Untangling
Amid the turmoil of our busy lives, I crave for quiet. Not the silence you might imagine, but rather, a peace-inducing space filled with the music of nature. A salve […]
Amid the turmoil of our busy lives, I crave for quiet. Not the silence you might imagine, but rather, a peace-inducing space filled with the music of nature. A salve […]
So much is going on. Out of sight, but never far from the minds of gardeners. Yes, that’s right! I’m talking about the underworld of the soil. I’ve written before […]
I have a confession to make: I’m an impatient person. I wish I could say I’m a ‘recovering im-patient’ but that is not yet true. Lately, I’ve been impatient for […]
Autumn sidles into my garden wearing white Plumeria blossoms in her hair. Dressed in gauzy greens with an occasional flash of colour, she looks as though at any moment she […]
The beautiful Maidenhair fern I dug-up from my tiny courtyard garden to give to my newly-settled friend is struggling. I took to the internet to find out why. Maidenhairs (Adiantum […]
I’m blown away by the sheer industry and skill that goes into making a bird’s nest. And unlike we humans, birds do it all over again season after season. Recently […]
… it’s 2019 already! Happy new year to you all! So, what news from my tiny courtyard garden? Well, what about this tiny creature busily preparing dinner on the underleaf […]
It turns out this post is more about what the Star of Bethlehem flower is not. Life is not predictable. Until this moment, I’ve always thought the plant, Agapanthus, was also […]
Jack’s beanstalk has nothing on the Alcantaria! ‘Towering ambition’: tall, very high, lofty, surpassing others; all adjectives painting a picture of the bromeliad, Alcantaria Imperialis Rubra. But while this bromeliad is […]
This is a picture of my former self. Brand new and smiling. I liked my work. The pay was abysmal but there were perks:- greeting the early morning sunshine, the […]