The Dennehof Diaries
Welcome to “Dennehof Diaries”, the official goings-on channel of our little luxury guesthouse tucked away in the charismatic Karoo. We hope you enjoy reading our scribblings as much as we enjoy tapping them out.
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...
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 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...
Autumn Oracles 2024
The Britannica Dictionary definition of the word ORACLE: “a person who has a lot of knowledge about something and whose opinions and advice are highly valued”. Based on the above, we can only...
Summer Scrawlings 2024
Here we are, tapping out the words bang on time for our Karoo Summer Scrawlings, round of applause please for the end of newsletter writing tardiness of past! As this year culminates in a slightly...
Spring Scribblings 2023
Oh dear, we seem to have missed winter! That is not to say that we omitted to notice the freezing cold, but just that we missed writing a winter newsletter. Autumn Oracles was already six weeks...
Autumn Oracles 2023
It seems incredulous that our last newsletter centered all around the inferno of a Karoo summer as we now find ourselves bundled up in warmies, keyboard-tapping away at speed to get some warmth...
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...
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...
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...