We awake to a rare cold morning of light falling snow. Mornings such as this are busy in the coffee-scented kitchen and the garden just outside it. Best bird-watching time; everybody’s storing up. By the next day, snow is still falling through part sun; rare for the Cape. It is point on real January weather […]
Things can feel pretty sparse just after the holidays, even if decorations are still up. Cold, leafless limbs, a bit of icing over an outdoor receptacle here and there- and lack of snow makes it feel even wintrier. It’s down-time. But the thing is about January- within the stretch of blank calendar squares marching into […]
It’s the Full Moon tonight, just after the Summer Solstice. It’s the time of year long light and roses, here everywhere in their multiflora and beach rose forms, filling the air with fragrance so winey that one keeps on the weed varieties only cutting back after the bloom. We’ll celebrate with the Peach Summer wine […]