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Woodland IDYLL

WHO LIVES HERE

Alan and Anne Romanis and their three dogs: Toto, the Staffie, Lola, the dachshund, Teddy, the Yorkie, and Leo, the Persian cat.

THE GARDEN

A large sloping, secluded garden with huge trees and a stream in Bryanston, Jo’burg.

When Anne Romanis and her husband Alan viewed this Bryanston) and a water oak, (), had such a calming influence, we just knew that we’d be happy here,” says Anne.

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