Ja. Sunday morning and I’m off to take a pic of the summer morning light on the old harbour in Hermanus. The shadows in Pierneef’s painting of the harbour tell us that is when he did his sketches. It’s a beautiful day and there are bright yellow kayaks paddling across a placid sea.
spot the kayak
What is on my mind, however, is that I need to do a blog posting, and I’m expecting a call any moment from my blog coach, who lashes me if I don’t do a weekly posting. What should I write about? My recent sortie to Cape Town and the elusive Cape sites? The almost-getting-to-find the Stellenbosch site? A detour into Bellville and its period piece houses? Or should I write about an old trip to Louis Trichardt? Which way to jump?
meanwhile in Bellville...
Coach, I need a bit more time to think about this. A bit of time on the couch with the Sunday papers might help to ease the blogger’s block.
the blogger,blocked
That there is my new best friend, Lulu. Hoping the old bastard will go for a walk.
Travels with Pierneef 
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20/02/2011 at 20:40
peta hunter
I was at Park station the other day and wondered what happened to the Pierneefs that used the grace the walls there. where have they gone?
22/02/2011 at 10:21
Carl Becker
Hi Peta – They live in Graaf Reinet at the Pierneef Museum . But right now they are in Stellenbosch at the Rupert Museum until the end of April
21/02/2011 at 11:42
Phoebe
Eish whena! Think you have set yourself up to blog again really soon …
22/02/2011 at 13:03
Dr Gerhard Schoeman
That is a formidable gaze Mr Becker. Very nineteenth century artist. Or Avigdor Arikha.
23/02/2011 at 15:14
Carl Becker
Perhaps one would be less glum if one could paint more like Avigdor – or almost any C19th painter for that matter.
22/02/2011 at 21:34
soetes
I want to know what happened in Bellville.
23/02/2011 at 15:12
Carl Becker
Your cousin Klippies has a pretty good idea of what goes down in Bellville
24/02/2011 at 08:50
Andrew Thompson
Klippies!!!!