On a May Saturday in 1853, Emily Dickens writes to her brother, Austin: “Today is very beautiful — just as bright, just as blue, just as green and as white, and as crimson, as the cherry trees full in...
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The image, by Vincent van Gogh, representing de Boerin, is not of a successful and enterprising woman, but that of an unassuming peasant woman working the land, alone against a stark landscape - a humble being quietly going about her daily...
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"I think that you will all agree that we are living in most interesting times. I never remember myself a time in which our history was so full, in which day by day brought us new objects of interest, and,...
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A collection of timeless garments for women who do The shapes are timeless and forgiving - simple, free and unassuming. The fabric is fresh, natural and honest. Shop The Collection Muses Annetjie Boom was a farmer, innkeeper and restaurateur in the Cape in 1665. She...
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Lord: it is time. The summer was immense. Lay your shadow on the sundials and let loose the wind in the fields. Bid the last fruits to be full; give them another two more southerly days, press them to ripeness,...
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There was dirt once, an entire earth That clung to our bare feet when it rained, Scorched them when it hadn’t, Coated our arms when it rose With the dry, furious wind. How obvious, I thought then, That it...
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On Kleinood farm we have always put terroir first in the wine we make. So too, it is ever present in our extra virgin olive oil and honey. Why then, if one could taste terroir, could one not wear it and smell...
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de Boerin brings you poppies - small silver adornments made by hand with love, to wear with joy. Women and the bountiful, natural offerings from the Kleinood land was the inspiration behind the objects and extracts that would capture the...
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Presenting a sensorial celebration: smell, taste, see & hear Kleinood Farm with the Tamboerskloof John Spicer Syrah. This year we are celebrating Kleinood's twenty first birthday. To commemorate our coming of age, we are launching the new vintage of our...
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