Smiling Faces of Torenia Fournieri (Wishbone Flower) in June 2007
Herein lies the many colorful faces of the Wishbone Flower that happily greet us, endlessly! They’re found growing everywhere and anywhere – in hanging pots, containers and flower beds, even on mossy bricks. Every nook and corner in our tropical garden, sharing and squeezing as long as there’s moisture and soil! Such happy faces that [...]
Surprise garden visit from the Red Grasshawk dragonfly
Neurothemis fluctuans (Red Grasshawk dragonfly)
I just love it if an insect visits our garden when least expected, like a visiting relative!
This gorgeous looking Red Grasshawk dragonfly flew in and perched on the leaf tip of Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Golden Hahnii’ whilst I was happily snapping the colorful mounds of Ruellia Brittoniana ‘Katie’ that grow [...]
Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Burgundy’ is sizzling pink!
Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ‘Burgundy’ (Chinese Fringe Flower, Chinese Witch Hazel)
Tropical Potter Wasp or Mason Wasp (Eumeninae)
Our tropical garden visitors are interestingly beautiful and a delight to watch, to me anyway!
There are many fantastic bugs and insects found loitering at our front yard when I seek them out, especially to photograph their details which is visibly unseen with my naked eye. Somehow their amazing forms and patterns stand out in macro [...]
Insect Pollinators (butterflies and bees) invading our garden!
Yippee! Helpful bugs and insects – come and swarm our garden, you’re most welcome!
Garden pests – be gone! You’re not at all welcomed!
I can’t get enough of these lovely creatures visiting our garden, especially our Malaysian butterflies and bees! Here’s sharing some wonderful captures of our garden visitors! Enjoy!
Ruellia brittoniana ‘Katie’ with vibrant purple flowers
Ruellia brittoniana ‘Katie’ (Katie Dwarf Ruellia, Dwarf Purple Ruellia, Dwarf Mexican/False Petunia)
Tutorial on making an easy photo collage or montage
Creating a collage of pictures is definitely an exciting and challenging task! At times mind boggling too, some mathematics needed. I simply love doing it. My first collage was created in October, 2006 and had been a steep learning curve through trial and error! Hmm…it does get easier and prettier with more practices indeed! [...]
Calliandra emarginata ‘Red’ – the explosive beauty!
Calliandra emarginata (Dwarf Powder Puff, Powderpuff Plant)
The Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas Bolina)
Hypolimnas bolina (Great Eggfly, Blue Moon Butterfly)
What an absolutely glorious sight! And to succeed in capturing this beautiful butterfly with my Canon PowerShot A60 point-and-shoot camera is beyond my wildest expectation!
I was actually capturing images of our Brunfelsia calycina/pauciflora bush one lovely sunny morning in May when this Great Eggfly fluttered around and decided it [...]
Garden Beauties in May 2007
Our tropical flowering plants continue to delight us with their beautiful and colorful blooms throughout the whole month of May. Even the foliage plants wanted to make their dramatic presence known with their luxuriant growth and variegated/green paint!
