The Community Room with the sale of second-hand books, gifts, crafts and deli
Craft, deli and gifts
Christmas starsPlants
Tea garden with the teas, coffee, cake and food
Live entertainmentA short excerpt from 3 forms that Rhyse Sothern demonstrated. Child of the red twilight dawn - a dramatised story for children Children's activities
Mother Goose
Making Advent Gardens
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The exhibition of these paintings accompanied the Michaelmas Conference of 2021. The Phoenix Bird rising from the ashes in fire and flying to the Temple of the Sun The incarnations of the Earth The five vowels inspired by the Eurythmy gesture of each
We were very fortunate to host two artists and their works. Maria Müller, the sister of Ludmilla King, exhibited watercolours painted in South Africa, Switzerland, Finland and Italy. Jean McGillivray exhibited a selection of floral watercolours. All the paintings are for sale. To enquite about a painting call the office on +27 11 789 3083 between 8am and 1pm CAT. The opening of the joint exhibition was celebarted with a social event at which tea, coffee and a delicious selection of sweet and savoury delights were on sale. The event was coupled with a sale of second-hand books and a shadow puppet show for children of all ages. The images below speak for themselves. Works by Maria MüllerWorks by Jean McGillivrayThe Jerusalem fern is a desert plant. When the desert dries up the Jerusalem fern will dehydrate to look like a fossil. It lets go of its hold in the sand and will be flown about the desert until it finds water again. It can remain in this dormant state being blown about the desert for years. When it finds water it will unfurl as can be seen in this photo and even become green.
A message from the Board of Trustees: It is evident that we are living in a time of great transition, socially, economically and also on a personal level. At the Trustees meeting we contemplated how to respond to change, letting go of the past, being open to what the future brings and being awake to what wants to emerge. This is often painful but can be fruitful depending on our attitude and the will to birth and nurture new ideas. The notion of seeding the future is strongly felt and this was also our theme for the Budget Forum that took place on Sunday 21 February. At the Community forum on 21 February 2021 each one present brought a seed, or could select a seed graciously provided by Jean McGillivray, to plant in a pot. The purpose was to watch it germinate and grow, transplant it into the garden when appropriate and possibly collect the seed from the plant when it flowered to reseed future plants. Here are photos of the results: Jean and Evan McGillivray Patricia Kuhlmann Moonflower of Irmtraut Rohlssen Bean of John-Peter Gernaat Adam and Lorrine Botha
The Saturday morning is planned as an event for the entire family. Centred around the opportunity to meet family and friends over a coffee or tea with cake or something savoury, our intention was to add some activities for children and something to buy to Christmas. We had
Pancakes were on sale before 11:30. Immediately the sale of pancakes ceased the sale of handmade, homemade Italian sausages in a roll were on sale. There was a table with Advent and Christmas crafts for sale and Christmas delicacies and a table with second-hand Anthroposophical books. The Garden Tea / BrunchServing and helpingThe sales tablesActivities for childrenA small group of the community sat down on Boxing Day to a festive table and a delicious meal that could have fed double the number. We started with tomato soup and borscht with French loaf. There were a number of interesting salads: brussels sprouts with peanut sauce and grated vegetables; lentils, a white grain and grated cabbages and carrots; a pasta salad; a potato salad; a platter of leaves, fruit and meats. There was chicken, cold meats and pickled fish. There was a delicious nut bread. For dessert we had a trifle and a pavlova. Coffee rounded off the meal. A few people had commitments to run off to while the last people left at 3.30pm.
The garden looked verdant after the rains and we were serenaded by various birds. Good conversation made for a very pleasant afternoon. |