Maaza Mango

Picture of the FIRST MANGOES in our Yard, this Summer.

My Entry for Wordless Wednesday! n Outdoor Wednesday n The Creative Exchange

Shhhhh....Lets get Wordless.

Super Moon Lights up the Night Sky

Pictures of the Super Moon  as seen from our house on March 19th.

 Acc. to WIKIPEDIA.......
SUPER MOON is a new or full moon which occurs with the Moon at or near its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit (perigee). In short, Earth, Moon and Sun are all in a line, with Moon in its nearest approach to Earth.

The Moon is supposedly Bigger n Brighter, but can you tell the difference????????

Bigger...No! ( It looked just the same to me);  Brighter .... Yes!
Its blazing glare is making the moon appear lopsided in this picture, hence bigger!

The trail..... that you see just below the moon is from an Airplane.
Too Bad!  missed capturing the two together by splitting seconds

All Aglow and Lighting up the Night Sky!

My entry for Sky Watch Friday!

Come together and Join the world in this Cause and Show Your Support @ EARTH HOUR

Switch Off! Step out n Enjoy the Moonlit Night outdoors ....

Splash In Spring Colours....

The center of our garden is a riot of  'PHLOX' colours, this HOLI

as opposed to the pristine white carpet of candy tuft flowers we had last spring.

Phlox adding a dash of colour to our spring garden, this year

White Carpet @ Last Spring, around HOLI

LOOK! Our domestic helper’s son spotted these two teeny tiny nests with one and two eggs each nestled deep within the two Thuja orientalis Trees growing in our garden. (Though, only one of them can be seen in the extreme left corner @ the topmost snap above).

The little one helped me to peep through the dense and bushy foliage and click a picture or two of the 'NESTS' to share here via  my blog, Evergreen Tree. 

 BTW, Can you spot the little black birdie within its bushy foliage @ top left snap in the collage.

And, Did you know? 

Wild Sweet William is a specific variety of Phlox.  

We have them growing wild, in one of the flower beds this year, still adding a dash of blue n violets to the garden, while the other beds showcasing the early bloomers like the Calendula, the  California Poppy n Dog flowers need to be cleared in the coming week ahead after a flourishing winter flowering season. They will be replaced with fresh  plantation comprising of Green needle like Cochia’s, Sunflowers and Zinnia’s in the front garden.

The Garden sometime back in November

Talking of FLOCKS aka PHLOX, they are such prolific growers and seem to have taken over the marigolds encircling them as a border edging. The cluster of flower on top of the stems is very bright and showy, as their vibrant blossom comes in various shades of purple, pink, red, violets, blues and even white. They seem to like full sun and once established they grow well with regular watering, weeding and the best part, without much effort and care.

Whoa! They have filled up the entire bed by March

 Being Perennial, these Phlox flourish well through the Flowering Season, in Spring and early Summer, when they are planted in November. Come April, these beds would soon be cleared to be replaced by the nine-o-clock flowers aka Portulaca, which  will add much needed colour around the Fountain during the scorching Indian summer months ahead….

My entry for Todays Flower # 136

Also linking to SSS  # 148  n CC # 154, MM:Snowdrops, MM #113

Click on the Links to visit them.

  Its a Festive SUNDAY for us here, as we are celebrate the Indian festival of colours today,

Wishing all a Very Happy n Colourful HOLI!

Wordless Wednesday: Pets n Topiary

Whoa! Saw my first-ever St. Bernard @ Dog Show, E-Park, Mahanagar.
My entry for Camera Critters # 153

.....n Looking out in the direction of this Dino Topiary....I saw clear skies, Green Grass,  Flowers n Lush Ornamentals,
... n people enjoying a leisurely Sunday afternoon @ Flower Show,  E-Park, Mahanagar

Nature's Fury

Nature has no rewards or punishments,

All it has is consequences….

What we just saw in Japan, is a heart wrecking consequence of Nature’s fury.

Ordinarily, we would all be awe-struck as we gaze out at the boundless ocean, marveling at its serene blue stretch. However, on witnessing a Tsunami we can’t help but feel extremely vulnerable and helpless against this gigantic killer wave, which has the power to devastate everything coming in its path with gay abundance.

Personally, I was numb with shock n grief, when I got to hear about the Earthquake and the Tsunami in Japan. Just didn’t know what to say or do, except maybe.....

....H.O.P.E. .....Hanging-on n Praying Earnestly!  

Today at 9:30 pm the world’s going to pray for Japan for a min. Please do broadcast this message and join me in Prayer and Support for the people of Japan.

Would like to add an inspiring quote I read in the 4th edition of @ Nichin Bonsai

"Sea waves are really inspiring, not because they rise and fall. 
But because each time they fall, they never fail to rise again"

Wordless Wednesday : Nature's Marvel

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun

And find your shoulder to light on,

To bring you luck, happiness and riches

Today, tomorrow and beyond.

~Irish Blessing