66 Square Feet (Plus)

After a day of rain, and an hour of rain so hard it looked like a white out, there was a long lull. I went for a quick walk to Green-Wood Ce...

On a recent yet oh-so-far spring day in Cape Town I stood on the higher slopes of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, and listened to bi...

Who is this handsome boy, with a big bite out of his left ear? (Thanks to a very zealous neutering program.) He is Peanut, of course. In Sou...

The 6.48pm light in Kalk Bay. This deck enjoys warming sunlight in the morning, but when the sun dips under the mountains behind us, the sha...

 Furry balloons? Green balloons, or hairy...? This graceful plant needs more respect. Its air-filled seed capsules will form until frost, sl...

The Frenchman, posing with perfect puffs (young giant puffballs, Calvatia gigantea ) that we discovered on a walk in the woods.  We left mos...

The lablab beans are looking very good. Lablab purpureus , beautiful and edible.  And yesterday evening, after six, we were treated to fifte...