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Blog > The Fairest Cape

A very Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas!May beautiful moments and happy memories always surround you. Thank you for all your love and support in 2020 ♥ Love Di van Niekerk and all of us at Dicraft in Cape Town

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African Sunshine - Noordhoek Beach via Chapmans Peak

  I have another stunning photograph filled with African Sunshine to warm up all the cold embroiderers in the North.   This is a photo that Linda Rose took on our hike up to Chapman’s Peak. It was a beautiful hike and this is what we saw…   Click on the image to enlarge.       Have a good day today!  

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Springtime in Cape Town

  ˙·٠•●Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ●•٠·˙ Spring is in the air and I thought you would enjoy seeing some lovely pictures of the beauty around us. Some of these photos were taken by my friend, Linda Rose.   Enjoy!   Nature seems to be angry with us at the moment, what with floods and hurricanes, cyclones, earthquakes and drought, it's become a daily worry. Be safe out there everyone and we are thinking...

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The waterfall at Silvermine

    The waterfall at Silvermine on Sunday  :-)     Click on the image to enlarge        

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The mountain

[caption id="attachment_12643" align="alignnone" ] The Sentinel Hout Bay[/caption]       My help is in the mountain Where I take myself to heal The earthly wounds That people give to me. I find a rock with sun on it And a stream where the water runs gentle And the trees which one by one give me company. So must I stay for a long time Until I have grown...

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Overlooking Hout Bay

Hiking in Silvermine.... Overlooking Hout Bay.    Click on image to enlarge      

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Jonkershoek Nature Reserve

  Jonkershoek Nature Reserve outside Stellenbosch - a hiker's paradise!   Click on the images to enlarge                

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Sand dunes near Fish Hoek

  On the way back from Peers Cave above Fish Hoek Sand Dunes...   Click on the images to enlarge                

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Hike up to Chapman's Peak via Noordhoek beach

Hello! This is what my friends and I did on Mother's day... Treated ourselves to a wonderful hike up Chapman's Peak via Noordhoek beach. A most magnificent day. Thank you Linda and Sumi and Anita!   Click on the images to enlarge                 Highly recommended.  Happy Monday to you Love Di ♥  

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V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

  At the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town :)   Click on the image to enlarge      

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