Several years ago, my husband and I found our way to South Africa. Family hosted us during our stay. We had a lovely time on this trip and it filled my mind with wonderful memories. Memories from our trip visited me as we enjoyed some tea out on the patio this morning.
While we were in South Africa, we stayed at a lovely Farm Inn in the Champagne Valley. The Inn offered prepared buffets for meals consisting of delicious local foods. As a working farm, the inn also had animals and crops all around. If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought we were somewhere in the rural US near the mountains, not in the middle of South Africa!
Since the eating area was exposed to the outdoors, they covered their buffet with nets. Sure, we have nets here too for picnics and the like, but what I found amazing was how the nets were decorated. Along the edges, beadwork trimmed out the nets. Not only does this add beauty, but the beading serves as a weight to hold the net down around the lip of the plates, bowls, cups, and table where used. These nets are created by hand in the region. As we shopped for souvenirs to bring home with us, we picked up a couple in various sizes.
This morning, I used a small net from South Africa to help me fend off any little gnats that might want to steal a sip of my tea.
These little nets are easily portable and a great travel companion when camping and hiking, too!
So that’s my neat find for today. I hope you have as beautiful of a start to your day as I did, and that no gnats get in your tea….or coffee!
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