Marble Birthday Cake

“A birthday—and now a day that rose With much of hope, with meaning rife— A thoughtful day from dawn to close: The middle day of human life.” — Jean Ingelow I turned 27 today. I’ve never been that big on birthdays so I’ve just had a quiet day at home with my family today. I [...]

Trees at Sunset

Winter leaves Blowing in a gentle breeze Falling to the earth Too soon I took this a couple of weeks ago in Alison Park, just as winter was beginning to give way to spring and the trees were starting to regain their colour. I was on my way home and saw the sun setting through [...]

Blog Updates

Saying Goodbye My mother (right) and Colette, an old friend visiting from England.  This is just a quick update to thank everyone for their comments and emails after my last post. I’m still not feeling that well at the moment and so haven’t felt up to replying properly yet; I’m over the effects of the [...]

Losing Control

I’m writing this post after undergoing a procedure at the Prince of Wales hospital on Tuesday morning. It’s been two days now and to be honest I still feel awful… my whole body is sore and I still feel quite dizzy and nauseous. I’m writing this post as I want to write down a record [...]