Another new bird has turned up at The Cavern – the Dark-crowned Yellow Warbler. It’s probably been here all along because it’s typical of scruffy vegetation in the Mistbelt and berg foothills, but is uncommon and fairly secretive. The predicted heavy rain mercifully fell only at night – no interruptions to our outings. The kingfishers […]
We have 3 children and they have all returned to boarding school this week. The build-up to back-to-school is busy but our hearts all get a little heavier as the time approaches. It had been the most wonderful December holiday and even though we are not Cape St Francis with a horde of teenagers and
It’s the new year and we have cleaned up, packed the decorations away and have made plenty of resolutions about getting fit and eating less and being more mindful… How long do these resolutions last? Probably not long enough to really get much attention but cleaning up certainly works well in our household. We have
Happy New Year! Here’s to love, joy, peace, kindness and mindfulness. It’s the season to clear the clutter, clean the slate and start afresh. Our children have had to clean their rooms. There was to be no Smoking Dragon Festival until the chores had been done. This seems to be the only way to get
Dear Friends We have a lovely full house and much to celebrate this Christmas. We have been blessed with good health, a wonderful team of Cavernites who welcome all the holiday makers and beautiful soaking rains this summer. We share our commitments as we approach the New Year. May we sprinkle kindness where ever possible.
What happens when your life is pretty much in the identical zone as it was 3 years ago? And, it looks like you may remain the same rut for another 15 years? It’s definitely time to find space for growing. So, this past year we decided to get a little tutoring and try and grow
Cavern Hotel, Drakensberg. With: Elsa Pooley and Gillian Condy. October 2017Written by : Jenni Saunders Turning 50 has some perks. You get gifts, and mine was six blissful days in the Drakensberg learning botanical art with legends Elsa Pooley and Gillian Condy. This was a dream come true, as a full time working mom, just
We have 3 children and have tried hard to make them love the outdoors. We always encouraged playing in the garden and when they were very little we urged them to play in the rain and splash in the puddles and when our OCD boy whined “I wet, I wet” we helped him to calm
There is excitement on this side of the valley; The Cavern has been awarded Best Community Impact Award by the Business Excellence Forum. There is much to smile about and much to be proud of! Sadly we weren’t able to attend the dinner in the City of Gold but our dear cousin from Montusi Lodge,
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Some of our staff were quoted in a recent report on the 15 June Meteor by the Astronomical Society of South Africa. The image below is from a Meteorite crater in 2014 in South America, and was not caused by this recent meteor, but it does show what a small meteorite can do when it
