Summer Scrawlings 2023

Summer Scrawlings 2023

As we enthusiastically hurtle into the new year that is 2023, we take a few moments to celebrate all that is new, fresh and worth being grateful for … and use the excuse to tap away at a keyboard in a climate controlled space rather than face the Karoo inferno...
Spring Scribblings 2022

Spring Scribblings 2022

Spring [spring] Verb to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or restrained position. to be released from a constrained position, as by resilient or elastic force or...
Winter Words 2022

Winter Words 2022

Dennehof Diaries: Winter Words 2022 After experiencing almost two wonderful winters in the Karoo, we can attest to the fact that it is a truly magical season. Sceptics may think these are calculated advertising words to get guests to visit us in the dullest,...
Autumn Oracles 2022

Autumn Oracles 2022

The Dennehof Diaries: Autumn Oracles As the seasons shift and we feel winter’s fingers gently tightening her grip on the evening air, the realisation dawns that we have almost come full circle. 1 May 2022 marks one year since our guesthouse lives began, and what...
Summer Scrawlings 2021

Summer Scrawlings 2021

If asked to sum up our first Karoo Summer in one word ‘abundance’ immediately springs (or should that read ‘summers’?) to mind.Abundant sun, abundant warmth, abundant fruit, abundant rain … ‘whoa, stop the summer bus’, I hear you exclaim, ‘wrong part of...
Spring Scribblings 2021

Spring Scribblings 2021

Our almond trees are showing off their first blossoms, the birds are chirping that little louder as if willing Spring into action, so although slightly early, we felt “Spring Scribblings” in August appropriate. Our inaugural newsletter since guesthouse...