Bloemhof Farm Farewell
There is a gnarled sy-bas tree perched high upon a rugged and remote outcrop overlooking the highest reaches of the Baviaans River valley. This ‘maytenus acuminata’ has been there for generations, and most likely braced its branches against the gusting mountain breezes by the time my great-grandfather, Thomas Johannes Lodewikus Marais, was born on Bloemhof […]