WHO LIVES HERE? Terry de Vries
WHERE Barrydale, Little Karoo
SIZE about 200m² (excluding front stoep), erf 1 115m²
The garden gate that welcomes you to Terry de Vries’s home in Barrydale seems to sit almost impertinently between beautiful hand-stacked slate walls. The slate may be an authentic Karoo touch, but the cobalt-blue gate is reminiscent of Mexico.
Terry, a former journalist and long-time Stellenbosch resident has been living in Barrydale since June 2018. She’s a bundle of energy, yet at the same time she’s also the picture of serenity. Although she has a BSc degree in agriculture, Terry is currently a transformation facilitator and offers yoga classes, labyrinth walks and meditation retreats at her residence, Kamala Retreat House.
In 1996, after lecturing at Stellenbosch University’s journalism department for two years, the desire to travel took hold. The year before her son, Joshua (now a 29-year-old filmmaker), started Grade R, she packed their bags and embarked on a journey through North America in a GMC van.
Their nine-month trip included a stint in New Mexico, where she was blown away by Santa Fé. “That whole environment reminded me of the Karoo: the vegetation, the arid earth, the rocks, the hills. That’s where I discovered my passion for blue in all its shades, as well as a love for the earthy tones of adobe (mud-brick) houses,” she says.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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