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 […]
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An Ill Wind …
… blows nobody any good. Or does it? Like many people, the wind is my least favourite weather ‘character’. And we seem to have had our share of windy days […]
New Growth from Old Wounds
It happened early one morning, weeks ago now. But the angst lingers. I had chosen not to go on my morning walk and was still in my pyjamas when a […]
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Walking the neighbourhood in my quest for gardening ideas is not without its perils. When I advocate ‘getting one’s teeth into it’, I don’t mean literally. But that’s how […]
Berry Challenging
Trawling the local plant nursery the other day, I spied some blueberry plants. I’ve seen them on sale before but haven’t wanted to risk a purchase for two reasons: […]
Distance
I was hunting around trying to find a word this morning. Have you ever had that experience? Not so much a word I’d lost or forgotten, but one which would […]
Morning Musings
There’s a hush in my early morning garden, hot and oppressive even before the sun appears. I stand here in my pyjamas wilting with perspiration. In the space of a […]
Does Size Matter?
And by whose measure? When I hear this question posed I think of what is often inferred – that somehow bigger is better. Yet, we all know that isn’t […]
