by Peter van der Walt | Aug 30, 2022 | Photos
Walking along the riverbank, and suddenly this temple to life itself crosses my path. It’s a small garden – but it contains the most bonsai plants I’ve ever seen in once place. I admire beauty wherever I find it – I love a good painting, statue...
by Peter van der Walt | Jul 20, 2022 | Photos
A lush, Japanese-inspired garden. In the rushed world we lived in, with family and home and friends and work and traffic and civilian commitments, it is all too easy to get swept up in the activity and miss out on the actual ‘living’ part of living. 8...
by Peter van der Walt | May 10, 2022 | Photos
The world is full of lines. I noticed several in the above picture. There are the four broad lines, of course: grass, sand, sea and sky. But notice the white rocky edge at the end of the lawn, and the wet patch of sand at the end of the beach, and the breaking surf...
by Peter van der Walt | Sep 16, 2021 | Archive
This town has too much to do. We can’t keep up. It is awesome – that people live in their city, that they enjoy the city, that there are functions and events ready and waiting if you ever feel the need to get out. Take this weekend… impossible to get...
by Peter van der Walt | Jun 19, 2021 | Photos
I know, I know, two photos in a row… but last night, just before bed, my partner showed me this double rainbow right outside our window. Summer Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere (finally the timings and seasons are the right way around). Just another...
