Beautiful red at Singapore botanic garden

Red banana tree at Singapore botanic garden and at the palm valley, beautiful red seed thingies in the Palm trees

I am not sure what is the flowers on the left, bur I like the red center against the white petals...

Powerpuff flowers

Red flowers of the Cannonball Tree
My take for

and the more lovely red is here

Singapore botanical garden

Nature note: Some photos taken from a morning walk in Botanical garden last week:



Two waterfalls at Botanical Garden, near the visitor center and Ginger Garden. Well, it's just a small man-made waterfall, but I like the fresh and fragrance smell of ginger there, and a small cave behind one of the waterfall, there are always children play around the area, of course not in the early morning...

Palm valley, a wide open grove surrounded by palms

white lotus at Symphony Pond

The beautiful swan lake. I did find swans here at my previous visit, well they may go somehwhere traveling, I guess, :) I only find turtles, a few of small fishes inhabits this wonderful lake.

...and this white-breasted waterhen was having fun feeding near the swan lake.

The lonely spotted dove

 a cannonball tree full of blossoms

a nice walking path...
enjoy the nature

Brown banan!

Linking to

Tuesday My World 

Outdoor Wednesday

Nature Note

Yellow flowers in garden

a glimpse of the beautiful back yard garden at my recent visit to the Germany

Ruby Tuesday-Red Hibiscus

 

Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), a tropical flower, belongs to the family Malvaceae. It gets its name from the Greek words Hibiscus meaning "mallow" and rosa-sinensis meaning "rose of China". In Singapore, the plant is found in the wild but is often cultivated for purposes such as an environmental alternative to road dividers. Locals call the flower bunga raya or "flower of celebration".

You can find the beautiful red hibiscus flowers easily in Singapore. There are actually trees, small trees or evergreen shrub, growing to a maximum of 10 m in the wilds, were planted in a lot of HDB area, around the playground or in between the blocks. They are too common to be realized its beauty, until one day while waiting for my friend outside the car park, I captured these few pictures…

I would like to share with our Ruby Tuesday these beautiful flowers, and actually we can find a lot of other lovely  and beautiful things in our daily life, but to open our eyes, and slow down our life.

Imperfect Beauty

“Because life is better with a splash of yellow.”-

Bright yellow and ruby fruits, on the broken leaves, the imperfect beauty.
Ruby Tuesday

Life as I see it #2: Aquarium Fish Tank

What do you see in life? I wish to see more of different views in life from different parts of this world. So I created this meme last week. This is the 2nd entry. I wish to receive more entries.
“Life as I see it” will be up every Wednesday pacific time after midnight and will remain open until the following Wednesday. That is simple to join this meme, during the week, you can post anything about what you see in life on your own blog. (It can be a photo, a random though to share your happiness or sadness in life.) So make your post, and remember to come back here to sign MckLinky to add your blog, visit other blog listed, maybe the views from other people life do help you.
I try not to complicate this meme with many rules. But I will appreciate that you leave a link to this blog on your post, You can find the code of “Life as I see it” badge on side bar. Thank you.

Ten posts will be randomly selected on the first Saturday of each month, and be featured on the sidebar of this blog for one month period. This is my way to say thank you to all participations.

Enjoy life as whatever it is.
Here is a piece of my life. Learning something new, and looking forward to create some fun for home. Don’t forget to add your blog list below if you have something to share with me.
Ruby Tuesday: Aquarium Fish Photography continued…

Here are another two photos of aquarium fish tank for Watery Wednesday,  have fun visiting the other participation…Photos were taken using my Nokia cell phone, it is a very bad result. Next time I should avoid using the flash, it may cause a glare off the glass.

Appreciate beauty of flowers today

                                                    Today’s flowers

Does anyone know the name?

I love this flowers with very sweet fragrant smell. It doesn't really matter what the name is, what the family it belongs to…I know I would enjoy a gentle breeze blowing through them as I enjoy the simple beauty found in our nature.

Angel’s Smile

Today’s flowers-Pink lily, lovely angel’s smile. 

Potted plant in corridor

Life is beautiful. I don’t have a big garden, but I appreciate my corridor garden filled with all kinds of big and small potted plants. This is one of them, it is growing so big over the year, already reach the roof. I don’t know what is this flowers, but I like the red and yellow combination, and it looks like small lantern. 
Life is beautiful.  A lot of beautiful stuffs and interesting post at my two favorites Meme-Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday. Yellow and red, the happy color in life.

Macro Monday: Water Jasmine

Thanks to Lisa for hosting this Macro Monday, I have a chance to show off this pretty white flowers which I like so much.

Happy Sunday Photograph

Visit more beautiful Scenic Sunday here and Shadow shot Sunday

Mellow Yellow Monday-Frangipani Flowers

   Frangipani flowers, they are always one of my favorites. Just imagine the fragrance from this flowers, it can make me happy for whole day. They planted everywhere in Singapore, but just seldom people to plant it in their own garden. This is one kind of plants that are ways flowering, easy to take care, and won’t grow too big, pretty flowers with nice fragrance. Why people here don’t really like it. I was told this kind of trees attracted to ghost easily…I was told this kind of trees used to grow in the cemetery… I don’t believe there is so called ghost, if there is a ghost, it should be the one who lives in our deep of mind, the evil of our own, our own human bad points. Every one, as human is sure have some very bad points in deep of our own heart, that is our ghost. Lock it there and don’t let it come out to this world. No matter what religion you have, just to be kind to others and to be honest to yourself. I longed to write this post when I see frangipani flowers every day, on my way to office. Just some though here, you may not like it, but it is mine. Other yellowy things here.

Mellow Yellow Monday-Yellow pansies flowers

Seeing yellow pansies flowers were blooming by the road side, in a cold winter night at a place far from home and all your beloved ones, am I expressing enough the feeling of happiness? For Mellow Yellow Monday I take out this photo, together with all the thankful to God, yes, thanks for being alive to appreciate all these beautiful things in life.
And of course, I want to thank you for reading my blog, thank you for sharing the little here and there in our life.

Ginger Flowers

First time seeing this pretty flowers in my friend’s garden, I was told this is red ginger flowers, belong to ginger family...
We often see this two type of ginger flowers in Singapore. or The Scientific term is 'Alpinia Purpurata'. The everyday term is Tahitian Red Ginger. It produces deep red to light pink flowers. It also called Ostrich Plume and Pink Cone Ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts. They look like the bloom, but the true flower is the small white flower on top.My favorites Ginger Flowers Bouquet

Hoya-Hoya Bella

Hoyas are evergreen climbing vines or shrubs growing to 1-10 m (or more with suitable support in trees). They have simple opposite leaves 5-30 cm long that are typically succulent, and in many species are flecked with irregular small silvery spots.
The flowers appear in umbellate clusters at the apex of 2-3 cm peduncles, with repeated clusters of flowers developing sequentially on each peduncle. The flowering peduncles get 2-3 mm longer with each flowering, and can eventually reach 7 cm or more long; the base of the peduncle is smooth, with growth subsequent to the first flowering of the peduncle is rough with numerous tiny bracts. Each flower is about 1 cm diameter, with five thick, waxy, triangular petals; colours range from white to pink or yellow. They are sweetly scented and produce abundant nectar.
Hoya bella flowers close up image, flowers are highly fragrant
The Hoyas are climbers or trailers with fleshy leaves and clusters of waxy, star-shaped flowers which appear from May to September. Its stems can reach 15 ft or more, and they must be trained on wires, trellis work or on a moss stick. Easy to grow, hard to kill.
Hoya, a miniature species suited for baskets. Flowers 1cm across, comes in bunches of 10 to 15 hanging from along the stems. Bella has been in cultivation for many years and is well known to collectors. Great for indoors in well lit areas. Must be under protection in cold climates. Cut back plant to keep compact shape and habit.

Solar Lights

I like to use Green, Energy Star Products. Every one of us should try our best to use eco-friendly products to save the earth. Instead of normal light, buying green environment products like solar garden light is a simple and easy way to save the earth. I have been searching for the possibility to promote the solar related products in Singapore. But till now I only see a few solar related products are available in Singapore market. Many years ago, my friend even imported some solar operated garden light into Singapore market. But his business failed. Singaporean are still not ready yet to accept green, energy products? Is solar system workable in Singapore? I am looking forward to see more of the below lovely items to be available in Singapore.
Sure to entertain any garden enthusiast is this adorable solar frog light. Light cleverly concealed in frog design will surely be noticed in any pathway or garden. This frogs lazy attitude will be a cheerful sight every time you pass by. ...
Solar address no Your address may be visible from the street during daylight hours, but how well can it be seen at night? Kind of like the moon appearing after the sun goes down, these Solar LED Address Numbers illuminate at night making the numbers easy to read. Illuminated house numbers are favoured by ambulance, fire, police, delivery services, and friends. Numbers light up automatically at night and turn off in the morning. Saves energy and money for years.
Solar path light Light your walkway without having to replace batteries or plug in Lights. These solar powered path lights will add nighttime illumination to any path, patio, or yard. Lights are powered by the sun - no electricity required! These Lights charge by day and turn on automatically at dusk—to light your arrival, greet guests and make burglars think twice while you’re away.