If you've visited and thought you've landed in some strange place, don't worry, it's just me playing with the layout of m...

As some of you might (or might not!) know, I am an artist by profession and, being absolutely enthralled by Nature, it is natural for me ...

As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and ...

Watercolour sketch of a Grass Aloe - Maree© Now is the time that, as soon as we've had our first veld-fires, these beautiful aloes...

(Dovyalis caffra) A bountiful crop of roundish, velvety, bright yellow fruits with thick succulent flesh carpeted the ground ben...

  Even in mid-winter - New life… each frond leaf petal just filled with potential ::

how brave is the flower that breaks through cold earth in search of a sun who never made any promises never offe...

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.  - Marie Curie  Nature's beauty can be easily m...

My Wild Olive (Olienhout in Afrikaans), planted in 2006 in my pond area, has suprised me with the most gorgeous little "olives"...

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