Dried~

Day96/ 365
April 5th, 2013

Dried...
Summer has come into all our lives.. The white Anthurium flowers are drying up and I  have decided to utilize these properly. Pluck them and dry further and use as dry flowers in old wine bottles or vases to decorate the home corners... Viola, what an idea!  

I'm a true botanist and have dry-flower fetish.. :)

Pests~

Day95/ 365
April 4th, 2013

Aphids' Attack
I hate these yellow dirty fellows... :(

Fresh~

Day93/ 365
April 2nd, 2013

Fresh~ 
......from the garden  :)

Rose & Love

"The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart."
~ Anonymous

The bond between rose and love is unique. Where there is love, rose blooms. Where love has to be expressed, rose is given. The flower of love...!
Recently one of my plant bloomed with these beauties. More buds are on queue to bloom in a week or so. The balcony is gonna be red for another few days making me feel happy and saner..!

Truly a flower that symbolizes love..!
The flower of love...! or rather the love of all flowers..!
And my love for rose is truly eternal..!

Adding Greenery to Terrace

Adding greenery to a small balcony or a terrace is so prominent in Bangalore. Lack of open space and time in a metro and its ever-changing cityscape has given this new form of gardening.

I have a craze for plants and gardens and terrace  (balcony) garden in particular. Show at 1. Shantinagar Studio gallery.  The buddha head, the tiki face, the old brass urli, the kalaonche and desert rose. Such a perfect afternoon it was. I had dropped by to the ongoing Aurovillean Pottery exhibition there.

Towards Light

The leaves always move towards light, in search of light... Lets our souls too do the same.. move towards light of positivity, love and mankind..!
Path Finder: Towards Light :)

The Miniature figurine of a Giant

Saturdays are weekly offs for me. OMG...! I feel so excited when its Friday morning, I wait for the night to come so that Saturday comes and wish that it never ends. I also wish that everyday should be a Saturday.
Saturdays are special to me.. Reasons..
Shopping, Lazying around, Watching TV and movies, some cooking, and of course gardening, tending the plants and standing in the balcony for hours..!

I love collecting knick-knacks for my small balcony garden.. And this small figurine of the giant was bought last year from a mela..! Made of teracotta, this giant guards my pot and also makes me feel :) . No doubt I am a pseudo-ecologist!

Love

Someone had once told these great words ~~

"Love is like a rose.
...When pressed between two lifetimes, it will last forever." 

Hope you all get the rose of love / love of rose..Have a great weekend with your loved ones.

Welcome Rain...

After a long awaiting, my pot of rain lilies are in full bloom. With the advent of monsoon, the pot looks colourful and heavy. These lilies flower during the onset of rain.
And my pot of rain-lilies made me wait for more than a year to see my glowing and smiling and blushing..
No doubt they are called as Rain Lilies..This one flowered today morning...!
I am sure,within no time, the pot will be blooming with loads of them... singing the song for rain..!
Happy Rain.. Welcome Rain.. :)