Like Water in Wild Places by Pamela Jooste

Adult book. Kind of magical realism. I loved this passage because often we need to develop eyes to see the beauty in a place.

The farm is called Liefdefontein. Fountain of Love. It stands in the drylands that run close to the border of Namibia. If you don't havve eyes that see, the land looks like nothing. It looks as if its soul has been snatched away from it.

It's flatscape, and sometimes there are small hills and gullies that trap the afternoon shadows and are ice-cold at night. Even in summer, when the rain sings down, the grass clings tight to the ground in small khaki tufts.

Winter, when the frost comes and the ground is bare and the trees pared down, is a the time to hunt. Then the game run looking for water and the landscape is pale and clear. The sun is sharp and you can see for a very long way. Even without telescopic sights, all moving things are easier to see and to track and to hunt down.