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Between Heaven and Earth – Facebook conversation

31 Tuesday Dec 2013

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Dietes Grandiflora

Dietes Grandiflora

  • Brigid Taylor Jackson I always know that when they flower in profusion that there is a certainty of rain… always make the garden so cheerful, very clever indeed
  • Herman van Bon Same with the San Pedro cactus. When this cactus starts to flower you can be sure of rain within 5 days…
  • Brigid Taylor Jackson love them too
  • Craig Wright OK, so bear with me here, but I do think that Dietes is one of the plants that is a junction between the heavens and earth. I always feel it is lightly touched by the cosmic, like the picture of a host of butterflies that gently landed on some green leaves. Dietes mean ‘two affinities’ and I think that this openness and sensitivity to atmospheric changes is an illustration of this. Thanks for the rain reminder Brigid.
  • Brigid Taylor Jackson I quite agree with you Craig, as yes they do look like butterflies which have been touched by the cosmic, could also be the perfect balance between the masculine and feminine… yes Craig we need the rain!! Will be nice and cooling
  • Craig Wright they are supposed to be midway between the irises and the moraeas – possible closer to their actual ancestor – i like this idea of bridging the gap between two things, so yes, perhaps between masculine and feminine – look how masculine the green part of the plant is and how delicate and feminine the flower is…
  • Brigid Taylor Jackson Thank you Craig, , yes they are always mid-way. Yes the colour is very male and female…
  • Kris Foster-Phipps I love it because when you are in full bloom, I am in the cold and visa versa…we keep each other in perpetual spring!!!

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11 Monday Nov 2013

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Today my blog reached 20036 hits. Quite an unbelievable milestone since I started this blog 10 months ago. A very big thank you to all my supporters. I look forward to getting to know more of you as time goes on. Sharing gardening is caring for “Our Mother Earth“.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride

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I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.
John Steinbeck
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Great Spirit, Almighty Healer and Creator of all things, with humbled hearts we unite together to send up many thanks. We thank you for the gift of life and the blessings you have bestowed upon us. May we understand them and use them as we should. We thank you for our Elders that provide us with wisdom and life’s lessons. May we honor them with the deepest respect. We thank you for our children that bring us innocence and lessons long forgotten. We thank you for your forgiveness and guidance when we stray from our path. We thank you for the paths created for each of us.We ask for continued healing for those that are suffering from diverse diseases, disorders and ailments to our aging bodies. For those that have lost loved ones, we ask for your strength, comfort, peace and love be given to them. We ask for strength, guidance and peace be given to those that have crossed over into the Spirit World. We ask for those things that are hidden to be shown during this political time so we may be able to make correct and informed decisions. We ask for an end to greed and lust of power in our governments. We ask for a time of peace without materialism, and true equality where no person is greater than the other. We are war-weary, and ask for an end to war and to bring our sons and daughters back home. We ask for this generation to provide a strong foundation for our children to build upon. We need a time of complete change in our way of thinking so that we learn to rely more on you than upon ourselves. We ask for and end to the pollution of Father Sky and the life blood of Mother Earth as it flows from the mountaintops to the seas below. We ask for more of your children to awaken and begin to take care of our Earth Mother and replant where we need to.

We thank you for the many prayers answered. We understand that prayers are answered in their time and we will keep the faith in knowing that they will be. We thank you for our relations that provide us with the strength we need each day. We thank you for our animal friends and ask for their protection. We thank you for visions given to some. May they take those and bring the message to those that are in need

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Earthworm Giants and Padloopers

27 Saturday Jul 2013

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giant earthworms

Driving through the Karoo during a huge thunderstorm can be an amazing experience. From encountering the  Cape Karoo Tortoise  which is known as the “Great Padloper” or experiencing these Giant Earthworms.

Giant two-meter earthworms rear up out of their burrows and find a road to cross. Startled motorists spot them more often than scientists.

South Africa has the largest earthworm ever found, according to the international Worm Digest digital archives.

The tortoise is a terrestrial (land-dwelling) reptile and the world is home to a total of about 43 species, with adults ranging in size from about 10 centimeters to one metre. South Africa has 13 species of tortoise and eight are found in the Western Cape alone.

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This makes the Western Cape an international tortoise hotspot, because on less than one percent of the earth’s surface, we find almost a quarter of all known species, and there is even an endemic (a species found nowhere else on earth) named the geometric tortoise.

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