Back to blogging

 Good morning dear Blogger friends. Well, this has been a very long absence. And what can I say, except I have been busy...

Working

and

walking,

More about these two activities later!

Nevertheless. I intend to keep up my posts and blog visits. (I did the latter yesterday, before uploading this post!)

We're in the throes of the hottest summer yet.  With thunder showers every week or so. Which helps!

Last week I arrived home at 5pm after my Weigh-Less Group in town.  Nurse had mowed my lawn. 

I HAD to drop everything and try to capture the absolute peace calm and lushness of my secluded little garden. 

As I enter my garden through the gate, this lush, inviting scene greets me

And right there, too, is my precious Skabby, happy to have Mum home again!

The car port to the left, is lush with giant geranium plants!

My back veranda is bordered along the front with the most prolific 

mint garden ever

Aforementioned mint garden from another angle

A truly peaceful haven to come home to

Wishing you all a WONDERFUL Monday

Big blue

 I started my Wednesday Wonderings/ Wednesday Themes labels after seeing numerous tarred road or railway tracks drawing the eye to the subject in the distance. These images show up regularly in dear Blogger friend, Gaelyn of Geogypsy. Do visit her blog for amazing photos and stories of her travels and her job as a ranger in the Grand Canyon. 

During the winter in the Central Drakensberg, I am spoiled for choice on what to photograph. Last week as Thandi and I went up to The Bunker to clean after - and prep before - guests, I stopped to take photos of the beautiful peaks, wearing a cloudy collar and boasting the most beautiful blue sky in the world! 

Champagne Castle and Cathkin Peaks 

  

HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO YOU ALL

Stark silhouette

 Good morning dear Blogger friends. Last week as I got out of my car, which I had parked in the car port, I noticed an interesting shadow. The sawn off tree next to my parking was throwing a shadow across the muddy driveway. This same tree - an alien, jacaranda -  has far reaching roots which causes a bulge in my bedroom carpet. While my dearest Shadow was still with me, he used to rush into the room (from outside!) and sharpen his claws on this carpet covered root. 

The sawn off jacaranda next to the car port 

The tree root under my bedroom carpet 

WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY