Watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - Maree© "The triumph of life is the joy experienced thereafter." - Maree A couple of years ago,...

Yesterday afternoon, while sitting on the patio with a cup of coffee, I saw a bright glint of blue through some plants. I had my camera w...

Camera : Canon EOS 550D Location : Taken in my garden, Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa While working in the garden, I was absolutely th...

People in suburbia see trees differently than foresters do. They cherish every one. It is useless to speak of the probability that a certain...

In the hope of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. - Albert Schweitzer Watercolour sketch in my 'N...

“An ostrich with its head in the sand is just as blind to opportunity as to disaster.” The Ostrich (struthio camelus) is a member of a gr...

Come feed the little birds, show them you care And you'll be glad if you do. Their young ones are hungry, Their nests are so bare; ...

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble. - Roger Tory Peterson Watercolour on ...

WELCOME to my Nature Blog! Here I will share my life on my little piece of African soil, an 8,5ha smallholding situated in Tarlton (Gauten...