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Tag Archives: Cacti
Trip to Swellendam
Saturday Today was the day… We went to Swellendam! We stopped off in Riviersonderend for breakfast. The town of singing crickets. Both places we went to there were very loud crickets. We actually went to Swellendam to pick up plants. … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Airbnb, Cacti, Fish Hoek Beach, Riviersonderend
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Beauty from Barren
There is an unfortunate truth that Mike and I are pretty bad gardeners. We just don’t have the green fingers required to create and maintain a lovely garden. There is one plant however, that blossoms in spite of neglect. It … Continue reading
Posted in A Thousand Thanks, Day to Day Blogs, Home renovations
Tagged Cacti, Gardening, home maintenance
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Christmas in my Garden
Some years ago one of the CCfm listeners gave me a pot with a small cactus in it. She had grown it and it came as a gift to me. I put it on my patio and because it was … Continue reading
Posted in A Thousand Thanks, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cacti, Gardening, Helga's Garden, Look at the birds of the air
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