Natural sweetness

Today has been a good day

Today has been a really good day. A perfect, calm South African winter’s day which started off cold, but became sunny and mild later. It also marks the first day in 10 days (since I hurt my back)  that I have had no pain, and could go walking with Rosie (the dog) again. Which makes […]

The Bird Hide

Yesterday Riekie and I (see this post for background) started the day by hijacking Rosie’s morning walk for our first photo walk. We just walked around my neighbourhood and I thoughtfully pointed out things she might want to take photos of! She later made fun of me saying that I was her “photo opportunity spotter”. […]

Guess who came for dinner . . .

. . . and stayed for some photo-walks?  No idea? As I told you in a previous post, while Willie is away, a friend was going to visit. Some of you might know her as Riekie from Clouded Marbles. Yes, we are friends in “real life” too. Have been for many years  – ever since […]

Nature also has a sense of humour

Yesterday I wrote about My favourite April 1 stories. Now here is my favourite April 1 photo. This is the original photo i.e. no retouching or tweaking of any kind. The photograph was taken at sunset on April 1, 2011.  

Evening clouds

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Nature never got the memo that it’s Autumn down South

While everybody in the Northern Hemisphere is noticing the early signs of Spring, here in the Southern Hemisphere, I am trying hard to recognize any signs of Autumn being here. Although the calendar says it is now officially Autumn, Nature never got the memo. Though maybe after the long drought we had, Nature is making […]