Daily Helen

I spotted this beastie in my garden this afternoon.  ~ A year ago today I had some easy reads ~ 

Today we had a work function at the Eagle Encounter centre at Spier. It was fascinating and I learnt a lot. Including how hard it is to ...

Got a good sighting of the Spotted Eagle Owl at Kirstenbosch this afternoon. Such an intense stare!  ~ A year ago today I was doing som...

First thing I had to deal with when I got home today was removing a snake that Thomas had brought in and was playing with in my living r...

French lavender is different to the English lavender I'm used to. It is wonderfully fragrant. ~ A year ago today I was shopping onl...

It's fun when I find photo's I'd forgotten I'd taken on my memory card. These gulls were in the park yesterday, dive-bom...

We saw a tahr on the mountain this evening! It was right in front of us on the contour path, then posed for a moment on a rock above. I...

Some friends and I had a picnic in Kirstenbosch today. There were a lot of these little guys around. ~ A year ago today I ate a cupcak...

Today I went to the Open Garden at Ina Paarman's home in Constantia... it was gorgeous! And the heliotrope and lavender beds were fu...

Seen today while strolling around Naoussa. ~ A year ago today I was listening to the new David Gray album ~

Spotted in the road home today, as we were leaving the nature reserve: a magnificent gemsbok. ~ A year ago today I was out to lunch ~

Something has been munching my daisy bushes and after a shower of rain this afternoon I found the culprit. Garden crawling with snails! ~ A ...

There was a shark attack at one of my favourite beaches yesterday. I'm a little obsessed with the video footage of sharks available on...

This afternoon I fed carrot cake to the mongoose. He came right onto the patio! ~ A year ago today I was driving through the Overberg ~ ...

At Kirstenbosch today Dom and I watched a pair of Egyptian Geese and their brood of nine goslings. Adorable! ~ A year ago today I was ro...

I spotted this friendly fellow, an Orangebreasted Sunbird, in Kirstenbosch today. ~ A year ago today my garden was newly planted ~

Elephants are one of my favourite wild animals, and I got to see several today. ~ A year ago today I was noticing the Cape Holly berries ~...

I went on a game drive this afternoon and was blown away at how beautiful the landscape and animals looked in the late afternoon light. Zam...

We saw quite a few of these sea birds on Day Five of the Whale Trail. I'm sad the hike is over, but feeling inspired to do more long wal...

Yesterday I heard a snippet on the radio saying that there are a lot of ants out and about in Cape Town at the moment, and their furious act...