Trust is like a bird’s nest. It’s sometimes intricately woven and sometimes haphazardly assembled and even then, the bones of the construct are purpose built. There is something inherently trusting in a bird’s efforts to begin with (that somehow defy our own human logic) that this entirely open air atrium will weather a storm, even for a while. Bird-thinking can be so pragmatic in that way. (more…)

The skies opened wide earlier today and delivered heavenly urnsful of life-giving water. The sound of the rain offers us a blanket of comfort that no other element does. It envelopes us in its maternal embrace, sometimes with such a fierce protectiveness and at other times, gently, like a pigeon cooing.That rain makes the trees in the backyard stand up tall and (more…)

The building blocks of design are: line, direction, shape, size, texture, value, colour and (more…)

The backyard is cheerfully lit today as I set the outdoor table with cheerful food. There is homemade fish pie, oven-baked aubergine with generous bursts of sensuous tongue-tingling smoked paprika, a tangy tomato salsa to lift the fish pie right up out of the water. And a (more…)

“Let us choose our companions along the way wisely and well, for we journey but once and need at our flanks moles who have it truly in their hearts to help us to that place we lost …” (more…)