Having spent the last 3 weeks on a trout farm near Bardskeerders bos close to Gansbaai - (Bardskeerders is an insect that cuts your beard whilst you sleep - according to local legend its absolutely true) I let the viking beard grow and every morning checked the length of the bristles. - The insects didnt think the ol beard was long enough to cut this time. My time was well spent reading , designing and spending fun time with the family. We did have a visit from a rather large puffadder, who decided the canoes where a great place to hunt. The colours on the puffadder which my daughter named , Hilton, where really incredible - Our little sausage dog Gabby was barking for awhile before we investigated and heard the sound of a very angry whistling / hissing kettle. Oupa tried to move the snake with an oar - well it was at that point Hilton decided enough was enough, and moved incredibly fast in a straight line into the reeds. i was amazed at the speed with which he travelled. Gabby followed and fortunately before she could get bitten we fished her out of the way - The puffy was very rattled im sure.
Well i designed 2 homes whilst away and devoured several books - one of them was Bernard Cornwells - the pale horsemen - this book fueled the design concepts towards the 8th century. I love reading about time from the 8th century up to the 17th. Bernard Cornwell is a master story teller , a troubadour of the elite kind. And if anything can get the design mind fueled, its reading BC . So the wildetect viking feasting table was sketched and born.
2012 is going to be a big year for the wildetects and QJD design studio - Having received some press at the end of 2011 - Its managed to solicit several new homes im currently designing. So even though the building industry is slowing down - Work is till very much on offer and the show is going on.
Each year starts slowly however we simply muscle on.
