(Cancer) Garden journey day by day

  • Bark, shoots and birds ...

    Winter rains and gloom have seemed relentless.  I have hunkered down, in scrutiny mode. Days of waiting, as is so common with cancer, as we wait for results of tests, scans and the next appointment.  Even the garden seemed to get bored...
  • Not counting, but watching: surveillance

    January brings a new phase, now post-chemo, some welcome healing as side-effects from Capecitabine slowly ease, but it's now a matter of being monitored and self-awareness of my own body.  It's a gradual detachment from the wonderful clo...
  • Dawn light, new morning, "happy" new year

    A new year for us all. I was greeted by ethereal light as the sun shone through the cold frosty morning mists. A pigeon perching: just another day for a bird. Stunning beauty to see off 2025 and greet 2026. For those of us on a "cancer journey&...
  • A festive note in the garden and good wishes

    On the eve of Christmas, a small attempt to introduce a festive note in the garden, and a Christmas wish from a very tame robin (confession: this was not taken in my garden!). Whatever we're all going through, I send supportive and warm wishes to...
  • Christmas colours: green

    Green is a predominant colour of any garden, but here I have focussed on greens which represent colours and textures that add to the garden's diversity, from the bright green spongy moss (that makes up most of the lawn), to the glossy g...