::  The peace in my home has been totally and utterly destroyed today! Woke up to a computer that refused to co-operate and wouldn...

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will gr...

From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soullessness of men. ~M. Frida Hart...

 My aloes (this is Aloe ferox, also known as Bitter aloe) have started flowering and I'm beside myself with joy! Last year I ha...

  My Echeverias are really enjoying the winter sunshine and less watering and have produced some gorgeous little flowers.  Echeveria ...