I had been expecting to start posting again celebrating brighter, whiter sight after successful cataract surgery, but first intense storm surges along the coast and then the following week widespread flooding across the region, including a “100-year flood” in our village, surpassed all else.
Continue reading “After cataracts, storms and floods, I’m back …”
Impromptu stops to take in local sea views have provided some bright interludes in our cold and often wet winter. Here are some photos from one of the bright days when I remembered to take my camera along.
Continue reading “Sea views with gulls”
I was worried about moving from a wet summer/dry winter region to the Mediterranean climate of the Western Cape and learning to adapt to its wet winters. But here we are and experiencing what neighbours tell us is the worst Cape winter for years.
Continue reading “Flowers defying a wet and windy winter”
Following the local Wandelpad, I took these photos on a recent walk. From old milkwood trees to tiny flowers, it was good to take a break from home maintenance demands.
Continue reading “Along the Wandelpad”
It is somewhat trite to say that change is a constant – be it good or bad or even when we try to be indifferent. Moving house, especially when moving further afield, certainly foregrounds change. And even when the change is chosen, adapting can be demanding and nostalgia can become one’s go-to space.
Continue reading “Ch-ch-ch-changes”
Well, I had hoped to post during February after our move, but here we are half-way through March! All is well, and I am pleased to report we are settling in.
Continue reading “Settling in and some incidental bird watching”
It is less than two weeks to us leaving our home and garden and moving 1700 km (over 1000 miles) across the country to an entirely different environment and climate zone. Of the wild creatures that have visited our garden over the years, we will particularly miss the vervet monkeys.
Continue reading “On living harmoniously with vervet monkeys”
The ‘project’ that caused my frequent absence from WordPress over the last six months had several interlinked phases.
Continue reading “To pastures new”
If you were asked to design a festively flowering tree for the southern hemisphere Christmas summer holidays you would be hard pressed to come up with something better than the pompon tree (Dais cotinifolia).
Continue reading “Festive holiday pompons”