Summer Scrawlings 2026

Summer Scrawlings 2026

Welcome to a brand new year and to carry you into 2026, a newsletter full of heart and love. Inspired by our German guests who often describe our guesthouse as ‘from the heart’ (‘es kommt vom Herzen’), we thought to take note of this unique compliment and ride the...
Spring Scribblings 2025

Spring Scribblings 2025

The season of freshness and rejuvenation is upon us and seems to have affected everyone’s psyche in the best possible way. Even the often tardy newsletter scribe is on best writing form heading for a deadline actually coinciding with the correct season, unlike...
Wordy Oracles 2025

Wordy Oracles 2025

Welcome to our combo newsletter, a smattering of Autumn Oracles mixed with a whirl of Winter Words. The newsletter scribe is once again admin challenged and running behind schedule, taking the escape route by killing two newsletters with one keyboard, apologies for...
Summer Scrawlings 2025

Summer Scrawlings 2025

As bubbly corks fly like popcorn in celebration of a new year, it seems the perfect time to reflect on what has been and what is to come. Over 5700 guests have passed through our doors since we became the custodians of Dennehof Karoo Guesthouse in May 2021. That is a...
Spring Scribblings 2024

Spring Scribblings 2024

Currently we are feeling cheated and disorientated with the thermostat showing 37 degrees celsius one day, and 16 degrees celsius the next. As we pendulum between scorching summer highs and arctic winter lows we ask ourselves what happened to the moderate, happy...
Winter Words 2024

Winter Words 2024

Today is definitely the perfect day to be tapping out winter words – the Swartberg Mountains have just experienced a light dusting of snow, the wind is blustering, and the temperatures have plummeted. Yes please to some finger keyboard aerobics fireside. Having...