Wanted: Looking for a mate!
Our pawpaw tree placed an advert: Wanted: Virile male with healthy genes (non-GM), willing to provide seed material for breeding purposes.
Admiring the early morning flowers
Admiring the early morning flowers in our garden: A photo gallery.
Milk and kibbles for a fluffy feline
Was that a cat sitting on our garden bench? Yes, indeed. It was a tiny little ginger cat. Its eyes were blissfully closed, as it contentedly absorbed the warmth of the mid-morning sun.
Flowering fynbos, veggie patches and quaint cottage gardens: The Rotary Anns’ annual Spring Garden Day in Pinelands
Once a year in springtime, five brave residents of Pinelands generously open their gardens to crowds of curious visitors, as part of a fund-raising event organised by the Rotary Anns of Pinelands. Since moving to Pinelands about eight years ago, we have attended several of these Spring Garden Days, and they have always been most enjoyable and inspirational
Roaming around the garden with my camera: A longer slideshow
And for those who have problems seeing the slideshows, here is a gallery too:
Weekend in Stanford – Part 3: An enchanting little fynbos garden
Our friend has the most enchanting little fynbos garden we had ever seen. When we arrived in Stanford on Friday around midday, it was unseasonably warm. It’s supposed to be winter, but the Western Cape hasn’t had nearly enough rain to fill up our rivers and dams sufficiently to last us through the long hot…
A red-winged starling cools off in the bird bath
We had some hot days in February and March this year, and so I’ve been making sure that our various bird baths are always filled with clean water. I love watching the birds swooping down on our garden at various times of the day – it is one of the delights of working from home.…
Spring is definitely springing!
You may remember that, a month ago, our Rhus tree in the back garden was pruned very heavily. We’d been keeping a watchful eye out for new shoots, but nothing seemed to be happening, and I was starting to wonder whether we might perhaps have killed it. However, a few days ago, pretty much on…
Our tree has been pruned again
We have a large and well-established Rhus tree in our back garden. Since we moved in a couple of years ago, we’ve had it pruned twice already. Each time, we feared that the pruning had been so severe that our poor tree would take years to recover. And each time, it astounded us by sending…
Late autumn images
The heart of a flower
Until last week, there was a small plant in our back garden that looked like a bunch of weeds I’d forgotten to pull up…. I’m so glad I didn’t, because it suddenly sprouted forth the most amazingly radiant golden-yellow flowers, which have completely transformed that corner of our garden. Look here! And every evening, when…
Lions’ teeth or cats’ ears?
I’ve neglected weeding in my garden lately, and so there have been lots of dandelions sprouting up all over the place. The name ‘dandelion’ comes from the French words dents de lion, which means ‘teeth of the lion’ and is a reference to the jagged shape of their leaves. They belong to the genus known…
Golden sunlight captured in a flower
Aren’t these glorious? Blissful sigh… P.S. I have just found out that these are Californian Poppies (Eschscholzia californica).
Tuffy-Yoga
I was trying to do the ‘Salutes to the Sun’ yoga sequence in the back garden before lunchtime today, when Tuffy suddenly emerged from her hiding place in the bushes to keep me company. Under the guise of helping me with my stretches, the clever kitty also managed to take over the beach towel that…
A catnip thief?
Hey! Who’s been chomping on Tuffy-cat’s brand-new catnip plant?! This is what it looked like on 3 September 2009, which is only about two weeks ago: And this is what the poor thing looked like today: Strictly speaking, it’s been looking like this for a couple of days now, but I wasn’t able to take…
Grains of Sand 
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