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 ...

A new season is unfolding . like a blossom . with petals curled tightly . concealing the beauty within. - Author Unknown Nasturtiums...

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...

(My apologies for the rather lengthy story, but it is well worth the read!)   Out in the country, close by the roadside, there wa...

. . . 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...

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.   - Luther Burbank ...

The show of Cosmos next to the roads in our area hasn't been that great this year and now, as the flowers start to wane, the insects...

The first Cosmos flowers of the season... :: :: Love is in the air Everywhere I look around Love is in the air Every sight and every sound :...

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 ...