Archive | August 2016
August 19, 2016  

Indoor Shots And More Blooms

I so love my tab, it is so easy to point and click, capture some blooms and freeze them forever. Mom says she likes all the flowers blooming in our small garden.

Shamrock

A few days ago, I blogged about this, newly planted. My purple shamrock. I have this in green but they are in bigger pots.

Purple

Ruellias are easy to care plants. They self-propagate so all you have to do is transfer them to a sunny pot in the garden. These purple flowers are similar to Petunia blooms.
Pink ruellia

I love the pink ones though. I also have them in white.
Ornamental pineapple plant
Trying to take a macro shot of this Ornamental Pineapple plant.
Jap. bamboo 1
Japanese Bamboo is a sturdy indoor plant, it needs minimal care.
Jap. bamboo 2
I was trying to capture that curved stem. I should have used my Canon camera for this shot.
Vietnam rose
Purslane or Portulaca, plant them today and tomorrow it would surprise you with lovely tiny blooms.
Clouds
Thick dark clouds, threatening and promising rain.
Today, the sun is shining bright and clear.  Perfect time to garden again. My three pots of turmeric are thriving nicely, their leaves are showing off. Have a good day everyone. Let us enjoy the sun.
“Close to nature, closer to God.”

 

August 5, 2016  

Garden Scents

Just so lazy to make another post so I’ll just reblog this here.

DREAMS AND ESCAPES

I went back to gardening  after letting my hands heal for a few days. Goodness, I have to trim the carabao grass again, they have grown quite wild in three weeks.

This morning I was at the garden at 5am, still dark for some but it was nice to see the world unfolding with a hot cup of coffee and the company of our dog Noki.  Mimi went back to sleep besides mom as soon as I opened the door to our dirty kitchen.  Have you ever spent an early morning smelling different garden scents? The sweet aroma and spicy scent of oregano, the spicy and sharp fragrance of ginger leaves that linger,  the lemony smell of calamansi flowers and the intoxicating scent of gardenia flowers  captivate the senses. You wish you could put each scent in a bottle and maybe use them to make scented candles.

Last week, I…

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