“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly your whole life would change” – Buddha I saw these flowers at the botanical gardens. This is for Sunshine’s Macro Monday – Orange Flowers and for Cee’s FOTD Challenge – Orange Flowers
Tag: garden
Of Paint and Cobwebs
“You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t choose the day you leave. It’s what you do in between that makes all the difference.” – Anita Septimus These are garden decorations, which to an ordinary person will just be taken for granted… left unnoticed cobwebs and all. But here I am making it the…
A Walk In the Botanical Gardens
“No three words have greater meaning than I Love You.” Happy Pill #16 The botanical garden is a great place to have some macro shots. Love walking here…so peaceful! For Cee’s FOTD – Botanical Garden and for Sunshine’s Macro Monday – Macro Botanical Gardens …
In my Little Garden
“Flowers are like friends; They bring color to the world.” Unknown These pink flowers are now starting to bloom. It is such a delight to see them in my front garden. This is for Sunshine’s Macro Monday Challenge and Cee’s FOTD Challenge.
An Escape to the Gardens
“Escape the every day world and revel in the colour of nature.” “This is really what KaBloom is all about, the splendour of millions of flowers across five acres of planting in the gorgeous Dandenong Ranges. We have a rainbow of fields filled with marvellous Marigolds, sizzling Salvias, cool Cosmos, colourful Cleomes, pretty Petunias, glorious…
Amboise: an Unexpected Magnificence – Wanderlust @87
“All you need to know is that it’s possible.” – Wolf, an Appalachian Trail Hiker Amboise is a small town in central France which lies on the banks of the Loire River. It is such a beautiful place of castles, old towns, villages and views of the river that makes this an ideal stopover. Here…
Huffing and Puffing Up Petrin Hill in Prague
“A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place,” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart As I have posted previously, when we went to Petrin Hill, Prague, last November, the funicular, unfortunately, wasn’t working….
FOTD – 8 July – Roses in the Backyard
“The rose is a flower of love. The world has acclaimed it for centuries. Pink roses are for love hopeful and expectant. White roses are for love dead or forsaken, but the red roses, ah the red roses are for love triumphant.” -unknown I don’t have much flowers in my garden, but I am happy…
Flowers from the Market
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henri Matisse Flowers…such a beautiful sight. Some people have green thumbs and their gardens are a delight to see. Some people have a small garden, like me, so flowers bloom far in between. Some people don’t have any backyard or garden at all,…
One Fine Autumn Day in Prague
“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” – Chad Sugg Autumn is a good time to visit Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. Yes, it can be quite chilly, but looking at those beautiful leaves just compensates for it all. Autumn can be very…
The Road that Leads Us…
“Any road that leads to a friend is beautiful.” Proverb Friendship is such a beautiful thing to have. And I am so lucky to have found it in my small group of friends who I consider my family. We all moved from the Philippines to Australia and we had been friends for more than two…
Everything and Anything Green
“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” – Pedro Calderon de la Barca For V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #51: Green The trams of Melbourne are green Green light projections in the Melbourne yearly event, White Nights. Green Streetart in Melbourne CBD and the second one is in Frankston,…
FOTD – May 22, 2019 – Camellias in the Garden
“A rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose. All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.” – Miranda Kerr Although it is said that the Rose is the queen of the garden, Camellias reign in the garden during autumn and winter. For Cee’s FOTD…
FOTD – May 14, 2019 – Multicoloured Roses
“Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy.” – Rita Moreno These flowers are so pretty, it makes me feel happy. I just saw them in the market but can’t help myself. “Come and smell it”, the vendor says. “No thanks.” I am happy just admiring it. But at the end…
