Saturday
– 26 January 2013
Mooiberge
Down
the road from Mountain Breeze is one of the strangest wine shops I have ever seen. This is a large, well visited shop and looks a thriving concern. However, the store front outside is packed
with brightly coloured, garish figures, some made out of tin, some like
colourful Guy Fawkes , some in the shape of animals, many people, a couple of airplanes, cars and
carts. None of the figures are made with
great skill or finesse, but clustered together they make a stunning, joyful
exhibition. 
Mooiberge claims to have been started by Samuel Zetler sometime in the 20th century. Hanging above the rows and rows of bottles inside the store, are pictures of the young Samuel (1909-2002) and his wife Josie (1915-2008) alongside pictures of them in old age. It's always possible that Samuel and Josie hated one another, they could even have been as miserable as sin together, but, looking at their pictures, it's very unlikely. This whole store was their original work and the lifespan pictures give a sense of lives lived together, undertakings commenced and completed, promises kept.
Mooiberge claims to have been started by Samuel Zetler sometime in the 20th century. Hanging above the rows and rows of bottles inside the store, are pictures of the young Samuel (1909-2002) and his wife Josie (1915-2008) alongside pictures of them in old age. It's always possible that Samuel and Josie hated one another, they could even have been as miserable as sin together, but, looking at their pictures, it's very unlikely. This whole store was their original work and the lifespan pictures give a sense of lives lived together, undertakings commenced and completed, promises kept.
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