Carob tree leaves litter the gutters of the street where I grew up. Cracked footpaths, leaf litter, old homes and messy trees doing their own thing are all things I love about country towns. Especially the one I once called home. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘366 Days of 2012, Day 48 – View from the Gutter’. […]
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It’s amazing to discover a brand new creature I’ve never met before and then even more amazing to be able to identify it and learn something about it. We first met little creature back on day 40 when I found a strange looking pupa on a leaf in our garden. Back then she was this […]
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And so the pendulum finally comes to rest… No more will the brass key feel the warmth of your grip, be guided by you into the mechanism which gives its life and be wound up to mark another week with us all. Both this clock and the passing of the time it marks will of […]
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By any other name this sacred scroll would tell the same stories. Within these tightly bound petals of a valentine rose exists story within story within story. How many blooms will have grown, lived and died just for today. How many will be admired, cherished or scorned and how many will never arrive to a […]
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Of all the places to find a Monarch Butterfly chrysalis I never expected it to be in my parent’s kitchen. My father used to be a keen butterfly collector and collected butterflies from all over the world. Sadly his collection was lost but his love and fascination have always remained. On learning of his old […]
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