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Saturday 11 May 2019

I'm missing my Nature Journal...


I'm really missing "my" Nature ... I'm missing my old garden and "my" birds and all the little mammals and insects I used to interact with. I miss my wildlife pond, I miss my potting shed and I miss digging and getting my hands dirty in the soil. I miss my early-morning walks in "my" bluegum bush and I miss identifying the various weeds I used to see coming up among the rolling fields of Eragrostis (Weeping love grass). I miss Mollie ("my" resident Mole Snake in my garden) and I miss the flocks of Guinea fowl and unexpectedly coming upon Hedgehogs and tortoises passing through our property.


I miss my various "useless" collections like feathers, terracotta pots, my succulent and cactus collection, twigs and leaves, seeds, fallen birds' nests, various droppings from little buck passing by (yes, I used to collect their droppings!), stones, pebbles and rocks, small rodent and reptile skeletons I used to find on my walks and I dearly miss my Chooks - Snoodles, Kiep, Chi-Chi, Kentucky, Micky, Missy and Mr. Brown. The only chickens I have seen in 18 months are those when we had coffee at Burnedale Farm and Restaurant here in Ballito when we went there for breakfast.




And I hear you you asking, so why don't you collect and dig in the soil and discover new things on your early-morning walks? The answer is simple - I have not had a garden for the past 18 months (luckily that is soon to change) and I've spent my time exploring vistas like the ones above and below.



I'm slowly starting to identify with the trees and plants of the coast, like the beautiful Fever Trees (Vallechia xanthaphloe, above, one of the beloved thorn Trees I never managed to get growing in my previous garden because it was too cold, this is decidedly a coastal and hot climate tree.



I have also managed to establish a new little succulent collection and some of them will find a home in the ground in our new place we are moving to. And in the pipeline is a whole new collection of terracotta pots!

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6 comments:

  1. Sounds like change is a good thing. Will look forward to exploring your new place with you through your journaling.

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    1. Aaaah, thank you for your lovely words of encouragement MarmePurl, I certainly look forward to taking up this new challenge! ♡♡♡

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  2. Hi Maree - I know you will, in time, love this new spot as much as your old one. I, too, look forward to exploring with you your new "digs" and all the wonderful collectibles it has.

    Kathryn

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    1. Morning Kathryn, thanks for your encouragement, I'm now totally looking forward to the new adventure! ♡♡♡

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  3. Have you got your new garden yet ? :) Debbie x

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    1. Hi Debs, no, not yet, hopefully it's soon now! Just waiting for transfer to go through on the new property.

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