at Milnerton market this morning. A doll, made in China, a pocket size book on the work of Raul Dufy, a Mexican-themed, poppies and all, round tray , a bag of garlic from Philippi, and a plastic hand grenade. Empty, and by the looks of it, a perfume container or a toy. Raul Dufy was a fabulous painter, and also a textile designer of note. Like most art history texts, this little book focuses on his drawing and painting and mentions his textiles only in passing, but in the world of textiles, they are revered as SEMINAL Art Deco designs. My ongoing quest to find a really nice book on Dufy remains ongoing. The garlic from Philippi I plan to plant in the garden, aiming for a really potent harvest for a long time to come. I recently saw in a newspaper article that about 70% of Cape Town's fresh produce comes from Philippi, a large and fertile section of the Cape Flats. I sure hope the farmers can keep it up, as there is a lot of pressure from developers on the one hand and informal settlements on the other, and everything else on the third hand. No easy task. The enamel bread bin is another Milnerton Market find. Cape Town has plenty markets, but none other like Milnerton Market, which, it appears, is in fact situated in Paarden Island. This is where trendy furtively meets zef, early on Sunday mornings. No, seriously now: several extremely fashionable shops in the haute parts of town regard Milnerton Market as their best-kept secret despite its being featured in a lavishly illustrated article in the current Kulula in-flight magazine. Secrets are amazing things.
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