Simple plants @ home...

The Rain brought some small wonders around our house.

This is 'Mukkutti', a medicinal plant

I don't know what this plant is but I liked the color of the flower

This is actually a weed but I like it anyway

Kovakkai (ivy gourd or little gourd)...

Our 'Koval' Plant (Little gourd)

We had a bunch of 'Kovakkai' in our small garden today. 

More pictures of the flower show...

Hi everyone!

Again more pictures of the flower show... The flowers were really beautiful...

Cochin Flower Show

Hello Everyone!

Here is some snaps from the flower show which was held in our city... Hope you will enjoy them...

Flowers....

The world is burstling with flowers... both large and small....

Whare are the Rains? More Blue Sky....

Rain seems to have forgotten about our little heaven on Earth. No showers for the last few days. The sky is clear as crystal and puffy white clouds just sailing through the gorgeous blue.

We have new blooms also.... Sweet smelling pink roses....

Happy weekend!!!!

Blue Sky, White Clouds and lot of Flowers...

I am always amazed by the blue sky and the puffy white clouds.. How beautiful they are....

These are the new blooms in front of my office entrance...

Arali (Nerium oleander flower)

New Blooms...

The scent is spreading like a mystic song....

Mornings filled with Pavizhamalli (Coral Jasmine)

The Sun is slowly rising in our city. I had always loved mornings. It’s the time when the mind is fresh and when we could decide whether we want this day to be good or bad. It is always a joy to see the soft yellow sunshine sweeping the streets and the trees. Most of my mornings are filled with the scent of Pavizhamallis otherwise known as Coral Jasmine. It is a simple flower with white petals and orange tube at the center.

As I walk everyday to the bus stop, I pass a carpet of these flowers on the street. Actually it is blooming in a tree which belongs to a nearby house and one branch had grown towards the street. Flowers from this branch are covering a portion of the footpath. It is a wonderful sight.

A quick Google tells me that the name of these flowers is Nyctanthes arbortristis. I don’t know why anyone had chosen such a name for this tree. The meaning of this name is ‘Night blooming sad tree’. But I can’t see anything sad about this tree except the fact that the flowers are short lived. But most of the flowers which belong to the Jasmine category are short lived. The tree should be very happy that its flowers are so lovely.

The weekend is here!!! Two days of creativity ahead.  Planning to stitch something new (a bag or purse) this weekend.  And a lot of reading…

Currently I have a lot of books in my reading basket. But still the yearning for going to a book store is strong. I am beginning to suspect whether I am addicted to ‘book-shopping’.