The summer garden has been showing off lately. So many beautiful herbs, fruit and veggies in bloom and fruiting. We have also been blessed with lots of rain in between the heat. All this is a great combo for attracting […]
This past weekend we took the dogs to Walkhaven off leash dog park, and this time I remembered to put a charged battery & a memory card in my camera. I only took the 18-55mm kit lens and the 50mm […]
We were recently at Walkhaven Dog park and I planned to take loads of macro pictures and some portraits with the 100mm and the 50mm lenses. Just my luck to pack the whole camera bag its tripod, charger, filters and […]
My little malus purpurea crabapple has done a great job of flowering but not too good of a job with setting fruit. I posted previously about the beautiful pink blossoms it set, much earlier than the Early Red One and […]
I wish I knew the name of this floribunda rose growing just in front of the restaurant at Walkhaven dog park in Muldersdrift. The roses look so old fashioned and charming. They remind me of my Forever England tea service. […]
I feel like I’m seeing the world with fresh eyes since I got my 50mm Canon lens last week. This is such a fun, light weight and versatile lens. I have really been missing out. I took it out into […]
Monday’s #plantchat topic on Twitter was container gardening, which is something I enjoy. In fact I’d say my container garden situation has recently gotten a bit out of hand, as I’ve got many plants in trays, many empty pots, potting […]
I tested my new camera this morning when we took the dogs to Walkhaven, our favourite off leash dog park in the West Rand. There were a lot of different plants with their seed pods ready, which was quite interesting […]