“We went to the back door and turned off our torches and watched the rain fall in the darkness. Cool, soft rain. Jessie and I grinned at each other. At last. The ground sighed with relief as it fell. I took in a deep breath. "Ooh, that smell," I said. The first rain on the warm dry earth. Nothing like it. Then after the smell of the earth came the smell of the plants. It was like each plant gave something of itself to say thank you for the rain. All the smell mixed together to make a delicious air soup for us to breathe in. "Let's have a sandwich to celebrate," I said.” RainSouth AfricaSandwichTannie MariaKarooFirst Rain Book:Recipes for Love and Murder Source: Recipes for Love and Murder
“I made some coffee and went and sat on the stoep to watch the day arrive. It happens all of a sudden in the Karoo. One minute the light is soft and full of the night's shadows, and then the sun is blasting everything awake” CoffeeEarly MorningKaroo Book:Recipes for Love and Murder Source: Recipes for Love and Murder
“There was a poster advertising a film that was showing that evening. "Survival of the Fattest", it was called. It sounded like my kind of film. It isn't healthy to be skinny. Especially in the dry Karoo.” HumorSouth AfricaKaroo Book:The Milk Tart Murders Source: The Milk Tart Murders
“It has been too long without rain. The Karoo sun tries to suck all the moisture out of the plants and the people. But we knyp it in, holding on.” HeatPlantsKarooNo Rain Book:Recipes for Love and Murder Source: Recipes for Love and Murder