tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post1729678316647491036..comments2023-07-26T17:20:34.426+02:00Comments on Elephant's Eye: A Swartland garden in February with summer swallowsDiana Studerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-69405445792997753692014-03-16T05:04:49.558+02:002014-03-16T05:04:49.558+02:00Lovely birds and blooms for summer...and olives on...Lovely birds and blooms for summer...and olives on the way! All white and snow here for a while longer it appears.Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-79917355560273112832014-03-10T13:42:08.309+02:002014-03-10T13:42:08.309+02:00Always so much beauty and interest in your garden,...Always so much beauty and interest in your garden, it's just perfection! xxxCarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-11033499958723968602014-03-08T15:51:59.639+02:002014-03-08T15:51:59.639+02:00Ah, the swallows returning to our barn -- don'...Ah, the swallows returning to our barn -- don't want to wish my life away, but I can't wait. Yours is speckled, not ours. I wonder if they have the same distinctive flying pattern. Beautiful flowers.Pam's English Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359787694149174369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-24500304843003670572014-03-05T04:49:13.241+02:002014-03-05T04:49:13.241+02:00Everything looks so warm and summery. We just got ...Everything looks so warm and summery. We just got another 8 inches of snow. We have swallows here, too, but they look a bit different. I'd love to pop right through the computer to walk through your garden. :o)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-7340117743236296652014-03-02T02:12:50.306+02:002014-03-02T02:12:50.306+02:00The Bulbine frutescens is wonderful, and your phot...The Bulbine frutescens is wonderful, and your photo is perfect. I can imagine it framed or printed on greeting cards. Sigh ... all your photos are so refreshing as we long for gardening weather here in the north/center of the U.S. Thank you for sharing these wonderful, warm thoughts and photos!Beth at PlantPostingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473637655960119672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-19852678821359797252014-03-01T15:21:18.026+02:002014-03-01T15:21:18.026+02:00not enamoured of FB. I use Feedly to follow blogs,...not enamoured of FB. I use Feedly to follow blogs, and I have a few email subscribers.<br />Staging performance will now be on Tuesday.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-85230267380984421862014-02-28T22:49:45.182+02:002014-02-28T22:49:45.182+02:00Diana, Facebook has not been notifying me of your ...Diana, Facebook has not been notifying me of your new posts! I was coming to check on your silence, after my own... I have now let FB know that I do in fact most definitely want to get notifications. <br />Dazzled by the neon red of your brush cherry, though maybe those with it in their gravel driveways are less so... I hope your "staging" was successful.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-78693946466109372592014-02-27T21:10:43.550+02:002014-02-27T21:10:43.550+02:00Diana, how lovely to see that birds that fly in yo...Diana, how lovely to see that birds that fly in your garden. I would love a bat house to be put up here, one day maybe my Dad can build us one. We could use it.<br /><br />Still catching up, very deep in delete mode...it's almost done.<br /><br />JenRURAL https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871803235521431504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-24071912159723534722014-02-27T19:10:28.593+02:002014-02-27T19:10:28.593+02:00I hope ... autumn, coolth and rain.I hope ... autumn, coolth and rain.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-3032873376010786012014-02-27T10:24:24.130+02:002014-02-27T10:24:24.130+02:00So early for your swallows always signals somethin...So early for your swallows always signals something - in England the harbinger of summer (end of May or June), in Italy one swallow does not make a spring (usually early April) perhaps in SA you say it is the beginning of winter??Christinahttp://myhesperidesgarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-33861616020907335972014-02-27T08:54:22.158+02:002014-02-27T08:54:22.158+02:00I've seen one or two bats fly around by us but...I've seen one or two bats fly around by us but I have no isea where they go and where they sleep during the day. Would be interesting to find outFirefly the Travel Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278794823093520621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-8432429720169376902014-02-27T05:21:11.274+02:002014-02-27T05:21:11.274+02:00Oh to eat a guava freshly plucked again... and Hib...Oh to eat a guava freshly plucked again... and Hibsicus Tiliaceus... my father's (RIP) favourite ♥♥♥♥Angy is my name.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15437191811060949225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-20844958945448921982014-02-26T20:46:26.284+02:002014-02-26T20:46:26.284+02:00(we cheat, he sits on the wall just outside the ki...(we cheat, he sits on the wall just outside the kitchen window. We could, almost, touch him)Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-58723196451265569402014-02-26T20:21:22.887+02:002014-02-26T20:21:22.887+02:00That garden is looking good......but that nesting ...That garden is looking good......but that nesting swallow....well that is pretty awesome:) Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-58023588937708385192014-02-26T19:55:37.614+02:002014-02-26T19:55:37.614+02:00What a magnificent photograph of the Greater Strip...What a magnificent photograph of the Greater Striped Swallow. He looks as though he is posing: "I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille..."susantroccoloauthor.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232991943865499133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-12658206859118538392014-02-26T14:10:22.189+02:002014-02-26T14:10:22.189+02:00by Friday it should be low thirties - which we wou...by Friday it should be low thirties - which we would appreciate!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-70797449987567961572014-02-26T13:28:35.021+02:002014-02-26T13:28:35.021+02:00"'stage the house' for the next maybe..."'stage the house' for the next maybe this time" - oh, I remember that so very well... I hope the heat allows for serious "visitors", I really, really do.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.com