Anyone who has ever lived in Johannesburg will tell you that one of the things they love the most about this big, bad, wonderful city are the summer thunderstorms. Our winters are dry and cold, and summer is hot and wet, but unlike the tropics, our summer storms are violent rages of wind, rain and [...]
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Just Another Joburg Friday Night…
Posted in Good Things, tagged art, garden, hail, johannesburg, Kentridge, storms on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bounty
Posted in Gardening, Good Things, tagged artichokes, johannesburg, summer on October 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Early summer in South Africa really is a wonderful thing. Especially in Joburg, where the sudden heat is mitigated by regular, wonderful thunderstorms, which wash the city clean, cool the air and make the nights tolerable. The heat and the wet also mean that suddenly the fruit and veggie shops are filled with the new [...]
Back. Oh Yes I Am….
Posted in Gardening, tagged blogs, bulbs, flowers, johannesburg, winter on August 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So Vivh was right – I have been hiding under a duvet for the last few weeks. And then I was working on a really big project, and then I was struck down with a horrible cold and sore throat, and am only emerging now from a fug of tissues, Vitamin C supplements, chicken soup [...]
Summer show
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged johannesburg on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Top Gear and its presenters are not my favourite things in the world but Jeremy Clarkson did score some brownie points today for giving our beloved Jozi some positive press in The Sunday Times. With a claim that crime in the city is not as bad as reported, he likened Johannesburg to Milton Keynes, which [...]
Pimp my View
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brixton, garden, johannesburg, South Africa on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the tower that overlooks my garden. I love this tower. Capetonians have a mountain and a sea, and that’s all very well. But I love my tower more. When it’s misty, it disappears completely, and when it rains, you can see direction that the rain is coming in from because one half will [...]
The Plant is the Political
Posted in Gardening, tagged indigenous, jacarandas, johannesburg, soweto, trees on November 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been in Cape Town since last week, and, inevitably, the Cape Town vs Joburg discussion arises, and I’m told things like: "How can you stand living in that urban hell-hole? It’s so ugly, just concrete and tarmac." It’s a boring conversation, but one you can turn to when chit chat is needed. The irony [...]
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