South Africa garden tour begins in Cape Town
Sept 8 - Today, I am in South Africa to lead an exciting 14 day garden tour out of Cape Town with visits to Namaqualand, the Western Cape and Stellenbosch wine areas along the famous “Garden Route” followed by a game drive to see Africa’s big five at Kruger National Park.
Since the journey to Cape Town from Vancouver is...
Oh no, Namaqualand has no flowers! This is a big disappointment
Namaqualand, one of the world’s top landscape wonders for majestic spring flower displays, is in the grip of the worst drought in 100 years.
As a result, there are few, if any flowers. It is a total waste of time coming to Namaqualand right now to see blooms - there are none.
I spent all day scouring the landscape here with...
Down the Cape Peninsula to spectacular Cape of Good Hope
For our second day in South Africa, we first headed downtown to visit the Company Gardens in the heart of the city.
This was a lovely way to start the day. I told everyone that Mozart started most of his days before work by walking in a garden. It alway seems like the perfect way to start a day.
Historically, the...
How beautiful to sight those beams of morning play
Don’t you just love seeing heavenly beams of sunlight.
I started taking photos of them when I was in South Africa recently and have not stopped snapping shots whenever I see them.
The beams always remind me of evocative Turner skies or the swirling spiritual skies of El Greco.
But I also always think of these wonderful words by Housman...
