This is the very red tomato and basil sauce I make each season, always enough for an entire winter ahead. I just cut up the tomatoes from the garden, add big handfuls of basil, also from the garden, and

I love collecting rocks. I'm the one who used to always have rocks instead of toads in my pocket as a child. I've collected little "sample" rocks from different places all over the world. Time

I took this photo of my next-door neighbor's ham radio operator's antenna that he's just built. Little does he know I have visions of decorating it with tiny Christmas lights in December! Would it electrocute

I'm always struck by this blue scene around me. Often it just seems like blue on blue on blue! Lately it's been challenging to find it, because of heavy smoke from wildfires that complcomplex mothered

This very beautiful lily popped up in my garden this year. I don't remember planting it, so it's a bit of a mystery! Did some fairies with time on their hands get busy one magical night? I really don't

I tried to upload my profile pic with my intro story, but somehow although the words were fine, the pic refused to upload. So here we go again. Hope it's an improvement on the faceless head,lol.

I've never really been a fan of artichokes. As someone who only has a small garden, they seem to be a waste of space. But their flowers are a whole other thing, enough to make anyone gasp with amazement.

This year I thought I'd try something different with growing my leeks. It's important to blanch the lower part that you eat, because the tough green upper part isn't too tasty at all. In other years I've

I was walking along the beach a couple of days ago when this huge bird flapped right near m, and on to a branch of a nearby tree. It was a blue heron, and the branch actually bent under it's weight. We

Lots of tiny blues here! This is a beautiful little rock plant that spills over the rock wall in my garden.

It wasn't all that long ago that when someone did something really silly you would say, "use your brains!" to indicate they need to think more carefully before repeating that again. But what

Green is definitely my favorite color, and I'm never happier than when there's a lot around me. This pic is about thinning my green apples and green leaf shoots from my little espalier apple tree! I thought

This is the most beautiful yellow rose I've ever seen or smelled! A neighbor gave me a little bouquet, and I really loved it. I've managed to grow a full size bush from the flowers she had given me, and

Growing up in a small Zululand village I did not have access to TV, but had ready access to anything in nature. That's why it didn't seem unusual to me that I would collect all kinds of interesting objects.

There I was, just driving slowly along the beachfront. And then it happened! A group of Orcas, ( killer whales) started jumping and frothing up the water. What a beautiful sight! It makes you feel so humbled

Back story I hesitated to give you this 'recipe' today, because it really isn't one as such. But it is one of the most delicious and useful winter helps that I always love to have on hand. This year I

There's nothing like a chirping cricket outside my window to give me a thrill of delight. I'm overcome with joy, and, I must admit, with a certain amount of pure greed. I've suddenly recalled some folklore

I'd like to introduce myself. Been a writer ever since grade 4, where I went to school in a Zululand vllage in SAfrica. My blog is at warnerwords.com? But people usually call me Vicki! I've travelled all

Another beautiful day here on the Sunshine Coast of BC, and the daily tasks of summer seem to increase in number! It's a concentrated time of now harvesting and still planting the garden, and still working