Category Archives: African flora

Skulls and Flowers; Life and Death in the Garden of Eden

Posted on April 28, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Skulls have always fascinated me, and bones; we start dying from the minute we are created, a natural process not to be feared but embraced, truly the stuff of LIFE…. I collect skulls from the wilderness, and they sit amongst … Continue reading →

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What do Wallpaper and Wild Dogs have in common… Lin Barrie Art!

Posted on April 28, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

My wallpapers and soft furnishings/fashion fabrics (art collaborations with Robin Sprong, Sarza Store, Fabric Bank and Photoganic), are inspiring additions to my passion for painting…this is “Eventide”, available through Robin Sprong as a wallpaper….. The Lin Barrie wallpaper range strangely … Continue reading →

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Mahove Tented camp; Big skies and Terrapins, Lions and Waterlilies

Posted on April 27, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Across the still-high Save River by boat, and into the Park, past the parks reception and found skulls… this small warthog skull speaks to me, I love the funky shapes and moods of bone and skulls, and have just finished … Continue reading →

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Sunsets and Aardvarks: An African childhood surrounded by flowers and rivers…

Posted on April 11, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

9 th April – 12th April, 2019 Our bush house, Tsavene, is enhanced by the stunning pink summer-flowering Sabi stars that are indigenous to the Northern Kruger Park, and which grace our rocks. At dusk I capture the glow of … Continue reading →

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Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe; Save River in Full Spate at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

A day spent at Chipinda Pools Tented Camp on the tranquil Runde River, sketching and meeting fellow conservationists and safari operators, (little do I know that this is the lull before the storm….) Inspired by the riverine vegetation and by … Continue reading →

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Kgalagadi safari; Jackals and Lions; Meerkats and Flowers…

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Continuing our Safari, our Adventure!….(please bear with me … many more photos are to be added in the next few weeks, but I am going offline to my bush house for a while…meanwhile I have also created a blog on … Continue reading →

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Upington on the Orange River; Vineyards and Sultanas…

Posted on March 19, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

Continuing our journey from Madikwe towards the Kgalagadi Trandfrontier Park, the nights of Sunday 27th and  Monday 28th January are spent  at an oasis in the Northern Cape desert! Martiens Place is an air bnb cottage, on Martien’s family land, … Continue reading →

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Madikwe and Porcupines: African Wild Dogs and Lin Barrie Art

Posted on March 17, 2019 by wineandwilddogs

I have always wanted to visit Madikwe Game Reserve –  one of South Africa’s biggest wildlife sanctuaries, a Big Five Reserve with 66 mammal species, (including Wild dog populations, aka Painted wolves or Painted Dogs..my favorite painting subjects…) and approximately 300 … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the Rains in Gonarezhou, with a prime, fat Lion and a beautiful Tusker!

Posted on December 26, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

Hot weather greets every sunrise, no rain to speak of yet in Gonarezhou, mostly scattered showers and we wait eagerly for the real thing! Even the small rains we have had are enough to create green grass galore, Travels through … Continue reading →

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Gogo Olive Animals adorn my wire baobab Christmas Tree; Fierce Hunters adorn my mantelpiece and Hearth!

Posted on December 25, 2018 by wineandwilddogs

My beloved Wire Baobab Christmas Tree is made by local craftsmen, and I use it every year in my African bush house, standing in front of our huge fireplace…​​ This year I have used extra special Gogo Olive knitted animals…. … Continue reading →

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