Sense and Sensitivity
Imagine my surprise when weeding around some pots, I touched what I thought was a weed (what is a weed anyway but a plant growing in the wrong place?) And […]
Category Archives: Perspective
Shallow Ponds and Deep Wells
It’s tadpole time again! After the recent deluge we had in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Debbie, the drainage pools opposite my daughter’s house filled up. The grand-children watched hopefully, […]
Cleaning Up
I’ve had a ‘cleaning up’ kind of month. Usually when speaking of clean ups, one thinks of Spring, but Autumn is definitely clean up time in the garden. However, it’s […]
Grounded
My green-thumbed buddy dropped by with a gift the other day – a ground orchid! The Spathoglottis or ground orchid, is called a terrestrial orchid because unlike epiphitic varieties, it grows in […]
The Beauty in ‘Away’
Have you ever noticed how being ‘away’ allows contemplative space for contrasts and comparisons? Familiar things look different from afar. Such was the case when I took a five […]
Surprise!
Gardens are full of surprises and mine is no exception, despite it’s tiny scale. In the last few days, after a walk around the estate (picture tongue firmly in cheek here), […]
Erode
The stones that were part of my entry path have migrated. Recent downpours swept them up in watery torrents and washed them away to colonise adjacent garden beds, exposing an underbelly of pipes and […]
Alight
A ripple of movement snags my gaze, a tiny slender wand alights, with cellophane wings and huge prismic eyes. At just the right angle, Sunlight, ever the opportunist, finds delicate wings to magnify her shine. […]
Poetry, Altruism, and the Web of Life
Poetry makes a great framework on which to hang thinking; along with metaphor, which offers another device for thinking – about poetry. Recent events came to mind as I entwined the leading shoots of my jasmine, hoya […]
Marking A Mark
We all want to make a mark – leave some kind of legacy to validate our existence, to say ‘I was here and I mattered’. Though not in the […]
