Close up of a large robin (bird).
A young girl in wellies and blue jumper watches a robin, who has landed close by.
This bold chap landed in the garden earlier whilst we were doing some digging & clearing. He was very chill & would’ve happily hopped into Small’s hand if we’d let him. #gardentales
Green granadila vines growing on trellises and on a greyconcrete block wall to which the trellises are fixed. The wall is topped with lavender, thyme, geranium, rosemary and a small wax plant.
Oh my darling, cling to me
For we're creatures of the wind
And wild is the wind
- Dimitri Tiomkin
A blustery Sunday afternoon as the wind tempers the heat of the summer sun. Coffee, jazz on the radio and a garden.
#gardentales
Portion of the garden between yellowy orange brick wall and a cinderblock concrete wall. The concrete is topped with sage, lavender and thyme and rosemary. The concrete wall has two wire trelisses fixed with narrow pine planks. Two granadilla plants are trailing up the trellises. To the left bottom of the frame, in sun, are green and purple basil, marigold and lavender plants. Red-brown rooibos mulched soil and a plastic bottle with a neem oil, dishwashing liquid and water mix on a concrete block stepping stone can be seen. To the right, in shadow, an abundance of lilac blossoms from two green, cascading wild garlic bushes are seen.
Two round grey concrete planters with damp black soil. The one to the left shows green baby spinach just sprouting, the one to the right has sprouting green letttuce. The planters sit on the brown soil of a garden patch showing a green tomato plant and purple and green basil plants.
A self-seeded tomato plant now with a small bamboo trellis. The plant has a small cluster of yellow flowers. To the left are grey concrete block stepping stones. There is a green lavender bush behind the tomato plant, up against the grey cinderblock wall. To the right are purple and green basil plants. Sunlight and brown mulched soil.
Gardening and jazz. For the blues.
#justbreathe
#naturenurture
#jazz
#soil
#water
#plantlife
#gardentales
A green granadilla plant climbing up the rusty trellis against a cinderblock wall. The trellis is fixed to a wooden plank. The top of the wall is yet to be trellised and the plant has been left to grow along the plank. The purple floweres of a wild garlic bush add a perfect pop of colour in the bottom right corner. The granadilla is all fronds and tendrils in the sun.
Bravery on a Sunday afternoon.
#gardentales
#whimsy
#love
You've never been so nuts about a guy
You wanna laugh, you wanna cry
You cross your heart and hope to die
Till it's over, and then
Shhhh, shhhh
- Bert Reisfeld
A big white cat with dark brown and ginger markings over the head and back. It is posed half sitting, half standing, on a lawn in dappled sunlight. It's light green eyes are fixed on the photographer in an irritated, knowing Look.
In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
-Terry Pratchett
Down in the garden. Branches are swaying, birds are chirping, butterflies are flitting. There is a cat about.
#gardentales
#smallbeauty
Two green fronds extending from a granadilla leaf and curled around the rusted wire of a trellis against a concrete cinderblock wall.
Close-up of small blossoms on a thyme bush growing next to lavender. The flowers are a delicate pink colour.
A purple sage flower blown against razorwire by the strong Cape wind. Grey green sage foliage below and a vibracrete wall behind.
Shooting from a walkway two flights up, down into a garden. A big, fluffy ginger cat with white chest and paws, brown markings on the legs and back. It sits in the garden next to a path and is giving the photographer a Look.
Tenacity
#gardentales
