Category Archives: Gardens

No show due to show – a fair affair, fair enough?


This shows why my attention is fully occupied at the moment.  The (takes deep breath) Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs for the Province of KwaZulu Natal (pant, pant) has organised – very well, I may say – a … Continue reading

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Of botany, bats, horticulture, swimming, frogs, and Japanese excursions.


  The weather was pleasantly steamy over the weekend, and I was in the pool as soon as I got up.   The grandchildren have been missing their mother while she spent a work-related week in Japan, and were literally … Continue reading

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