Siris's Favourites

South Africa - Western Cape (1)

Back in September, I flew off to South Africa for a holiday, my fourth visit to the...

21 Jan, 2017
Andrewr

South Africa - Western Cape (2)

On the third day of my holiday in South Africa, we headed south to the Cape of Good...

24 Jan, 2017
Andrewr

South Africa - Western Cape (3)

After a day when "rain stopped play", we were delighted to wake to bright sunshine...

29 Jan, 2017
Andrewr

South Africa - Western Cape (4)

As we were staying overnight on a small reserve with some animals, we had an hour's...

1 Feb, 2017
Andrewr

Moraea tripetala

In 2012, the powers that are out there decided that M. tripetala needed to be revised...

2 Feb, 2017
Wylieinthea..

South Africa - Western Cape (5)

Our next visit was to Flower Valley. This is a project where local people are shown...

5 Feb, 2017
Andrewr

Springtime gladdens the heart.

Today it is mild, pleasantly warm and slightly sunny. It is a wonderful time of year. These...

16 Mar, 2017
Wildrose

Front garden : blossom and rockeries. April. 2017

Spring has sprung ... my favourite time of year. Blossom all around ... Skyward,...

13 Apr, 2017
Terratoonie

Who needs flowers?

It is now ten years since I started work on my foliage garden. Yes, it has flowers,...

13 Jun, 2017
Andrewr

***WE DID IT.....AND THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT***update ***

How lucky was that? the weather had been absolutely terrible the day before we were...

2 Aug, 2017
Dottydaisy2