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Launch of ‘Martinique is Unique’
Saturday the 9th November and a special day for a bunch of really special people: The Cape Town chapter of the Little People’s Association came to my house where we launched a new book in the Highlighters series published by … Continue reading
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Cactus vulgarian glorious
Can this be real? A cactus in flower is a flamenco dancer en flagrante, a seductress over the hill and out of her mind, a bolt of drama delivered in a chromatic punch, a cross-dresser in a cross-fertilising frenzy. Oh … Continue reading
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If only…
If only you could smell…the sweet peas growing in my garden, filling my kitchen with their wild honey pungency
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Hope stirs
Guess who I found munching salad-greens in the garden? A melancholy clay beast with shaggy green coat wearing a decidedly odd hat fit for a Royal occasion.
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Little People at my home
Saturday morning at home and we have visitors! It’s the Little People’s Association support group meeting. I meet the most wonderful people in my line of work and these brave children rank high on that list. The book … Continue reading
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Chilli Chin Chiree
Burning hot from our garden a crispy eye-candy crop.
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Creamy ware on platterdays
n the odd occasion when I have guests over for supper, out come the platters and the good plates and I am reminded just how much I like the lightly adorned, creamy crockery we have been collecting for many a … Continue reading
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