Ideas

from the editor

It’s now two and a half years that we’ve been paddling our own canoe, as the saying goes. Which is why I sit alone in my home office to write this letter, issue after issue. When people ask me if it’s not lonely, I tell them that I can work undisturbed, that I can sit with a blanket over my legs without anyone looking at me and that I can pull the heater up close to me without it being a safety risk for the company. And also that I do often see other team members. But yes, it’s not the most sociable life and I do sometimes miss being able to simply share ideas over the coffee pot and to hear and see what is going on in everyone’s lives…

ideas

EDITOR Terena le Roux EMAIL terena@ideasfactory.co.za STUDIO AND STITCHCRAFT Dala Watts MARKETING AND FINANCES Marweya Smal INQUIRIES info@ideasfactory.co.za COPY EDITING Diana Procter and Marié Smidt STYLING Hannes Koegelenberg, Dala Watts and Carin Smith PHOTOS Ed O’Riley CONTRIBUTORS FOOD Louisa Holst and Tani Kirsten CRAFT & DIY Carin Smith, John Letherbarrow and Hannes Koegelenberg BEAUTY Elsa Krüger STITCHCRAFT Karen Adendorff, Anelle Britz Elizabeth Fester, Elsbeth Eksteen and Gina Ross CREATIVE CALENDAR Lara Foreman RETOUCHING Willie Koen SOCIAL MEDIA Carien Eloff PUBLISHER & SALES Terena le Roux…

things to do

creativecalendarideas@gmail.com July 09 July School term starts 18 July Nelson Mandela Day WESTERN CAPE June, July and August The Swellendam Winter School offers over 40 creative short courses. For more information, go to winterschool.co.za. 14-16 June and 21-23 June Gordon’s Bay hosts its annual Winter Wonderland Festival of Lights. For more information, go to winterwonderland.co.za. 5-14 July Book tickets for the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival at Computicket. For details, go to www.sicmf.co.za. 11-13 July The Tops at Spar Wine Show takes place at GrandWest Casino. For more information, go to www.wineshow.co.za. 13-14 July Franschhoek celebrates Bastille Day with wine and food, music and markets. For details, go to www.franschhoekbastille.co.za. 19-20 July The Soetes & Soup Festival takes place at various wineries in the Rawsonville, Slanghoek, Goudini and Breede River areas. Tickets are available on Webtickets. EASTERN CAPE 27 June to 7 July Enjoy all things cultural at the…

in season in july and august

Herbs: bay leaves, chives, dandelion, fennel, lavender, lemongrass, marjoram, mint, nasturtiums, oregano, parsley, perennial basil, rocket, rosemary, sage, thyme. Vegetables: asparagus, beetroot, broad beans, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, gem squash, kale, leeks, lettuce, mushrooms, onion, parsnips, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkin, radishes, Swiss chard, spring onions, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, turnips. Fruit: apples, avocado, bananas, Cape gooseberry, granadilla, grapefruit, guavas, kiwi, kumquats, lemons, limes, loquats, naartjies, oranges, pawpaw, pineapple. In flower: alstroemeria, anemone, arum lilies, Asiatic lilies, blushing brides, calendula, carnations, chincherinchees, chrysanthemums, daffodils, delphiniums, ericas, gypsophila, heather, freesia, gerbera, germini, golden rod, iris, kangaroo paw, larkspur, leucadendron, orchids, pincushions, proteas, ranunculus, snapdragons, statice, sterretjies, strelitzia, St Joseph lily, stocks, sweetpeas, tuberose, tulips.…

books to read

diana@ideasfactory.co.za Fiction Blindside by Wilna Adriaanse (Tafelberg, R300) Still mourning the death of her father, her guiding light and an honest cop if ever there was one, Lieutenant Ellie McKenna accepts a case to infiltrate Cape Town’s criminal world. Hired to protect the young girlfriend of the high-flying, dirty-dealing nightclub owner Enzio Allegretti, she is acutely aware that one false move could be fatal. She needs to figure out how to protect a girl whose entire social circle is full of dodgy characters. How do you stay out of danger in a den of snakes? Who do you trust? The loving boyfriend in a dubious line of work? The family with connections in all the wrong places? Or the inscrutable head of security? Ellie knows full well that in this job the…

lost dog

A lifestyle journalist in the UK, Kate Spicer is a middle-aged woman trying to restore some order to a life that is going off the rails. When she adopts Wolfy, the shabby rescue dog saves her from herself. But when the lurcher disappears, Kate hits the streets of London to find him. As she trudges endlessly calling his name in the hopeless hope that she may find him, she runs into other people’s landscapes and lives, finding allies among psychics, bloggers and mysterious midnight joggers. Trying to find her dog tests her relationship, and her sanity, to its limits – and gets her thinking about her life, and why things have turned out as they have for her. A brilliant, life-affirming memoir, Lost Dog is a book about both the…