Tag: Western Cape

Only in South Africa

Protea species are part if the endemic ‘Fynbos’ of the Western Cape in south Africa. They won’t grow anywhere else in the world despite several attempts. It also explains why proteas are one of the main export products of South Africa.

3D Mandalas and Chandeliers

All made in McGregor in the Western Cape, South Africa and exported on a global scale to specialised retailers and private collectors.

And all designed and handmade by Lorraine Piers and her small team. Lorraine Piers is also known under her brand name ‘The African Queen’.

The mandalas are made of toilet rolls and the main materials for the chandeliers are dried seedpods and beads.

Click on each photo for the full picture.

Cape Floral Kingdom

Although this is not the flower season of fynbos (endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa which is a winter rainfall area) there are still interesting plants to picture during an evening stroll through the ‘fynbos.

Land Art by E.S.Kom; The Load Shed

ESKOM, the South African electricity provider, is known for its load shedding. Since 1994 when the ANC took over the reigns in South Africa there was hardly any maintenance, replacements of generators, etc. and certainly no vision; just politics and ‘looting’. On local level ESKOM engineers could not even straighten our the poles, etc. Since a few years there is a new management at ESKOM trying to repossess what was stolen and working on updating the present infrastructure including the introduction of alternative energy sources such as wind and solar (instead of coal).

‘Pro Christo’

Wishing all a peaceful Christmas and a Happy 2021.

Pictured (with added graphics) is the old church (named: ‘Pro Christo’) somewhere in nowhere in the Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa.