ALOE LAYERED AND LUSCIOUS



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South African  Flag After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... [read more]
Blog: EASTER, ALOE, AND SELMA'S KIDS
Date: March 27th 2008

EASTER, ALOE, AND SELMA'S KIDS

RETURN TO MATJIESVLEI The Groot Swartberg mountains rise all around us. Easter morning is stunningly bright, already hot, and we hide in the shade of the front stoep (porch). Across the valley a baboon barks. The mountains are covered with a forest of aloe. These are not the living room variety of aloe, soft little potted plants th ... read more







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