It takes effort to be present Every day of my birthday month, September, I photographed something beautiful around me that made me feel happy and for which I’m grateful. I only used my iPhone 11 camera and didn’t use any filters. It was an exercise in consciousness and discipline. Making sure that I posted something…
Tag: garden
Life-lessons from a rose
A rose’s story This is the last surviving rose bush in my small garden. About seven years ago, she was destined to be discarded. But the gardener, unbeknown to me found a place for her in a secluded overgrown section of a garden bed. Here, unnoticed, she took time out to recover and started to…
The Rose and the Robin
Listen to the song of your heart In this crazy world of all things digital, I returned home from a torrid time at the brick and mortar bank. Yes, in order to sort out my online issues, I had to eventually go into the branch. This was back in 2019. I will not dwell on…
Art is all around us
Art doesn’t have hang in a quiet gallery somewhere. Art is all around us. My city, Johannesburg, is an urban gallery and the exhibits change constantly. The purple collection is on view for a limited time only. Jacaranda trees in their short sweet season of lilac bloom and the blue Agapanthus are all bursting into…
Pretty Cat – my Angel Cat
Angels come to us in many different presence. Pretty Cat was an angel sent to me in a difficult and lonely time and we found solace in each other’s company. Our townhouse complex is home to a number of families who have cats. Once upon a time, there was a single mom with two naughty…
Taking time to snap a dandelion…
I’m observant. I often see things framed in a photo I feel I should take or wish I had taken. Whimsical moments that come our way when we choose to see them. As I was locking the front door leaving for work one morning last week – laden with my briefcase, my handbag, my sunglasses,…
A Rose-Scented Life 