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Filed under: Close to Nature, Closer to God, flowers and blooms, gardens, guilty pleasures, photography Tagged: city gardening, Close to Nature, Closer to God, flowers and blooms, nature, photography, Sanggumay Orchids...

With the temperature reaching  to  as high as  34°C here in Metro Manila, it’s definitely the start of summer days. Surprisingly though, it’s  still a bit cool at night with a light breeze to  enjoy the  evening. What comes to mind...

Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson   Filed under: city gardening, Close to Nature, Closer to God, flowers and blooms, guilty pleasures, life, photography Ta...

Two weeks ago, I took  pictures of  my Hoya flowers still in buds. They are blooming now. I just want to share with you my favorite flowers when I was a child. Back in our ancestral home in the province, my aunt and mom used to have this hanging in...

And it’s worth all the time I stayed under the heat of the sun and the early mornings I have to water them.  I wonder though why they call this Shanghai Beauty. Filed under: city gardening, Close to Nature, Closer to God, flowers and blooms, l...

An eye-catching, double-petaled Bougainvillea. Bougainvillea blooms always remind me of summer, those lazy days when staying in the garden early in the morning is a reward in itself.  And seeing this lovely fusion of fuchsia colors makes me smile. F...

I am really proud of this  since it was the first time that my Vanda orchid  growing on our avocado tree produced  these lovely blooms. What is left of our avocado now are just the trunks holding three Vanda orchids which I bought years ago as sap...