A Cape Cottage in a Landscape with Trees South African image To Pierneef

To Pierneef

I visited this city once for a few days and I swear my heart started beating faster the moment we landed there

Pick this classic botanical beauty to liven up any room

taken just before dawn

A Cape Cottage in a Landscape with Trees South African image To PierneefThis painting was painted by Nita Spilhaus. It caught my eye because it is such a familiar image. If you drive around anywhere in our country, there are always cottages like this next to the road, often more run down looking than this one. I always wonder about the cottages though, who built it there, why there, who lived there, someone must have grown up there? So many stories lost. I think she captured a very familiar scene beautifully, with nature