Ixora and India Shot Flowers

I have always been clicking random flower pictures wherever I go. Thanks to Cee's FOTD and Judy's Floral Alphabet Challenge, I get to showcase them here. Both the challenges are an excellent exercise to understand the flower names. I have been going through Google and Google Lens to select the correct flower for the alphabet …

Vibrant and Colorful

Hibiscus flowers are one of those types which look attractive in all seasons. Here are some of the hibiscus flower images from my home garden and around the areas where I travelled. Red hibiscus Pink hibiscus Bud from my home garden Orange Hibiscus from my Home garden “A Hibiscus in full bloom seems as if …

Beauty Everywhere

This week's theme for Sunday stills is Maxed Out Garden #Macros and #Close-Ups and here are my contributions. Everyone can agree there can be beauty in everything, if you just look. Depending on the perspective, everyone can see beauty in different things. Last week, on a small road trip, saw this field of Pearl Millet …

Watch out for the Cannonball

Last month, I visited University of Pune after a long time. A wave of nostalgia swept over me. While some of the areas of the campus were still the same, some have changed completely. However, this Cannonball tree was still the same. Cannonball tree Cannonball flowers and buds The fruits of this plant are spherical, …

A Flower’s beauty

I visited a nursery few months back and clicked lot of flower pictures. Sharing one of those pics here. I not sure of the name of the flower and Google Lens is giving me lot of different names. Do let me know the name if anyone is aware of it. It could be Bignonia, but …

FOTD – Day blooming Jasmine

Cestrum diurnum also known as White Chocolate Jasmine, Inkberry, day blooming jasmine, Din ka Raja(in hindi) is an evergreen shrub. The day-fragrant flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators. It is an ornamental plant which usually flowers during rainy season. A flower doesn’t spread its fragrance. It stays where it is and the fragrance spreads on …

FOTD – Aster

I came across these beautiful flowers gracefully dancing in the sun on my quick visit to a local nursery shop. These could be a varierty of Aster flowers(Google Lens tells me that 🙂 ). Looking at these flowers dancing, I remembered the quote - "The Earth laughs in flowers". Joining Cee's FOTD

FOTD – Bougainvillea

This flower does not ask for attention, still it manages to capture one. Bougainvillea With rainy season in full swing, we get to see gorgeous colors of flowers and it is truly said that flowers are more beautiful in rain.. For Cee's Flower of the day

FOTD – Periwinkle

Sharing today is the flowering plant known as Perwinkle, Vinca or Sadaful in Hindi. Basically an ornamental plant which flowers almost throughout the year. It is a common garden plant in India and comes in variety of colors - Pink, purple, red, white etc. Red Periwinkle There are so many different pictures of flowers and …

Pink is always in season

Here is my entry for Cee's FOTD, Becky's Past Square and Terri's Sunday Stills- The Pink Side. Some of these images are recent and some I have digged through the archives and some I have already added in Past squares/FOTD. It is rightly said that "Pink is always in season.." anytime of the year.