Tag: growing

Clipping the vines

Clipping the vines

I’m growing plans that I hope will lead to an exhibition next year. The trick is to clip off the twigs and branches that lead …

 

357 – Daffodils

357 – Daffodils

I love daffodils – it’s such a crazy name for starters, but beyond that I love they way they are, for the most part, unassuming …

 

285 – The money tree

285 – The money tree

O, money tree, you who live by our front door, in the company of Ozi our elephant, now is the time. Our car needs a …

 

281 – Cold, served cold

281 – Cold, served cold

lying down       with quilts over the head such a cold night — Basho As if to celebrate the long weekend (more, more) the roof was …

 

256 – Back wild horses

256 – Back wild horses

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch …

 

120 – Defiance in the face of adversity

120 – Defiance in the face of adversity

I like the punga – the tree fern – that lives on the no-man’s land between us and our neighbour. It could be growing on …

 

052 – Older and wiser

052 – Older and wiser

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind. – William Wordsworth Today I officially became one year older. …