Its finally opened up, believe it or not with all the cold weather and rain ( we had 65 mms over the weekend), the long awaited arrival of the extremely rare Serruria gracilis has now finally happened. I posted a while ago about this little stunner here, (Big changes since June hey?) So no luck [...]
National Heritage Day is coming up so get your braai ready
October 24th. Is National Heritage and Braai day. Do it. You know you should. Riaan says you should. For those that know me, I have been now to throw a bit of wood on fire from time to time. Some of the best times I have had, have been around a braai. There is so [...]
What a soon to be billionaire gets up to
So I went for a quick little walk, the phones aren’t busy and the tasting room is dead, dead quiet. I was bombing around my daily dose of internets, on one of my regular reads I came across this and entered the 2Oceansvibe competition where you can win a ga jillion Rand, and the real [...]
They see me rollin’
This oke was too chilled not to take a sneaky pic. If I was a bird, I ain’t eating him, that’s for sure. (ed’s note: The farm is full of small and large things, birds, insects, animals and even the occasional Shrek. We are passionate about every single one of them)
Rugby Supporters in the hoek. Come on BOKKE!
Come on BOKKE! 09:00 Tomorrow morning. I am itching to get James into Rugby tomorrow. He will be plied with Biltong (the age old Karoo Dummy) and a virgin Jon Deere (just crème soda) and Im going to teach him a magnificently fun game called fetch Daddy beer! His Godfather Neil will be proud to [...]
Social Media
To all the loyal followers of Haut Espoir, you will have to excuse me please while I find my feet again with the internets…coming off a great Cherry Flava Media day, where we learnt all about digital media and had a very ‘intense how to for the SA Wine Industry’ session, my mind is overflowing [...]
P-B S shelters inside
The weather is so miserable, he’s given nest building a break and has moved inside. It could also be the smells of Nikey’s blending that is enticing the Pearl Breasted Swallow inside… Nikey is busy with the final blends for the Cab 2007 bottling, and an Elephant and Barrel blend made for our local watering [...]
P-B S is building a nest!
According to Roberts, the Pearl Breasted Swallow (P-B S) is sparse to locally common, a brief summer visitor to the W Cape, present Aug – Apr. Usually in pairs or small groups. This beautiful little P- B S is building a nest, right out side my office window. Its awesome. Soon their will be [...]
Leopard Photos from the Limietberg
These shots were sent to me by Mom, taken from the Limietberg, its absolutely awesome to know these guys are bombing around the Hoek. The Limietberg is looking particularly spectacular now. I would encourage heading over there with a picnic on a decent day asap. There was a video posted on Youtube, courtesy The Month, [...]
Planting trees at Groendal Primary in Franschhoek
The Arbor Day got off to a cracking start for the kids, they were given a presentation by the Stellenbosch Winelands District Municipality on Global Warming, Greenhouse gases and the importance of planting trees. Then the highlight for any student, getting out of class. And I suppose seeing the Hoof getting his hands dirty with [...]
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