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HOPE FOR 2018

For many people I know, 2017 was an awesome year…prosperity, health, love, holidays (myself included) and they are looking forward to see what the New Year brin...

TODAY IS NOT A DAY FOR POETRY

Today is not a day for poetry... it is a day for sketching - I shall take a blank page and draw some lines... fluent lines, like the lines next to your eyes I s...

My husband's hands

I call my husband the “constant gardener” …. Not only does he work tirelessly in our businesses but he still takes the time to touch me in small ways and big wa...

The great escape

Photo taken in the Natal Midlands on a weekend break...

The space between your eyes

THE SPACE BETWEEN YOUR EYES It is like that silence between two acts of a play when the curtain falls and it is dark… there is expectancy in those minutes loade...

A change of colour.....

A while ago I started feeling “boxed-in” at home… I felt as if I could not breathe properly and there was not enough light in the house. I was certain it was be...

Introducing myself : Hello, Goeiedag, Sawubona

Hello All Many greetings from the city of Durban in South Africa where Summer never ends (not that it stops me from wearing boots at every possible occasion!). ...

NOT EVERYONE CAN WEAR A HAT

Phumza Maqume - a colleague who loves to wear hats and does it well!...

UNEXPECTED TREASURE

This is a lttle feather I picked up from the beach - I found it again in a drawer months later and the unexpected gift made my day all over again....

FIRE THROUGH THE WINDOW

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DRAGONFLY MAGIC

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LETTING THE SUN IN

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I DON'T LIKE TO CRY....BUT

I don’t like to cry. I don’t mean when I get emotional from beautiful music or a touching scene in a movie – I am talking about crying that comes from sadness o...