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Tag: EasternCape

17 April 201220 January 2023 Under the milkwood

Everyday magic

Eastern Cape, Wild things
Everyday magic

  Girl fairy helper is blowing out the candles on her birthday cake – she is four – when she spots him. “Buck,” she says.

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1 April 201220 January 2023 Under the milkwood

Familiar comfort

Eastern Cape, Garden, Life, Trees
Familiar comfort

The milkwood tree has been a constant in my life for as long as I remember. The trees grow prolifically in the coastal dune forests

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28 March 201220 January 2023 Under the milkwood

Inside the storm

Technology, Weather, Wild things
Inside the storm

Living here, on the south-eastern edge of South Africa, we experience some really wild weather. I once watched a black thing ooze over the sea

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27 March 201220 January 2023 Under the milkwood

Here and now

Garden, Life, Trees, Work-life
Here and now

Not that long ago, I clawed and sweated my way along the corporate ladder. This was the done thing, so it seemed, and I worked

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