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TSoT: Anchor
(TSoT = The Story of Trees) This morning I took a walk to photograph this tree which I painted about four months ago. I noticed that I...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Jan 21, 20212 min read


TSoT: Guardian
(TSoT = The Story of Trees) I have just glanced over a few opinions regarding trees and their symbolic meanings on the internet. The...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Jan 20, 20212 min read


The Story of Trees: Bastion
This morning I when I took the dogs for a walk, I took my camera with to take a few photographs of the Kuruman River which flows through...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Jan 19, 20213 min read


The Story of Trees: Sentinel
I started gathering the things I would need to draw the first tree. I acquired a little watercolour easel to make painting on location a...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Jan 18, 20212 min read


The Story of Trees: Introduction
All of us are experiencing uncertainty and various other conditions peculiar to each situation as a result of the current pandemic. I...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Jan 17, 20212 min read


“Do” – Kalahari sand billboard – Message 15
Veronica van Biljon, residing in Bloemfontein, South Africa, reminds us to do the correct thing with a quote by Roy T. Bennett. "Do what...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Sep 8, 20201 min read


“Invited” – Kalahari sand billboard – Message 14
Tinus Prinsloo, residing in Bloemfontein, South Africa, makes us laugh with … "I miss being invited to things I don't want to go to."

Pieter A. Pienaar
Sep 7, 20201 min read


“Maturity” – Kalahari sand billboard – Message 13
Inneke Coetzee, residing in Pretoria, South Africa, prompts us to remain calm with … "Maturity is realizing how many things don't require...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Sep 3, 20201 min read


“Smile” – Kalahari sand billboard – Message 12
Cornelia van Rooyen residing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, reminds us to … "Smile; live joyfully; laugh a little everyday."

Pieter A. Pienaar
Sep 3, 20201 min read


“Steal” – Kalahari sand billboard – Message 11
Lorraine Kriel, residing near Postmasburg, South Africa, reminds us that … "Our yesterdays and our tomorrows steal the joys of today."

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 28, 20201 min read


“Why” – Kalahari sand billboard – Message 10
Petro Prinsloo, residing in Bloemfontein, South Africa, wants to encourage us with a quote by Dr. Seuss. "Why fit in when you were born...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 28, 20201 min read


“Never” – Kalahari sand billboard – Message 9
Lou Wessels, residing in Pretoria, South Africa, says … "Fear no man and do what is right; fear all women and never write."

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 26, 20201 min read


“Love” – Kalahari sand billboard – Message 8
Elise van As, residing in Pretoria, South Africa is prompting us to … "Live the life you love; love the life you live."

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 26, 20201 min read


“Rock” - Kalahari sand billboard – Message 7
Estelle Venter, residing in Pretoria, South Africa, wants to tell the world … "When you hit a woman, then you hit a rock."

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 23, 20201 min read


"Danger" - Kalahari sand billboard – Message 6
Anton van Zyl, residing in London, in The United Kingdom, informs us that … "It is dangerous to put one's feet outside one's front door;...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 22, 20201 min read


"Insanity" - Kalahari sand billboard – Message 5
Today, Ryno Stockenstrom Verster, residing in Mafikeng, South Africa, wants the world to remember that … "Insanity is doing the same...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 18, 20201 min read


"Live" - Kalahari sand billboard - Message 4
From Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Mariette Raubeheimer tells the world … "Do not just exist, live!"

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 17, 20201 min read


"Decide" - Kalahari sand billboard - Message 3
Ronel van Zyl, residing in London, in The United Kingdom, gives some Tolkien-advice to the world … "All we have to decide is what to do...

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 16, 20201 min read


"Fear" - Kalahari sand billboard - Message 2
Alda Smit, residing in Melkbosstrand, South Africa, says to the world ... "Do the thing you fear and the end of fear is near."

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 15, 20201 min read


"Possible" - Kalahari sand billboard - Message 1
Today, Cathy Horn-Theunissen, residing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, wants the world to know ... "When nothing is certain, anything is possible."

Pieter A. Pienaar
Aug 15, 20201 min read
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