GRAPEVINE | APRIL 2022

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a publication for

VAL DE VIE ESTATE RESIDENTS

April 2022

Simple Living in the Valley of Life With the onset of autumn, the Cape dwarf chameleon delivers hatchlings roughly the size

deli and Fleet, and savour newly released harvests from Wijn. Spend time outdoors with your children and teach them about the wonderful world of animals, great and small. The art of slow living means being more mindful and intentional with our time. Enjoy

and worms. From here on, chameleons have a short, simple life that spans about four

the simple pleasure of reading this edition of the Grapevine - coffee in hand - and then

years in which they move, slow-footed, from day to day. We can learn from observing the

amble outdoors for a mini safari; track the 120 Cape dwarf chameleons now living in the

simple balance of nature and use this transitionary season to reset our bodies. Nights

biodiversity corridor and their co-inhabitants, a cluster of Cape grysbokkies. Pick sweet

grow cooler and dawn breaks a little later every morning. It’s an ideal time for us to pay

and ripe watermelons at The Wellness Farm and embrace the concept of change as the

attention to how the Earth and her creatures seem to slow down and gather resources

trees lining the Pearl Valley Jack Nicklaus golf course burst into a palette of ochre and

for the winter ahead. Walk or cycle around the Estate, make meals from scratch by using

russet. It’s all here, just waiting for those who take time to look up and a little more closely

fresh ingredients from The Wellness Farm, indulge in hot drinks from the restaurants,

at the world around us.


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