In My Garden

After doing some readings on photography (and not really successful), I went out -not far-, to the front garden, and took some pictures.

Batavia flower. A survivor of mites and ants.

This one is Air Mata Pengantin flower. I took the seeds from the Mataram Palace in Solo. The seeds grew well at my garden and at my parents' garden.

And then... here comes the roses. I have this rose bush at the fence. It was planted to keep away cats from entering. I have the white, red, and the red batik. The red batik only bloomed twice, if I'm not mistaken. I plan to plant more roses with different colors to improve my bush... haha!











Not so focus, I'm afraid. This reading might help you take more beautiful pictures in your garden.

Colors

Always my favorite

More Adenium

My Adenium Collection

My first Adenium (named Adenium Number One) in our new a.k.a own house is from my father's collection. He didn't give it to me willingly, though. I asked for it from my mum and she said something like, "quick. Put it in your car!" Fortunately, the plant grows well in our house so my father's grudge didn't last long.

Adenium Number One

After that, my aunt gave me four others. Those plants were still young when she gave them to me. They are still small right now but two of them have bloomed once or twice. Their flowers were small and the color was pale pink, not as bright as Adenium Number One. I have to admit, my first Adenium is by far still the best of all. When the flowers bloom, the flowers cover the whole plant.

Hairy Red

A bit unfocussed. Too much wind. *halah*

Pink and Expensive

I'm still wondering why these pink flowers planted in our garden are expensive. Something to do with the color?

Live Bright

It's raining still outside. Been like this for three days now. This is something that can cheer me up a bit. I took this photo in Honjo, outside a book store. I struggled with the flower, the wind, and the passerby who thought I was either insane or silly.

-September 2006-

My Favorite. Always.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Roses are great
I always love you...

Rose is my favorite flower. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to grow one when I am (and was) in Jakarta. Honjo, on the other hand, is blessed with soil suitable to grow roses. The roses in Honjo are thick, big, and durable. I heard that it is also the same in other parts of Japan as well.


The picture of the pink rose above was taken when I went to Hakone, Japan.

Blue blue blue

I have no idea what its name is. I found it around the house. Here in Indonesia. Its real size is really small, but size doesn't matter, does it?

I love it. It's blue! How many flowers are blue any way? *don't say a lot!*

I had a hard time taking a picture of this, though. The wind was terribly hard.

First Picture Taken at Home

Yellow Orchid I found in front of our house. Didn't know the name, though.

Flowers in Disney Sea

In front of Aladdin's house.