In the last part of my intro for this series, I have taken photos of other people's gardens. I've enjoyed this very much. It is both a privilege to get invited to do so, and a joy as well. Seeing what other people do in their gardens is both inspiring and educational. It's why I enjoy doing garden visits as well, when there are open gardens … [Read more...] about Getting More Joy from Your Garden: Photography for Others
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Getting more Joy from your Garden through Photography
This lady is my Grandmother and I would say she's the one responsible for my love of gardens, flowers, art, poetry, writing stories, music and so on. I loved spending school holidays with her, building things with Lego, learning pieces of music on her piano, or watching her and listening to her play her piano, mandolin, banjo and mouth organ. She … [Read more...] about Getting more Joy from your Garden through Photography
It’s time to grow your own food
The current coronavirus crisis is affecting almost everyone the world wide. To date there are more than 140 countries affected, with nearly 200,000 people infected and several thousand who have died. This is, indeed, a sad event the world over. Add to that the panic happening in many western countries where people are stockpiling essential items … [Read more...] about It’s time to grow your own food
The Colour of February
Probably a bit late, but if you follow me on Instagram you would have seen the posts through February. I chose green because this year, we've had plenty of rain throughout the summer period and everything is green - not like in past years. … [Read more...] about The Colour of February
The Colour of January
I've been doing a series on the colour of January on my Instagram account. It seems wherever I look locally, the colour purple is present and very evident. Jacarandahs, buddlejas, hydrangeas, agapanthus, foxgloves, wisteria, trechillium, native hibiscus, convulvulus and so the list goes on. Maybe you could say we just love purple and our … [Read more...] about The Colour of January