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greenfairy — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:27:19 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:27 am (GMT 0)

i had to write today. i had been waiting for this plant to show some life for a long time. it took some patience, really. nearly a year ago i got this water lilly bulb, planted it in a pot. it gave a few leaves, then wilted and went off, i thought it was dead. there was a bulb so small, i planted it again with more soil , and lo, there were all these leaves in a month's time, and today the first bud has bloomed. i feel so happy. the pot is a little crowded. there is a big frog who refuses to go out and there are four fish i put in.

blooming at 8 in the morning. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

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a little crowded ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

a surprise, it came on its own. impatience ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

finally!!

greenfairy — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:28:48 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:28 am (GMT 0)

yes, finally, i was able to see one caterpillar becoming a butterfly.
not a very good shot though.

on the wall of the well ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

two more, birds didn't see them ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

just emerged ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

resting ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

there! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

there are weird cats too, it seems this one is of a moth, because i saw an odd shape the other day on a twig, when i tried to move it, it fell down with the wings and all, it was a baby moth.

a hefty caterpillar ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

everything is beautiful! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

how come?

greenfairy — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:02:10 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:02 am (GMT 0)

this is surprising! i started to write and then uploaded two pics in the morning, then the power failed. i thought of writing again and i get two notifications! thank you, i had one more pic to upload.
here it is, if anyone has any idea who this is, please tell me, this is a stranger here, or i am seeing it for the first time. it merges so well with the cement wall it sits on, i almost didn't see it.

looks like a moth ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

coleus with the bunch of flowers ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

rain drops resting ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

I had to put this picture with my blog, sorry for repeating.

today's new blooms

greenfairy — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:41:08 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:41 am (GMT 0)

it has been raining most of the days now. the typical monsoon of the old days has gone, and the rains come and go - some days heavy, other days, it is difficult to believe it is the monsoon season !

i do get some flowers in the garden, some new ones at that. i am planning to try my hand with vegetables also this time. must see how it will go. the place is too shady for vegetables.
some pictures of my new flowers.

once in a blue moon! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

of a different shape ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ants trying out the pollen ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

a little wild one ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

new one, the first flower ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

coleus ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

this too vanished!!

greenfairy — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:02:47 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:02 am (GMT 0)

well, we have a lot of butterflies in the garden. the annoying thing is, before the reach the flying away stage, they vanish. they lay their eggs, then the caterpillars are out, they eat up a whole plant, then they go into the pupa stage, then, gone. must be the birds. anyway, it is the rule of nature.
some pics.

eaten up by two caterpillars! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

moved to another plant for safety? ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

it looks so like the leaf ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

sometimes only the candle of the anthurium ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

hibiscus- gives lots of flowers ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

rain!rain!!rain!!!

greenfairy — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:35:22 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:35 am (GMT 0)

The monsoon has set in at the right time. rains everyday, keeps on raining. work outside is not easy. plants need a lot of trimming and pruning once the rain slows down. but the heat of the summer has gone, it is very cool this time of the year.

i had been waiting for this plant to flower for a very long time. and this year, it has bloomed. i just love the fragrance it gives, heavenly.

mexican tuberose - polianthus tuberosa ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

beautiful ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

this is one more of my plants, once it blooms, it stays for along time, each opening to give blue, yellow clours

flaming torch - billbergia pyramidalis ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

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memories of an unexpected holiday!

greenfairy — Mon, 23 May 2011 01:21:21 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:21 am (GMT 0)

once again, i am back. i just returned from an unexpected holiday. went on a visit to dubai to be with my grandson. and i enjoyed my stay there, for 3 weeks. we visited a few places in the limited time my son could manage with his job. and easter came in between, so that was an experience too.
it is amazing the amount of work they put in to make the desert lush with green lawns, colourful petunia beds, and date farms in and around the city. there are a lot of nurseries selling all sorts of plants. my son picked up a bonsai from one of them in the outskirts. let me post some of the pics.

greens & colours in the desert! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

in front of hotel atlantis in palm jumeira ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

hotel atlantis - palm jumeira ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

fronds of the palm - jumeira ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

inside the aquarium - swimming with the sharks! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

as tall as the tallest building! burj khalifa ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

desert safari. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

a roundabout - huge circle around wich the traffic flows ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

the bonsai ficus ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

anthurium inside a mall ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

outskirts - on the way to fujeira rocky hills all around ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

today's interesting ones

greenfairy — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:59:52 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:59 pm (GMT 0)

thought i would post some of my ordinary flowers. i was too busy to write anything. and then, it is easy to put off. here are some flowers which looked good today.

one of the new ones ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ixora ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

amarillus ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ginger lilly ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

new shoots from the flower itself ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

re-entry

greenfairy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:05:28 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:05 am (GMT 0)

the bogainvilla in the pots. the flowers have the same size and color as those in the bonsai pots.

the cluster pink one ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

the goldie ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

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another ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

the ordinary one ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

i had been waiting to see these for some time now.
bleeding heart or bumble bee!

bleeding heart ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

got a row of them ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

some more of my flowering plants

greenfairy — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:30:02 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:30 am (GMT 0)

ok, i thought i would post some more pictures today. they are a wonderful sight. i am not sure if i can call them bonsai, but since they are in shallow pots, let me call them that for now.
here comes -

bogainvilla ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

goldie ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

flowers are open now ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

one of my favorites ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

bottle plant ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

gardenia varigated ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

bye for now, have a good day!

perfect!

greenfairy — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:05:50 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:05 pm (GMT 0)

ok, i had to post this today, just a few shots that i felt happy to see. how beautiful & perfect is nature.

a young leaf ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

a lone drop of water ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

part of the same leaf ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

another begonia beauty ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ground orchids ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

a few more of my plants

greenfairy — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:53:31 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:53 am (GMT 0)

thought i would post a few more of my plants.

rock peepal ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

bogainvilla in a shallow pot, beginnings of a bonsai ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

another of the bogainvilla, with an a companion ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

three of them ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ashoka - saraca indica ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

alstonia ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

another bud blooming ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

too crowded! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

begonia ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

very thick leaves and flowers on long stalk ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

it's worth the wait!

greenfairy — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:50:24 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:50 am (GMT 0)

wow! i had to wait for two years to get one of these flowers to bloom again. when i bought this plant which i was told was called ripsalis - there were one or two buds on it. it bloomed and then nothing. last year, there were the beginning of a few buds, but some hoppers ate them up. so, i had to wait for another year.and..... here goes!

the bud ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

opening up ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

there is one more! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ripsalis - beautiful ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

good ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

two for company ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

until next time.

some more greens!

greenfairy — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:24:02 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:24 am (GMT 0)

Oh, I do have to post some more for u defenitely, sjoerd! thanks for that comment.
well, these are some of the ordinary ones i have, most probably i have already posted them before. sorry if i am repeating.

begonia ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

very pretty, not sure of the name ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

coleus ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

every leaf is a different art work! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

bright & colourful ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ferns - one of the delicate ones ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

two more of the ferns ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

periwinkle - little beauties ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

another of my favorites ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ok, will be back with some new ones next time.

buds & blooms!

greenfairy — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:56:10 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:56 am (GMT 0)

well, today, let me post some of my anthuriums. the pink one took about 10 days to reach the stage A5. same time with red one also. Ever wonder how the buds are folded and kept tight before it blooms full? i love how the lantana flowers are folded when they are buds. beautiful. compared with that, anthurium folds are simple.
i read in the reader's digest about a professor who holds a doctorate in origami - mathematician Eric Demaine (rd - december issue) he teaches the mathematics of folding paper.

ok, here are my flowers -

Anthurium - in the process of blooming - A1 ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

coming up - A2 ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

staightening A3 ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

opening up! A4 ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

hmm... almost done! A5 ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

up staight first B1 ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

opening up B2 ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

almost there B3 ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

purple one - this is very small ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

small, delicate pink blooms ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ok, until next time,
have a wonderfull day!

trials & errors

greenfairy — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:24:23 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:24 am (GMT 0)

well, it is not that easy. i need some getting used to for posting pictures here. i have to resize the picture each time in this camera, which is a little tedious. anyway, i thought i will put some pics in today.

begonia ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

changing shades - poinsettia ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

full bright poinsettia ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

begonia ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

peppermint - mentha x peperita ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

chinese cap ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

two is company ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

nature's art work ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

hope this is fine. see you soon.

another start, Uh!

greenfairy — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:20:23 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:20 am (GMT 0)

hello,
few days ago, i started writing. then i uploaded a picture - or i tried to. but i had to resize the pic. the camera is a new one, i am just getting the hang of it. hence the title.

a very belated happy new year to all out there in gs.

it is time for a lot of flowers in the garden, i have not been able to do much this time, since we had our grandson here for a few weeks. they have gone back, and i feel a bit lost in the house.
some of the latest pictures i have taken from my garden.

Rue - Ruta Graveolens ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

anthurium - safari - just opening up. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

anthurium - one of the butterflies ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

wow, i did it!
see u all.

new entry

greenfairy — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:33:40 -0500

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:33 am (GMT 0)

wow! i can't stop myself from writing today, because i am so happy. we have a new addition to our family. my son and daughter in law have given us a baby boy yesterday. he has come a bit early but both mother and son are well. i am looking forward to seeing him.

i am not sure which is more thrilling - to become a mom or a grandma. the thought of becoming a child again is more exciting when it is is a grandchild.
no pictures yet.

monsoon blues!

greenfairy — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:16:47 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:16 pm (GMT 0)

hello everyone!

it seems by not writing in, i am letting a lot of people down, specially myself. there are hundred and one reasons for not writing. someone recently said to get off the 'buts', and so i am trying to keep the excuses away.
monsoon is here and everyday it is raining, wet all around. and with that colds, cough and fever everywhere. anyway the plants are getting a little more of the soak. some plants are taking it very bad.
i got some anthuriums from our horticulture office this time - some scheme to help out the farmers. since i don't have a large plot, i cannot get a lot. they are mixed plants so i have to wait till they flower to see what have come to me.
i feel bad if i don't put in a picture or two. sorry if it is being repeated (my camera is on strike)

lillies - no more flowers because of the rain ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

ginger lilly ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

this is the yellow one

greenfairy — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:51:00 -0400

Author: greenfairy
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:51 am (GMT 0)

this is better than explaining.

days are very hot but there is some amount of rain at night to cool a little. but it is so humid, i feel drained of all energy.
well, there are a lot of flowers and i feel so happy to be in the garden. there are lots to do before the monsoon starts here.

lollipop - pachystachys lutea ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )

cardinal's guard ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden )