Camera : Canon EOS 550D - ©Maree Clarkson NATURE rarer uses yellow Than another hue; Saves she all of that for sunsets, Prodigal of b...

Not much gardening has been happening over the past couple of weeks - raking up leaves, tending to the compost heap, neatening edges, nothin...

Just living is not enough… One must have Sunshine Freedom and Flowers! :: .

I put a seed into the ground And said, "I'll watch it grow." I watered it and cared for it As well as I could know. One day ...

Just outside our front gate, on both sides of the road, the Cosmos flowers were thick and bountiful after all the beautiful rain last s...

. . . tomorrow’s flowers . winter food for hungry birds . shapes and shadows for a grey landscape . something to look forward to . december...

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.  - John Muir    An early-morning walk on our smallholding is someth...

As the year draws to an end and I stroll through my garden, it always amazes me the peace I find here. I'm grounded here, on my own tiny...

Cosmos in Mpumalanga, South Africa Every March and November respectively our countryside explodes with colour when pretty pink and white ...

'Namaqualand Daisies' watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - Maree© (Click on image to enlarge) In nature there are many phenomenon...

"Dandelion" pencil sketch and watercolour - Maree© We have clumps of the weed Dandelion growing all over our smallholding ...