Here are the beautiful vincas in the garden. Vinca periwinkle, common flowering plant around and considered as wild plant.I’ve photographed these flowers last summer and it’s not fully complete yet, just a few of vinca varieties.
Impatient rose is a Floribunda, it is fragrant and deep bright pink. It looks like the Hybrid Tea. The glorious bloom i never miss to photograph the first flowers appeared in the morning.
3 Beautiful photos of Impatient Roses
A beautiful old church with an architectural masterpiece during the Spanish era, carefully preserved and restored up to the present. If you look from the distance, the exterior and interior design was great. The interior design, it’s truly a work of art. As far as I can remember, it was Holy Week when I took these photos, it was Maundy Thursday.
Pink Gumamela (Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis Flower) on a partly shady and sunny location, it shines like a jewel in the dark.
Yesterday was a foggy morning but today, I was awakened to a bright sunny morning and more brighter when I saw this monarch butterfly. I was surprised to see a butterfly landed on a cove flower. The white wall seemingly helps emphasize the dotted colors of the butterfly.
It’s a transition from dry to rainy season. Summer ends and rainy season starts, there’s a great change in temperature from day to night, it’s hot in the morning although the afternoon brings slow showers to make surroundings bit cool. In our area, the skies are clear but when night comes, we experienced occasional rains and thunderstorms. I really hate the flash of lightning and growling thunder, the rain coming down so hard, I could barely keep my eyes open and stand up to close the side window. Disturbing huh!
There’s also a sudden change of schedule, I missed my summer activities. Outdoor photography is more limited nowadays because dark clouds are forming early in the afternoon but I can go on activities in the morning and stop in the afternoon. Sometimes, if you experienced too much rain and ground is messy wet and slippery, you’ll miss summertime, I would also be missing the sunset snaps too.
After the strong winds and dark clouds, the rain comes. I took these raindrop photos in the morning, just as after the downpour.
Just as summer is the best time to do all outdoor photography, the warmth from the sun makes surprisingly comfortable when it comes to outdoor activities. Earlier,I stored more photos to my folder, all those interesting snaps taken last summer such as; sunset, beautiful landscape and wildlife which is tough to handle because of the bug bites and few blisters, it’s alright! All photos stored up here is already sufficient to ensure continuous posting for a month, I need not to worry about my blog photos anymore.
The dry land flakes last summer. I hate to see dry lands..
Maintaining your own garden and plant your own desired flowering plants, all those various gardening works and efforts will rewards you with colorful blooms. One choice which is good in the garden is Lantana.
Lantana– has a woody shrubs and rough leaves with brightly colored flowers. Many varieties such as ;pink,violet,white,yellow,light red and the combination of 3 colors in the same clusters.Just like the sunflowers,they grow in full sun.Good as floorer,patio display,hanging and window baskets.
Different Colors of Lantana Flower
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Collecting seeds from sunflowers is fun, much more if you see them growing in your own garden. Last summer, I’ve collected few seeds of sunflowers in Tagaytay garden. What I did, I separated seeds from the pods and spread it in a dry place under the sun to give them time to dry. A week after, I stored them in a container waiting for my free time to plant. I’ve planted them on the corners of the garden, some on the borders. A month after, It’s nice to see the first bloom of the hybrid variety.What a beautiful sunflower! Sunflowers, they prefer full sun and grow in any kind of soil. Our soil in the garden is quite dry and rocky still, the sunflowers can withstand the high heat, they are really tolerant of heat and drought.
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What is this fly doing here? Is it considered as a pollinator? maybe …
Varieties of pumpkin are many, their shapes, color and sizes are different that may be used for home decoration and Halloween accent.