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Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:36 pm so refreshing to see all the plants with colourful leaves and flowers. i haven't got many flowers from the hibiscus this time though. some pics 
ixora ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
periwinkle ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
spathyphylum ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
closer look resembles the hood of a cobra ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
money plant ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
another variety ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
one more ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 304 times
some more greens
Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:41 am ok, they gave me a prize for my small garden this year also. in fact, it was a surprise for me because, i entered my name only on a friend's insistance and then the judge who came to inspect was not very impressed since i had nothing new from last year. anyway, i think there weren't many entries to compete. but i feel happy about the whole thing, and i feel like i am doing something in the garden. some more pictures from the garden to go with this. 
begonias ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
bogainvilla on the edge of the lawn ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
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double shaded ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
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one of my favorites ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 303 times
beautiful & perfect!
Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:54 am the thing is, everything in nature is beautiful and perfect. only we make them imperfect, distorted, and corrupted. when i take a look around in the garden, i am always reminded of how perfect it all is. so, here are some of the plants which i feel are perfect. i do not know what to do when pests arrive though. in fact, the pests are also perfect & beautiful. 
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maranta ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
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some flowers
Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:45 am hello, i feel i have to write today. nothing in particular, but to keep in touch. uploading some pictures of the bogainvillea i have. i do not know whether i can call them bonsai, but i have put them in shallow pots, and they are very young. since they come out with flowers, i wait until they finish flowering to trim them. 
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ficus ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
ficus ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) the last two are a variety found on rock faces. the root shapes as clinging hands.the last one is a cutting from the other. This blog entry has been viewed 304 times
I am back!
Category: thoughts & plans | Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:55 am hello! I am back! after a long break, it feels good to be back. we had a lovely wedding and everything is back to normal. my son and daughter in law have gone back to dubai where he is working. so now i am back in my garden. there are quite a few flowers at this time of the year. even though i neglected them for two months, my plants are doing well. and the temperature is moving up everyday now, hot and humid. i am putting in some personal photographs in. i hope you will not mind, since we were so excited about the wedding and all that. will come back with more pics from the garden soon too. (hope this is not against the rules.) 
Amith & Juliet ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
just married ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
with the best man, bride's maid & flower girls ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
our family with the new addition ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
cake & wine ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
at the reception ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
the five of us. i am the one in white & pink ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 317 times
merry christmas!
Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:45 pm well, i think this will be my last entry for some time now. i am wishing you all at gardenstew a merry christmas and a happy new year. since the day of the wedding is fast approaching, i will get back only after a while. some more flowers in the garden. 
a new plant we got recently ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
new one again ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
it is so short, the flowers are hidden most of the time ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
bride's bouqet ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
jacobina ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
orchids ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 361 times
disappointed!
Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:55 am i am so sorry to report about the caterpillar of last week. one morning i found the pupa transparent, it was not broken at all. the next day, the shell also had vanished. what would have happened? i felt very sad and disappointed. well, it is also one of nature's ways, i believe. i am starting a small experiment on vegetables. must see. some beans, some greens. let me see how it comes out. i get a lot of pests, for which i normally use neem oil. but sometimes it doesn't make any difference. i do not want to use any chemical pesticides if i can. This blog entry has been viewed 267 times
cat in 'samadhi'
Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:44 am well, yesterday i found that the caterpillar had gone into 'samadhi'- pupa stage. it's so beautiful. i wonder why it is decorated so much. when the butterfly comes out there is not a trace of the coulors or glitter on the used shell. 
yesterday's cat ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
so small, compared to the cat ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
the empty shell of last week ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 327 times
one more caterpillar
Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:23 am ok, this seems to be the only thing i write about - caterpillars! this one is on one of my bonsai trees, and is growing still. i think this is of the black with red & yellow dots butterfly of which i had posted a picture earlier, just out of the cocoon. then there was this monster of a hopper which one day chewed on one of my anthurium flowers. it was about 4" long and had legs so long, it was scary. i had to kill it to get it out of my shade net housing. 
very fond of ficus leaves ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
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lost its long legs in the fight. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 358 times
pilgrim's progress?
Category: nature's marvels | Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:36 am ok, I thought i would put in some of the pictures i recently took. some of the flowers which on the blooming stages. one is the pink powder puff and the other is clerodendrun macrisiphon - that's the name i found in a database. 
puffing up! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
in the process ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
young & old ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
i am the first! ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
interesting to watch them uncurl. ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
the bush with the flowers ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
the 'comma' ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
the day before they are open ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
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open for a short while, then drop ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) 
closer look ( photo / image / picture from greenfairy's Garden ) This blog entry has been viewed 332 times
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