The Sixth Day of Christmas

My six geese were - created of my spectrum of six colours last year. Apple green is from today, but the others are trawled from my archives. Blue, we have flowers yes, but above all, the overarching blue sky, speckled with  paragliders for the recent championship. Purple Streptocarpus. Vehement yellow crab/flower spider 'hiding' on a sadly departed Cape forget-me-not Anchusa capensis. Red bishop in stately full fig. Orange Strelitzia from a recent visit to Fairview for cheese, and bread, and 'Goats Do Roam'. 

Six colours, the spectrum of my life

I was sitting in church this morning thinking of Arch Toots description of South Africa as the  rainbow people of God. The fat cats are sitting on the gravy train with the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Mbeki’s promise of  a better life for all is stretched thin in an arch across the heavens – the poor are battling to survive.

Spirulino our house sparrow

Spirulino our Sylvester bird is a male house sparrow. Found at the recycling depot two years ago. Feisty little bird, who wears his black cock sparrow bib with pride and musters all the troops to BITE the monstrous hand that feeds him! Happy second birthday!

Just in case this is new to you – the 12 Days OF Christmas. Sung here by the Muppets. Or Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters.

I invite you to join me. My theme is simply to play with the numbers from one to twelve. Just one day or as many as you like. You are welcome to (write a new post or) trawl your archives for that post YOU love, that never got the exposure it deserved. A photo, WITH title/caption/words. Or only words for a change? You are also welcome to come back some time in the future and join in.  

Not just a comment? Give me a link to … Your spectrum gathered from your garden or the year that is past?

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London Laura brings geese a-laying to life.
Beth in Wisconsin of PlantPostings has six-words-of-wisdom.
MyCapeGarden has the full dozen.

 Pictures and words by Diana of  Elephant's Eye 

- wildlife gardening in Porterville, near Cape Town in South Africa

(If you mouse over brown text, it turns shriek pink. Those are my links.)