Damselfly Gymnasts.....

while going around feeding the fish i came across a pair of damselflies ...errrmmm wonder what they were doing in that 'gymnastical-position'. i ran up to get my mobile phone hoping they would still be there.  They were. It was as if they were meditating....and apart from little movements now and then made by the one below....they refused to budge.  Thus, i was able to get very close to them to snap some pics with my poor-quality-mobile-phone-camera.....  i wonder...could they be meditating...or praying and offering thanks and deep gratitude to the One and Only Creator..??? Errmmm...that must be what they are doing...!!

An immigrant blooming in my garden....

...yep...the newcomer Crinum has finally bloomed....!  However...the fragrance is not strong enough for me...find it too soft... too subtle... errmmm...wonder if it will get stronger towards afternoon...or evening...??

Flowers for Ramadhan...Ramadhan almubarak is here....

and what's in the garden this first day of Ramadhan 1434/10 July 2013...?  Apart from some regular bloomers....like the purple Vanda orchid which i refrained from capturing yet another of its photo....


the angelonia still has a few blooms to cheer me...

..but the Cattleya are spent....hopefully i do not have too long a wait for the next batch of beauties....

However, a newcomer is budding...all ready to flaunt its blooms.... it is one of a few Crinums i have in the garden.....this seems like a great looker!

...the white Crinum is still making its presence very much noticeable.... though some blooms are spent and have fallen into a mass of weeds...yep m not a diligent gardener here...especially where weeding is concerned...more are ready to show off their fragrant beauty.....

...and there are a lot of these pretty-ones-which-i-have-forgotten-the-name-of undemandingly waiting for a little attention swaying gently whenever the capricious breeze comes visiting.......

Kept forgetting the name of this plant...had to google...and found out...it is Eucrosia bicolor...(24Jan2014)

Not to forget my Clerodendrum thomsoniae....a Malaysian version of the Bleeding Heart....a Dicentra this stubborn gardener tried to plant....despite knowing that plants are usually very fussy creatures...and would rarely succumb to human whims and fancies....Dicentra goes dormant and refuses to grow when the temperatures are high...and in my garden it refused to emerge from the ground and in the end rotted away....

Clerodendrum thomsoniae

a Dicentra.....a heart tugging beauty that never stopped teasing me...how i itch to get a hold  of it..to have and to hold...siiighh wishful thinking!

But...well... in the spirit of Qanaah... Alhamdullillah i am grateful for all that i do have....Syukur Thank You God O most Generous...a Creator none can compete with....!

On certain times of the day....sitting at the window facing our fish pond while watching the fishes...some flitting by...some lazily swimming by...(nope..the pond is not visible in this pic) i can get a waft of Zodia fragrance softly tantalising my sense of smell.....(though there is but only one plant here...a few others are planted elsewhere in the garden)....and my heart swells with happiness and gratefulness to You....my ONE and ONLY God.....!! May You have mercy on me and may You give me the strength and Guide me to fulfill all my duties to You my Lord...!!