The Journey Inward

Today I met friends at Rosemary Hill Farm in Pretoria. This property allowed for an 11K walk through pine tree paths, pecan tree groves, lavender and rosemary fields, a pond, stables, and endless rays of warm sun. Birgit and I did the first 5K together. Yuri and I did the next 6K together. And then I had lunch with two of the other women I hadn’t had a chance to walk with. We had the most stimulating conversation over lunch and planned coffee together.

The one woman I had lunch with was Indian and she told me what it was like for her parents to be brown during apartheid and what it has been like for her in the era of freedom. She echoed the common sentiment of how resilient South Africans are and how forgiving.

While I was hiking, I was following Eunine’s progress at the Cape Town marathon. She did great!!!

My car was so dusty and dirty from the dirt road leading to Rosemary Farm that I got a cleaning in the parking lot at the mall!

I bought homemade cookies made by the bread baker we stopped to talk to at the distillery on site. She said the farm is her favorite place. She highly recommended the pecan white chocolate chip cookies, and she was right! I also bought lotions and linen sprays and other products made from plants on the farm.