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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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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Beautiful African Daisy, Gerbera Flowers

These are lovely flowers. Gerbera was named in honour of the German botanist and naturalist Traugott Gerber. It is commonly known as the African Daisy. I bought these flowers and planted in our garden but it won't last during winter time. After that I never buy it anymore. Sometimes when I visit the garden center, I just take images of it. The ones you see below were taken during one of my visits in the garden center. I am glad that the gardener let me took some photos.

I wish every one a happy weekend..Be safe always!

Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, two-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours.

Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers.

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See You Soon Tulips

2012 is finally here! For some this might be a great year, for some a beginning of new life, for others a struggle for something..I just hope that this year will be a good one for us. I am only wishing for good health for me and family, love, peace of mind and happiness in simply things. So far 2011 was a great year and I am very thankful for it. I am also hoping and praying that some dreams and wishes will come into reality this year.

So now, let me share you and image of the tulips from our garden. This was taken last spring 2011. I am hoping to see them again very soon. Once again, a happy and blessed new year 2012 to everyone!

I love tulip flowers and can't wait for spring to come!

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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.

I also hope that everyone had a wonderful and memorable Christmas. I am wishing you all in advance a happy New Year!

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.

Have a lovely week to all and a happy and safe celebration of Thanksgiving to our American friends!

the gladiolas from our garden last summer 2011.

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The Pool and the Flowers for my Fave Memes

I am slowly back in joining my favorite memes. I'm sorry guys if I don't have much time for the past weeks and yes even months of not posting for these memes. I will try my best to post as often as I can.

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

It's been such a long time since I miss joining these memes below. Now, I am slowly back and sharing the Geranium and yellow petunia from our garden last summer.

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The Hermitage and Its Garden

This was taken during our visit to the Hermitage in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany last 2009. This is an amzing work of art! We love it!

The Orangerie at the The Hermitage (Eremitage) Castle in Bayreuth, Bavaria. That middle part of the building is the sun temple.

the waterlilies in the garden ponds of Hermitage Castle in Bayreuth

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Beautiful Bromeliads

I love this flower! It is called Bromeliad or Bromeliaceae. It belongs to the family of Ananas or pineapples. Bromeliads are a varied group of organisms, adapted to a number of climates. Foliage take different shapes, from needle thin to broad and flat, symmetrical to irregular, spiky and soft. The foliage, which usually grows in a rosette, is the most widely patterned and colored of any plant in the world. Leaf colors range from maroon, through shades of green, to gold. Varieties may have leaves with red, yellow, white and cream variegations. Others may be spotted with purple, red, or cream, while others have different colors on the tops and bottoms of the leave.

I have hundreds of these before in my garden back home. I only took this image in one of the garden centers nearby.

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Nature Scene, Food and Tulips

What a wonderful day we had today. Yesterday was also a very nice day. That was a perfect time for sightseeing again. The sun is finally shining and I guess in the next days to come also. It seemst that spring is coming soon. I am hoping. Here are some images I am sharing for the beautiful memes that this blog is joining.

the walls in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria, Germany. This town is called the "Christmas town" of Germany because you can see and buy Christmas decors in most of the shops here all year round.

the tulips in our garden from last year's spring time. can't wait to see it again this year. the castle tower near our garden. isn't it lovely?!

one of my favorite foods, the calamare.

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Snow is Slowly Melting

Hello February! Goodbye January! I hope you are having a good start of February. So far, I have nothing to complain. I just hope that this month will be a better month especially for a dear loveone.

Anyway, let me share these images taken from last week. These are winter snapshots nearby. The first image was taken during our walk last Friday. The second one was taken as we drove to the nearby town for hubby's appointment to the doctor.

I love the snow in winter but I guess we already had that much last December. I can't wait till the next spring is coming.

the small river near our place where we always do some walking. notice that small walking way on the right side?

the snow is slowly melting.. It seems that there is a lake forming in here. We had some flooding in the nearby towns and villages two weeks ago especially those who live near the rivers.

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Cherry Blossoms and Tulips

Good evening guys! I am sharing some flowers from our garden. The first one are tulips and the second one are the cherry flowers. These images were taken two years ago. Good to know that I saved them in my external hard drive. Now, I am sharing these flowers to you! I love it!

lovely tulips from our garden.

the cherry blossoms. I hope we will get some cherries this year. Last year, we don't get some because the weather was very cold during spring time.

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Nature Around and Heidelberg City

I got here different images taken in different time and place. The first image was taken during our visit to Heidelberg, a very beautiful and romantic city in German State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The second image was taken in Rhorbach in Bavaria, Germany. Last but not the least, this was taken from our garden. We had a visitor, the cat's neighbor.

Heidelberg — having been a former residence of the Electoral Palatinate in the past — is the seat of the University of Heidelberg which is well-known far beyond Heidelberg's and Germany's borders. Furthermore, Heidelberg is a popular tourist destination due to its romantic and picturesque cityscape's character including the Heidelberg Castle and the baroque style Old Town.

The tower of the Parish church in Rhorbach, Bavaria, Germany.

we had a visitor in our garden, the cat's neighbor. sometimes he is so bad because he pees around our garden. that is the reason why I cannot plant vegetables in our garden.

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The Pink Lily and the Scenery

It's been a long time since I did not posted about my favorite memes. Life is sometimes so busy. From now on, I will be joining these beautiful memes again. Here is my first entry for this year.

Below is a Lily flower taken from our garden last summer 2010.

Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere. They comprise a genus of about 110 species in the lily family (Liliaceae).

this is where we always go walking especially during summer season.
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Roses For Easter Week

We would like to offer these lovely roses to all our friends, visitors, viewers and readers of this site. We hope that you will have a meaningful and memorable celebration of the Easter Season. The Lord Jesus is risen! Happy Easter to all!
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Skywatching Inside The Plane

Imagine watching the sky around 30,000 feet above the sea level? This is it! This was taken during my vacation. That is also the reason why I was away for some time was not able to participate in memes. I am back again and slowly joining the memes I love.
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Skywatcher Starting Today

This site is finally joining Skywatch Friday for the first time. We believed that sky is a part of nature and sharing its beauty to the world is worthwhile doing! Thanks to the Skywatch Team Klaus, Sandy,Ivar,Wren, Fishing Guy and Louise for this beautiful meme. Our first entry was taken as we drove to Burlengenfeld last time.
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