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...

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. ~ Richard Bach A Speckled Emperor Moth, (Wattled Emperor Mot...

A bit of festive fun with one of my sketches - The CAPE GLOSSY STARLING (Lamprotornis nitens) having a wonderful festive season with his fri...

W&N watercolour in my Moleskine Nature Journal This is Pippin, whom I was lucky enough to have in my life for a few weeks after I rescue...

HOME FROM HOME Hedgehogs like to live where their food - largely insects and soil animals - is abundant, and where there are plenty of broad...

My Acacia Karroo (Soetdoring - Vachellia karoo) after the Springs rains October 2009 - Camera : FujiFinepix 2800Zoom My thorn trees (Ac...

NEW HORIZONS What will be the future for hedgehogs as the countryside changes at such an amazing rate? We can only guess, of course, but som...

I've been following the progress of the Black Eagles and their chicks (nesting at the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens in Roodepoort, Gau...

"I'm queen of my own compost heap & I'm getting used to the smell!" Don’t throw away materials when you can use them t...

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