Here in South Africa, everyone is praying that Cape Town will get some rain. They are in the grip of a severe drought. Day Zero, the new buzz word, is coming closer : the day the taps won't yield any water.

For today's challenge I submit a photo I took of some pincushion proteas a friend gave me a few months ago. Only in nature can orange and pink work together to form something extraordinary like this flower.

For today's challenge, I submit a photo I took of my epiphyllum. The leaves are iridescent, so the flowers show up different shades of red and pink. At first, since it's a cactus, I had it in direct sunlight

I snapped these flowers on my way to the local supermarket just now. It was a bit windy, and the height of the sun not really ideal, but they were so beautiful I just couldn't resist. (photos taken with

My one granddaughter has been complaining about her eyes for close to a year now. She said she can't see properly on the black board at school. So what did I do? I shrugged it off. Her mom was too busy

For today's challenge, I'm posting a photo I took of the funerary mask of King Tut at a display in 2015. (photo taken with my old Canon 1200D and kit lens) Take care!

For today's challenge, a photo of a little plaque by our front door. (photo taken with my old Sony HX100) Peace!

I haven't posted for a while, as I've been slaying zombies (Plants vs Zombies), but tonight I want to submit a photo of a locust I took with my Canon 1200D and macro lens in 2015: It took me a while to

Since my cell phone number was hijacked last Sunday morning, I've spent the whole week thinking about the Internet and all the implications it has on our lives. People share everything with so much glee,

For today's challenge, I submit a photo of a strelitzia in our garden, which I took with my Canon 700D and kit lens. Take care!

For today's challenge, I submit a photo I took of some grass. (photo taken with my Canon 700D and kit lens) Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, or what's left of it.

Early this morning I received the following e-mail: Hi, We wanted to let you know that your mobile number xxx xxxx xxx was registered and verified by another person on Facebook on Sunday, January 21, 2018

For today's challenge I submit a photo I took of an agapanthus in our garden with my Sony H10. Enjoy your Friday, hope it's a good one!

My dad was 63 when he died of cancer of the oesophagus. I’m now 63. It feels like yesterday when he sat opposite me, saying, “So, I have cancer”, and I answered him, “yes, Dad.” I’ll forever remember the

For today's challenge, I submit a photo I took of some weeds in our garden. The grass was long, as the man who mows our lawn was on holiday, but he was here yesterday and now our garden looks nice and

We plucked 3 of our pineapples this morning, and had one for breakfast. It was as sweet as I expected it to be. It didn't hurt my mouth one bit, which makes we wonder if they develop more of the enzyme

Today I submit photos I took of some clivias in our garden. I love these plants, and so does my one grand child, Melissa. She told me, when she was about 4, "Granny, this is where the fairies in your

For today's challenge, I submit a photo I took of the flower of our "pineapple guava" tree, or Feijoa sellowiana. It is a very attractive tree, and the fruit is edible and apparently tastes like

Mountains are one of my passions, and something I do obsess about, a bit (my kids will say much more than a bit, though, and I guess they will be right). I may, since I'm an Aspie. I came upon a clip on

For today's challenge I submit a photo I took of a purple hydrangea in 2014 with my BlackBerry phone. Man, those were good phones back then! I truly loved my BB. I was at hostel when I was 13, and we still