Glorious rain on Friday afternoon, 20mm to be exact, left the garden damp and easy to work yesterday. It was rather hot in the latter part of the morning but I kept to the shady spots to plant plugs of lawn. I have various lawns now in the garden .. the strongest and fittest will …
A few of years ago, my grandson Connor planted tall sunflowers which were … tall!! .. and he was thrilled ! He has green fingers .. whatever he plants, always grows ! I thought it would be fun for him to plant some again. Sadly not one grew from the packet of seeds I had bought. Not …
After really hot weather we’ve been experiencing lately, soft soaking rain over the weekend has been very welcome. The change in the weather started off with a terrific storm on Friday night with lightening and thunder which sounded like a war zone (as is usually the case on the Highveld, and particularly in our area …
I don’t make New Year resolutions but I must say my blogging is slacking. I need to get my act into gear and do something about it 😉 I do still take photographs, mainly of flowers in my garden, so for the meantime will share them with you. I felt I was becoming just a …
The temptation is too great …. I have to carry a camera around my garden at this time of the year, when, despite not a drop of rain since forever .. except a light drizzle on one day a week or two ago .. my garden is blooming. As I said before I am watering within the restrictions allowed. …
… or as it’s commonly known, National Braai Day. We will have a braai tomorrow, not because of today’s significance, but because our children will be coming for Sunday lunch ! This is a day when one should be reflecting on one’s heritage. I’m not going to go into detail on my story or my family’s story at …
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Before dashing off to yoga the other day, I spotted .. from my kitchen window .. 8 Grey Louries on the telephone wire !! I had to grab my camera naturally 😉 They always remind me of our childhood picnics in the Rhodesian bush when we lay on a blanket under dappled shady trees breathing in the hot …
I love taking macro photographs. My old Panasonic takes very good macro pics, but I have advanced two cameras since then, my current camera being Canon EOS 600D. Taking piccies with the macro setting hasn’t worked for me. Hubby bought a Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 a number of years ago which I’ve tried to use … unsuccessfully. I …