Dec 18, 2008
You've got that "cheery" feeling
18 days since we brought from the nursery, thriving calibrochoa despite rainy season and approx. 4-6 hours of sunlight. I'm delighted receving its continuous blooms even after I had it divided into 3 pots. Its colours brings the kind of cheery feeling when strolling in the garden. It blooms better when facing west as compared to a pot-stand facing north.
From top: Northwest corner window-sill (1st & 2nd); Southwest corner window-sill.
Lastly, North-facing next to our main door. When faded bloom fell, leaves behind a black hollow dot in middle. Kind of cute, like a tiny-black-face on a green starfish! ;-)*cheery feeling: bright and pleasant; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" (wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn) / showing or suggesting good spirits (thefreedictionary)
Update on 03/02/2009; This plant has not re-flowered since to my disapointment. Perhaps I need to relocate them for full sun throughout the day.
Place them in full sun, shade will severely limit the number of flowers. Superbells are self cleaning, you do not have to pinch off spent flowers. It can take the heat of hot southern summers making it a good replacement for petunias, and they can be perennial in zones 7 and warmer. www.shelbylandscaping.com/html/calibrochoa.html; http://www.naturehills.com/product/trailing_rose_superbells_calibrachoa.aspx
Going Gets Tough, Tough Gets Going
Cement blocks in our yard. What a surprise when my hubby lifted the fallen blocks to find little frog pinned underneath but still alive!
It must have been there for many hours. And we suspect that it was a stray cat's handiwork.
Frog saved by the block ;-P
After 3 months from the nursery, an episcia bloom.
We had a garden maintenance a week ago. Landscaper accidentally knock this pot-stand over. Poor Episcia hit hard on the ground.
The next day, I noticed there were broken stems hanging loosely - I managed to salvage half of it and re-potted. Suddenly I become an Episcia grower. [Updated May-1,'09]
I did some pruning and removed dead leaves. Thankfully our (only) episcia plant survived, show & tell with a striking red bloom. A knock to life!
Dec 16, 2008
10 days to Christmas !
A Stuffed Turkey!
A Mistletoe!
A Decorated Tree!
for many merry faces .. ;-)
As we journey through Advent - this weekend, to contemplate on the anticipation of the coming Christ. A papal quote that for this season, the Church is called to be hope, for itself and the whole world.
My thoughts - 2008 brings the good and the bad, ups and downs; not forgetting major changes; awakening in our faith, politics, racial issues, world economy, natural disasters. Of the many things we took for granted, we learnt to care, empathise and outreach. And as the year ends, "we hope" for happier tidings to come; while we anticipate the coming 2009.
Have a Merry Christmas week because - "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." Jim Rohn
We hope this Christmas enriches your life;
May each day be happy and bright,
Overflowing with pleasure and love;
May your Christmas be filled with delight.
By Karl Fuchs
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