The Gift of the Unexpected
I’m apprehensive about leaving my tiny garden, even for a couple of weeks. Aaah! Human hubris I’ve caught you peering over my psyche wall. What will my garden do without me? Will it […]
I’m apprehensive about leaving my tiny garden, even for a couple of weeks. Aaah! Human hubris I’ve caught you peering over my psyche wall. What will my garden do without me? Will it […]
Some plants just seem to grow well despite what you do or don’t do to them. The zygocactus or schlumbergera is one such hardy plant. Everybody seems to have magnificent […]
Today is for nesting, for staying snug.The whole eastern seaboard of Australia is in the thrall of a ‘weather event’. When I was a child, extreme weather arrived with little forewarning beyond […]
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. […]
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 […]
Oh joy! My Cymbidium orchids are sending up flower spikes. I’ve counted nine so far – the most I’ve ever had on one plant. Other pots have one or two […]
Just days ago I was so excited to see three spikes on a pink cymbidium orchid. Today the spikes remain, but sadly with fewer buds. What’s going on? I fear I […]