" Here Rain is the contradiction in terms. Rain is everlastingly the recurring dream anew - of the never-happened before: Rain is always the first time!" Egbert van Bart AFTER the rain the metamorphosis of the cracked and brittle bones of the bushveld is a miracle. It happens so quickly that you have to doubt your recollections of what it was like BEFORE. The dry bones put on flesh quickly - heady scented blossoms burst on to indigenous and citrus trees which buzz with bees,

"Celebrating in writing the occurrence of rain in the Marico ultimately results in a cumulative body of words and lines. From which one might gather that Rain must be a regular visitor to these Bushveld regions. However - nothing could be further from the truth! The daily reality in Marico is drought... Time in the Marico consists of sun and heat and dust." Egbert van Bart Marico Bushveld Dam: BEFORE Marico Bushveld Dam: AFTER