The secret on how to make relationships work: To connect and stay connected is to love. We remember and cherish our moments of true connection. I was waiting for my son to finish his exams when I received

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Maya Angelou Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time.~Deborah Chaskin

This beautiful no-maintenance succulent groundcover with its bright red trumpet flowers and silver leaves are native to KwaZulu Natal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It is part of the Aster family and grows

The pigs ear is a popular succulent around the world but is native to South Africa. It is a hardy plant which can be found in warm and dry climates between rocks, fynbos and grasslands. There are 10 Cotyledon

“When all is said and done, more is always said than done.” “It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” – Jane Austen What people do is more significant than what they say. We need

The Felicia Amelloides is an eye catcher in any garden with its striking sky-blue and sunny bright yellow flower-heads. It is one of the few blue-flowered plants and perfect for indigenous and water smart

The fairy Primrose creates a wonderful display when planted in masses and is the perfect multicolored flower for your winter garden. Primula malacoides is part of the Primulaceae family, are herbaceous

The Aloe has been known for its nutrient benefits and that it alleviates and soothes. The use of Aloe dates to Pharoah’s times as formulas were found on an Egyptian papyrus, even Hippocrates used formulas

The Fairy Crassula originates from the mountain regions of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. This uniformed, compact, fast growing, rapidly spreading ground cover is a favourite for succulent lovers. This beauty

The Blue Mink with its showy pom-pom flowers which grows about 1m high, it is an annual herbaceous plant, a hermaphrodite (both male and female organs), native to the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico,

This cutie had no problem posing for the camera. Lined seahorses can be found in shallow tropical and temperate waters at depths from 5-70m, in bays, estuaries and near-shore coastal waters, swimming freely

Late Spring The graceful White Stinkwood is the perfect shade tree for large properties and is native to South Africa, a deciduous tree in the family Cannabaceae. There are over 50 Celtis species worldwide

While taking some photographs of an Arum Lilly, I spotted this little female working bee hard at work collecting pollen in her pollen basket (corbicula). Watching her going about from flower to flower,

These cunning opportunistic carnivores are part of the dog family, the largest known member of the Hyaenidae, native to Africa and have the reputation of being scavengers which is not true for the spotted

Lion [Panthera leo] The lion is the largest cat species in Africa. You can find these majestic creatures in grasslands, scrub, or open woodlands of Sub-Saharah Africa and in South Africa you can view them

Expectation: the feeling or belief that something will or should happen - Cambridge Dictionary Image Credit I wonder how many women and men feel this way? This quote took me back to something my ex husband

Ever wondered why it feel soooooo good to be out in nature? NATURE'S CALL TO WILD - Science is proving what we've always known intuitively: nature does good things to the human brain—it makes us healthier,

The Natal plum is a dense thorny shrub with snowy white, sweet scented flowers. It is native to South Africa, common in the coastal areas and part of the Apocynaceae family. This plant contains a milky

In the 1800’s the struggle for fair labour with shorter workdays for the working class became a constant battle which was finally resolved, and an 8-hour work day was implemented on 01 May 1886 by the

This succulent ground cover with its wide spread and rose like flowers is native to North Africa, Middle East and India. It is part of the Portulacaceae family and is an annual which is grown as a vegetable