February 2008 Archives

Lynx Spiders and others roaming our small paradise!


February 2008 in our tropical garden

Annually around the second week of January onwards, our tropical climate will be so hot, dry and stuffy with much less rainfall or none at all for days on end. And, it is during such dry seasons that we’ve to be more diligent in watering our garden plants, especially so when most of our plants [...]

Striking tricolor foliage of Tradescantia bermudensis ‘Variegata’

Tradescantia bermudensis ‘Variegata’ (Variegated Oyster/Boat Plant) -

Photoshop tutorial - Create simple photo borders/frames (Part 2)

Continuing the Photoshop tutorial series on how to create simple photo borders/frames. Moving on from Part 1 .
Here are two more very simple, easy and quick ways of drawing frames and borders to your digital photos or images, using Photoshop CS2.

Starry white flowers of Wrightia antidysenterica

Wrightia antidysenterica (Snowflake, Milky Way, Arctic Snow) -

Catopsilia pomona pomona, a pale-yellow polymorphic butterfly!

Catopsilia pomona pomona (Lemon Emigrant or Common Emigrant)
A very pale yellow butterfly came visiting a few weeks ago. Being both a gardening and butterfly enthusiast, I’m always on the lookout for these beautiful insects as I potter around in our garden.
This time, while weeding yet looking up every now and then, I spotted this [...]