These keep me busy

 My mini jungle that keeps me busy and happy

Pink lady and coleus

Philodendron

coleus and croton

Crown of thorns

Dracaena reflexa or song of India

Cordyline

                                    Wandering Jew; Japanese bamboo and Caladium lindenii

Perfume time

 The current heat wave is stimulating profuse flowering.  Today, I have a intoxicatingly perfumed garden.

Chinese Perfume Flower

                                                                     Murraya Paniculata

 

Friendships

 Some friendships do last a lifetime.  

       L-R, Ir Jenny; Ir Datin Ruhana, Ir Dr Salamah; me.  Picture taken when we visited Datin Ruhana last week. Love these girls, very smart lady Engineers with whom I had the privilege of working in the same department in the 1980s.  

L-R,  Lai Ling, me, Norhayati when we had a lunch meet several days ago.  Love these girls.  They were my classmates in High school in Kuala Lumpur.  Norhayati and me continued tertiary education in the same university locally while Lai Ling studied in the UK.

 

EID 2023

 This year's Eid in April 2023 coincided with eldest son's birthday.

Epiphyllum Oxypetalum

My Epiphyllum Oxypetalum had been flowering quite frequently, this time with a record number of 17 blooms in a single night.

Some hanging plants under my care

 Featuring some of my hanging plants

                                                                          Periwinkle

                                        

    

                                                            Maidenhair fern

                                                                Pink Lady

                                                            Pink Lady

                                                                Tradescantia nanouk

                                                                    Pink Lady

                                                            Wandering Jew

                                                                    Cotton candy fern

Purifies the air and wards off negative energies

I am very proud of the fact that this peace lily plant appeared in my back lane several years ago, probably from seeds brought by the birds. The leaves are beautiful but it has never sprouted flowers, until several days ago. It's believed to bring good vibes and positive energy.  It's a picture of grace.
 

No person will love you like your mother will

 The fate of a mother is to wait for her children. You wait for them when you’re pregnant.

You wait on them when they get out of school. You wait on for them to get home after a night out.

You wait on them when they start their own lives.

You wait for them when they get home from work to come home to a nice dinner.

You wait for them with love, with anxiety and sometimes with anger that passes immediately when you see them and you can hug them.

Make sure your old mom doesn't have to wait any longer.

Visit her, love her, hug the one who loved you like no one else ever will.

Don't make her wait, she's expecting this from you.

Because the membranes get old but the heart of a mother never gets old.

Love her as you can.

No person will love you like your mother will.

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The pink coleus

 My pink coleus display

Her resilience

 What I love most about the Pink Lady or Callisia Repens is the fact  that although it looks so delicate, it is actually very resilient at the same time.  After a bout of snail attacks, my little pink ladies survived  and are looking radiant again.

             

Six + 2 + 1

Epiphyllum Oxypetalum, the Dutchman's pipe cactus, princess of the night or queen of the night, is a species of cactus. It rarely blooms and only at midnight, and its flowers wilt before dawn.   Usually my plant only produces a single flower at a time. In June I was lucky to have 2 flowers blooming at the same time.  On 5 August I had six flowers opening at the same time, followed by 2 more on 6 August and 1 more on 7 August.  A sight to behold!

 

                                             Six blooms on 5 August 2022                                  

Letting go

With a heavy heart we bade goodbye to this young lady.  You have served the family well for 18 years and now it's time to let you go to someone else who can give you a new life and look after you better than me.