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Showing posts with label january. Show all posts
Showing posts with label january. Show all posts

Wednesday 9 January 2013

January inspiration

And now ’tis man who dares assault the sky . . . 
And as we come to claim our promised place, 
aim only to repay the good you gave, 
 and warm with human love the chill of space. 
— Prof. Thomas G. Bergin

Ink, wash and collage in my Moleskine 200gsm “Country Diary” 

I've come to like January, the way it shakes, rattles and rolls - lots of rain, everything is green. This is how the universe works when it's happy.

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Tuesday 31 January 2012

Love is in the air

The first Cosmos flowers of the season...

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Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound

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Love is in the air
In the whisper of the trees
Love is in the air
In the flower and the breeze

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Love is in the air
In the rising of the sun
Love is in the air
When the day is nearly done

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Normally the countryside is covered in Cosmos by now, starting about November through to March ~ but this year (and it seems every year lately) we only have a scarce spattering along the road. I had to traipse DEEP into the veld to capture these few...

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Tuesday 3 January 2012

January gifts - Cape Reed Grass



green and tawny gold tall grasses . swaying in the breeze
a tumbled tangled garden . that needs cutting down
everywhere I look . love and gratitude follow
- Unknown

Yesterday I went outside to soak up some of this glorious weather we’ve been having and take some pictures. Ambling along my pathways, I was suddenly surprised to find my path blocked by some of my Cape Reed Grass (family Restionaceae). When did this happen? I thought. It has spread beyond belief in just a couple of weeks, even covering some of my miniature Phormiums.

Time to do something here, I decided. So, spade in hand I separated it into clumps, wondering what I would now do with it. Scratching around in my potting shed, I found an old Everite pot which seemed ideal, so in went drainage stones, potting soil and one of the clumps.

I found an empty corner and placed the pot amongst some Marigolds and Hen 'n Chickens (Chlorophytum comosum) and filled the area with a couple of rocks. I think a pot like this is excellent as it will contain the plant as well as show off the grass's natural beauty. Now off to find some more pots....



Another clump of Cape Reed grass that needs to be thinned out



How was your New Year's weekend?
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Pictures taken in my garden in Tarlton (Gauteng, South Africa) - Camera Kodak EasyShare C195 - Back-ground texture by Kim Klassen

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