The Colors of Autumn

 Autumn? Oh yes, it is still autumn season in Europe! Others call  it fall season. It is probably because most leaves are falling from the trees during this time.

What do you observe during autumn?
-The weather is getting colder.
-The sky is grey and dark sometimes.
-The day is shorter.
- The night is longer.
- The trees around are turning its color from green to yellow, golden brown, red, orange, pink and so on and so forth.

What I do during autumn?
-I always love to eat when it is cold. Not really good for me..lolz!
-I don't want to go out unless needed like running errands or go grocery shopping.
-I still go for a walk sometimes when it is not raining.
-I have more time to go online and do blogging. I simply love to blog.
-I always miss the tropical weather in my home country. I truly miss the blue sky, blue sea and the sunset and of course my family, most of all!

I still see the beauty of autumn despite being cold and grey. Cheers everyone! This world is so beautiful!

The road where I always drive.

I took a stop when I saw this falling colorful leaves. I love it!

In the neighborhood  somewhere in Bavaria, Germany  as we had a walk  during a beautiful autumn day.

The Walking Way

I miss this walking way when I was in the United States  of America for a month. When I come back again here in Europe, I still did not had the chance to go walking this way again. Oh wait, I remember doing it one time with a friend. She called me one Sunday afternoon after my nap. I should not go with her that time but she really forced me to go walking with her. That was a wonderful Sunday afternoon.

I love the wild flowers, the grasses, hills and trees  and the green green surroundings  in our area. I am blessed to see nature like this!

Wild flowers  on our walking and biking path.

Dianthus Barbatus or the Sweet William

Germans call these flowers "Bertnelken". There are already some colors in our garden but I still bought another three colors. I already have white, pink, fuschia, purple and some color combinations.

Dianthus Barbatus or the Sweet William flowers are herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 30–75 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster of up to 30 at the top of the stems. I spread some seeds on our garden last year and I found out that they grow back again this year. I was so happy with it. I will see if I can get more colors the next time I go to the garden center.

The Dianthus Barbatus or the Sweet William  in our garden. They are still blooming until now.

First Bloom in Our Garden

Spring time is finally here! The calendar in front of me says that spring in Germany officially starts on March 20 this year. I went outside our garden today to look for the first blooms of the flowers. I already saw a lot. One of it are the tulip flowers. Hyacinths, violas and the little white wild flowers are also blooming. It makes me happy again to see the beauty of nature in our garden. I love it!

One of the first tulips in our garden.

Narcissus, Daffodil are Coming Soon

I am slowly feeling the spring air. I heard today over the radio weather forecast that the temperature in our area will be milder. They also mentioned that on Thursday, we will have up to 18 degrees Celsius temperature. Spring is almost coming. This is the time of the year where the tulips, narcissus or daffodils will start to grow and bloom in our garden.

Sad to say, I can't see the process of blooming of these flowers because I will be away for a 6-weeks trip to Spain starting March 11, 2012. I believed I will see some of the flowers when I come back in April. If not, I will also see some of these flowers in Spain.

Here are some of the narcissus or daffodils from our garden. This was taken last spring 2011.

You can also see the white flowers of our cherry tree. I can't see it again this year because we already cut this tree. In its area stands now our terrace and carport. The narcissus were also replanted in the other areas of our garden.

beautiful narcissus in our garden from spring 2011.

Narcissus is a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbs in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It's common name in English is Daffodil.

Geflammte Tulpen, Flamed Tulips

Tulips are coming soon. Spring season is the time of the year where tulip flowers first bloom. I a hundred in our garden. The one you see below is the so-called Geflammte Tulpen of flamed tulips in English. Isn't it a lovely one? I love tulips because it always reminds me of a new beginning...the new beginning of life everytime it blooms.

a flamed tulip in our garden last spring 2011.

The tulip is a perennial, bulbous plant with showy flowers in the genus Tulipa and belongs to the family Liliaceae.

Hydrangea, Hortensia and Some Cacti

Busy...busy..busy..February is quite a busy month for me. Despite of that I am very thankful that I was able to accomplish some things. Thanks God for all the blessings also. I am offering you these wonderful flowers called Hydrangea or Hortensia. Back home in the Philippines, we call it million flowers due to its many petals.


Hydrangea flowers are produced from early spring to late autumn; they grow in flowerheads (corymbs or panicles) at the ends of the stems. In many species, the flowerheads contain two types of flowers, small fertile flowers in the middle of the flowerhead, and large, sterile bract-like flowers in a ring around the edge of each flowerhead. Other species have all the flowers sterile and of the same size.

a pink Hydrangea or Hortensia.

cacti in a garden center nearby. I have some in our home too!

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Just Our Garden

This is just a part of our garden. For now you cannot see any flowers outside because it is winter season. When spring comes, I know I will be seeing again some flowers especially the tulips. I planted more last autumn time and can't wait to see it. Our garden will also have a new look this year because we did some changes in it.

You can here some roses, cosmos, gumamela or hibiscus, poppy peridot, gladiola, lavender and many many more.

a part of our garden taken last year.

Red Geranium, Pink Roses and What's the Yellow One?

It seems that the weather today is not so friendly. I heard over the radio that the streets and highways in Bavaria, Germany were very icy and slippery this morning, thus caused some car accidents to some drivers. Be careful especially to my friends around in Bavaria.

I found again some flowers in my External Hard Drive. I know I have lot of them especially the ones taken from our garden. I just have a bit difficulty in trying to find it in my EHD because until now I still don't have the time to arrange my flower files. I know one day I can find time to fix and arrange my picture files.

Here are some flowers from our garden. I hope to see them again in summer. I need to plant the others again because they won't come back after winter time like the red Geranium here.

red Geranium in our garden from last summer.

I guess this flower belongs to Asteraceae or Compositae family...it has two visitors at the same time.

Pink rose looking on the cloudy day..will see them again this spring time!

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Flowers and More Flowers

How's your Saturday peeps! I hope you had a fantastic one. I am thankful after feeling better from a bit headache. I guess this was caused by a visitor who always comes monthly to me. Thanks goodness that I am back to normal now.

Anyway to continue with my post.. I was browsing the picture files from my external drive and found some flowers which I took last summer 2009. I only remember the name of the first flower. This is Dahlia.

red Dahlia.

colorful flowers in my friend's garden. anyone can tell me its name? I am quite lazy to find it in my list..lol! thanks!

it seems that an alien is trying to sip this flower's beauty.

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Yellow Dahlias in Our Garden

It seems that the author of this site is quite busy for a long time. Yes, she is. She had a vacation in Spain last time, the holiday season, some tasks online and offline and so many things that she is taking care of. She has finally the chance to update this blog.

Here are some dahlias from our garden last summer. I love these flowers and can't wait to see them again next year.

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Dahlias grow naturally in climates which do not experience frost, consequently they are not adapted to withstand sub-zero temperatures. However their tuberous nature enables them to survive periods of dormancy, and this characteristic means that gardeners in temperate climates with frosts can grow dahlias successfully, provided the tubers are lifted from the ground and stored in cool yet frost-free conditions during the winter.

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Fungus, Flower or What?

I saw these pictures some months ago in one of my FB friends photos. It was an amazing flower. The comments of some of my friends in Facebook says, that this might be an alien flower. lol! If I am not mistaken this flower is about 3 feet. There is one picture with children, the reason why I can estimate its size. It was really big flower.

I tried to research what kind of plant is this. If I am not mistaken this is a kind of a fungus. This was found in Green Valley in the municipality of Midsayap, district of Cotabato in the Philippines.

See how interesting this flower is?



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Gladiolas in Our Garden

This is one of my favorite flowers in our garden. These are called gladiolas, also gladiolus, gladioli (plural) or sometimes called the sword lily. I hope to see these flowers again next year.

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the gladiolas from our garden last summer 2011.

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The Pool and the Flowers for my Fave Memes

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The blue sky in Lake Balaton, Hungary and the beautiful flowers. I had the chance to visit this place three weeks ago.

the Pool in Hilton Hotel Cebu in the Philippines. I wish to have more time swimming here. Did you just see the reflections of the palm trees on the water?

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Geranium and the Yellow Petunia

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Looking at the Sky and Nature in Bavaria, Germany

This is a very beautiful landscape taken somewhere in Bavaria, Germany two years ago.


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Wild Flowers on the Walking Way

We always see wild flowers on the walking way. This is true especially during summer season. Since Autumn is coming now, most of the wild flowers are slowly gone. The beauty of nature always wonders me....so as the wild flowers around. See nobody take care of them but they survive. How much more for us when Somebody is taking care of us.

Peace to everyone and always be thankful of being here in this world.

I can't remember the exact name of these yellow wild flowers. I have a book about wild flowers but I can't find it right now.

Seeing the trees, valleys, grasses and all nature around makes me always relax and comfortable. I love nature!

Lovely Butterfly in the Wilderness

She keeps on flying and flying,
Finally, she landed on the grasses
and I have a wonderful glimpse of her.
Such a lovely butterfly in the wilderness.

taken one beautiful sunny summer in 2010 in Bavaria, Germany.

Beautiful Dahlia in our Garden

Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, some like D. imperialis up to 10 metres tall. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants. The Aztecs gathered and cultivated the dahlia for food, ceremonies, as well as decorative purposes, and the long woody stem of one variety was used for small pipes.

Dahlias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Common Swift, Ghost Moth and Large Yellow Underwing. wikipedia.

the beautiful dahlia in our garden. sad to say, it did not survive the last cold winter.

Wet Gladiola in Our Garden

Here comes the rain,
and make our garden wet.
All the plants are happy,
As the rainwater drops.

taken last summer 2010 in our garden....guess i am always late in posting but better than nothing..love this plant..

Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas).