This summer I was a busy bee in the garden, quite literally. An initial active working period was toned down to make allowance for my lumbering, pregnant self. We made a sandstone bed, smack dab in the center of our frontyard and planted a gorgeous "Magnolia Soulangeana" there. I populated the bed with some "Kew Lavender" bought from Bunnings and …

For those of you who don’t know about my first job [this blog and site being my second, it is a site called Starswelove.com. It started out as a hobby site for Nicky and me, back when we were in college and had celebrity crushes. A simple celebrity photo site slowly blossomed into a full-fledged, dynamic celebrity portal and …

I have a 4 year old Canon Powershot G5. It has 3.6x optical zoom and 5.0 Megapixels resolution. I think my love of photography started budding when I got this amazing camera. Going on 5 years now [I bought it in late 2003, I still don’t feel the need to upgrade. I wish, oh yes, I do … to own …

It has been 5 weeks since I scattered seeds in the soil bed in our backyard and my herb patch is officially thriving. The fenugreek seeds really took off and were the first ones to sprout. The resulting "methi" is now a lush, green cluster of approximately 12 cm tall dainty stalks with 2 levels of flat, round leaves. I …