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 in-between climes of gentle spring. Is it permissible that Mother Nature withholds a season entirely, leaving the forlorn feeling of one whose ice cream falls in the sand at the beach?
We guess Mother Nature can do what Mother Nature wants, so best we get over the somewhat unsatisfying gritty ice cream taste in our mouths and make the best of what we do have between melting moods and icy inclinations.
Inclement weather aside, read on for all our happy experiences and discoveries the last few months.
And oh, if anyone does know where to find Spring, please send her Prince Albert way, we would not mind her pleasant company for the next month or so that she still owes us!
Sending love and wishes that blow hot and cold,
Inga, Albert, and the DKG Team to include Ferdinand and Ella
xxx

Confusing seasons ignored, the arrival of this little parcel from the US of A had us feeling warm and fuzzy.
Now proudly displayed in our reception area as a reminder to strive towards staying the Tripadvisor Best of the Best and ninth best B&B in Africa.

Another beautiful surprise came in the form of this fantastic feature on Dennehof Karoo Guesthouse in the spring edition (you see, everyone knows it should be spring) of Lééf magazine. Thank you the talented Jeani Johnson for weaving our story together with your wonderful words.

The foreground of this image is evident of spring, the background tells a more wintry story. As much as we lament the fact that our favourite season has skipped a beat in Prince Albert this year, we can not deny that visually everything was beautiful, even if we enjoyed said beauty wrapped up in jackets and beanies.

August welcomed the inaugural Vino Camino Prince Albert, and what a wine’ing success it was.
Wine and sunshine (almost spring-like) was the order of the day, and we were honoured to host Heleen of Hartenberg Wine Estate, Jurie of Mondvol Wyn, and Peter, our neighbour from across the Swartberg Mountain, of Peter Bayly Wines. Thank you the three of you for adding extra finesse to our space with your beautiful offerings of happiness, we look forward to more of the same next year.

We had to throw in an image of our beautiful almond blossoms – even if we can not have spring in reality, we can recreate it with visuals!

Local artist Erika van Zyl hosted one of her plein-air workshops to coincide with the first week of spring. Day 1 saw artists bringing a creative energy to our peaceful guesthouse gardens accompanied by relatively warm weather, followed by the next few days of painting in severe winds and storms – spring, we think not!

Not sure if it was to coincide with the season of renewal, growth, warmth, and all things flowering, but we were pleased our Blou Alwyne decided to show off their orange blooms for the first time since we planted them three years ago – definitely worth the wait!

These two fair-weather hounds have been happy regardless the temperature. Too hot, there is the coolth of the air conditioning, too cold, there is the warmth of the heater – what, us worry?!

Another beautiful bride to coincide with new beginnings and all things blossoming.
Huge congrats Lezanne and Cornel, we hope to welcome you back for many anniversaries to come!

Although it was a freezing mid-September day, we could not complain about the beauty of it all. We are starting to get the distinct impression Mother Nature is having us on!

A wintry sky offsetting a cheerful foreground. How beautiful is our little red gate which leads guests to the comfortable cosiness of our conservatory breakfast, normally reserved for winter seatings but having been pushed out into whatever season we currently find ourselves in.

If spring does not come to you, create it artificially. We love the new touches of spring-like happiness in our Forge room. Even the quirk of the somewhat skew pictures gives a certain amount of playfulness that our normally perfectionist tendencies can let slide … just this once.

The past few weeks saw us use the very last of our homegrown winter citrus to give our guests their breakfast Vitamin C boost in a glass. Albert’s squeezing arm will now take a rest for a few months, while many blossoms on said citrus trees create promise of more juicy opportunities for next year.

A few last Karoo blooms to spread the illusion of spring. Thank you for making it to the end of our skipped spring season gripes.
We hope you enjoyed Dennehof Diaries “Spring (where are you) Scribblings”.
Please stick around for our “Summer Scrawlings” and any other tidbits in between
Thank you for your support, please come visit us soon.