One of the most unexpected places I visited. A small island with the most intersting combination of plants & trees. The island has low lying regions covered with banana trees and other tropical fruits and flowers and higher land covered with plants native to colder regions. The vivid colours and variation in foliage along the…
I grew up in Mumbai with a garden that was both beautiful and useful, full of flowering plants along the front of our home, an aloe vera patch in the corner of the garden and speckled with fruit trees – coconut, mango, papaya, custard apple, lime, bimbli, green chilli and curry leaves. Dad worked tirelessly…
Mum made her Christmas cake 6-8 weeks before Christmas Day. The following weeks went to maturing the cake with a weekly sprinkle of rum. We all looked forward to the first slice of Christmas cake with coffee or a port wine when we got back home from midnight mass. This is my version for Christmas…
My beautiful life! 