Star of Bethlehem
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 […]
Category Archives: Perspective
Painful Change
This gorgeous creature meandered into my garden on a wafting breeze. I watched delighted, as it rested first on my Boston Fern and then settled on me. The Common Eggfly […]
Growing Companions
Companion planting is not a new concept. I first encountered the idea when I read a book on the subject many years ago. Trying to recall the original title, I […]
Stop! Thief!
Stop! Stop thinking you can to steal something simply because you covet it. What makes you think you’re entitled?! How dare you!! These thoughts have been a broken record in […]
Does There Have to be Blood?
“But there’s no blood,” my grandson protested when I despaired about the violence in the video game, Fortnite: Battle Royale. I’m sure there’s not a person on the planet […]
The View From Here
My courtyard is tiny, but I think I’ve told you that before. Despite the limiting view of the walled space, the pocket handkerchief piece of sky above, it still seems […]
What Remains
We descended a long, rutted track, overgrown with ti-tree, into a valley at the base of a towering escarpment. Nestled amongst the underbrush on the banks of a burbling creek, […]
A Frame of Mind?
Have you ever captured just a glimpse of something? A brief moment when something ordinary is lit in such a way as to offer an extra-ordinary perspective? I suspect this […]
Forever Temporary
I need reminding. Nothing is forever. This is never more evident than in my garden – a deep repository for life’s important lessons. It takes a gardener like me time […]
Deep Impact
The last in my series of three travel adventures took us on a road trip from my home in northern New South Wales, up the Queensland coast to the […]
