD US
What COVID-19 has done to all of us, with no discrimination whatsoever since every single one of us is feeling it, no exceptions, is create...
DOORNHOEK: HISTORIC STAY IN A NATIONAL PARK
More and more people are discovering the wondrous mountain territory of Mountain Zebra National Park near Cradock in the Eastern Cape. Its dramatic “whaleback” rock...
PARADYS (KLOOF) THROUGH THE EYES OF DYLAN LEWIS
Overwhelming. Awesome. World class. These are all words that describe South African sculptor Dylan Lewis’s sculpture garden on Mulberry Farm in Paradyskloof (a very apt...
A DIFFERENT FACE OF PICASSO
I have been fortunate, during the course of our travels, to have seen many different exhibitions of Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous and...
THE ART OF CERAMICS
Earlier this year (when we lived a different life, we travelled to distant lands, and the word COVID-19 had hardly found a place in the...
WINDOWS ON THE WORLD
In South Africa, we’re into our fourth month of lockdown. It struck me one morning, just before we were granted the freedom of a few...
Blown away by Guggenheim Bilbao
Mariëlle Renssen The city of Bilbao sits at the northern edge of Spain where Basque country attaches itself to southwestern France. It wasn’t too long...