Photo a day – Miles and smiles

POTD: Time check (Four O’Clock Flower)⏰

I have the Pathumani meaning 10 O’Clock plant and discovering it’s counterpart, the 4 O’Clock plant was a big surprise. To know of such a flower’s existence was a wonder in itself !! I kept seeing the bright magenta flowers amidst the green cover during my occasional evening walks, but had no idea about their…

POTD: Lilac vines 💜

They are hanging over our boundary wall from the neighbour’s; thrilled to see it. The colour and the clusters look so very pretty. Lilac comes to mind; on closer inspection, there is also a hint of purple. They are called Petrea, a creeper named after Robert James Petre, a renowned British botanist. The petals of…

POTD: Snake plant in bloom ⚘

The snake plant is seen in almost all home gardens but I have never seen them flower, until today ⚘. It can’t be spring already !? Let nature decide that ! The name snake plant sounds intimidating so I didn’t feel like going for a closer inspection🐔. The white flowers are pretty and delicate looking…

POTD: Purple memories 💗

Purple in winter 💗, the warm colour can dispel any winter blues❄️. December didn’t see much rain in Bangalore; mornings and evenings were cold and windy while the afternoons were bright and sunny ☀️. It was good weather and these plants seem to be enjoying it. The flowers like the sun and the colour is…

POTD: December Light

A wooden Christmas tree and a very tall one at that, spotted inside the building named The Bay, located within the Ecoworld office complex at Sarjapur, Bangalore. It was early morning and we were on an appointment for a health check-up at RxDx located within the premises. At night the tree would be a pretty…

POTD: Maria’s Christmas Choir 🎶🎵🎼

The creator of this stunning craft piece is a postgraduate in economics and is working full-time in a data analytics firm; but art is her passion and she makes time for it. One of her latest craft work for this season – the Christmas Choir; simple, elegant and very cute ❤️ Till next post, take…

POTD: Bird-of-paradise flower 🐝

The winter months have dulled the colour of the gardens around our apartment complex. From my balcony, I can see the that the champa tree (White Frangipani) has shed all its leaves and has gone into hibernation. But near the champa tree a splash of orange has bloomed; it’s the Bird-of-paradise flower 🐝; the sunburst…

POTD: Day out in downtown Bangalore 🚗

Warm sun ⛅️ + cool breeze🌬 + canopy of trees 🌳 + sprinkling of flowers 🌸+ parking space in downtown Bangalore 🚗 = blissful day out in Bangalore 😘 !! Till next post, take care !!

POTD: Day lily 🌼

It was just a single flower; but it’s bright orange colour stood out amidst the surrounding green. Day lily is what it is commonly referred to, I think. Orange for me has always been associated with marigolds (jamanthi) and now its two more orange flowers – the orange Angel’s Trumpets 👉 POTD: August blooms 🧡…

POTD: Hydrangea 🌸

The florets are pretty 🌸; another flower I found grown at the resort Trivik in Chikmagalur. The dead leaves around needs to be removed, it is not a pretty sight. I thought of not posting this pic but the lilac and lavender shades on the small florets are dreamy ✨ and I did not want…

POTD: Purple Allamanda 💮

I had earlier posted the pictures of our Akasha Mallige, the Indian Cork Tree 👉Jasmine tree ❀❀ growing in our apartment complex. Below it on the metal fence, you probably can see few purple flowers. I first thought this to be a hybrid of the hibiscus; but later noticed that the leaves were different. It’s…

POTD: Angel’s Trumpets 🌸

The first encounter with these pretty flowers was on the Museum Cross Road in Bangalore. They were orange coloured flowers on the boundary wall of a nearby building 👉 POTD: August blooms 🧡 But in the hills we discovered two more pretty shades of these Angel’s Trumpets, one was a pink shade and another an…

POTD: Raindrops ☔️

Drops and droplets on the glass window; very pretty ! An unusual rainy evening in Bangalore ⛈, rains and roaring thunder ! Till next post, take care !!

POTD: Blessed 🌺

The hibiscus is so common that it doesn’t get a second look (from me !). They are planted and shaped as hedges around our apartment complex. They seem to have no complaints; they just grow back after being trimmed. The leaves are always glossy and green and the flowers are in pretty colours – red,…

POTD: Glorious sea of magenta 💖 (guest post)

The magenta water lillies are in full bloom as far as eyes can see. They have covered the paddy fields and are a spectacular sight to behold !! And where is this? @Kottayam, Kerala. Early morning is the best time to visit this lovely scene and you can go amidst this bloom in a vallam…

POTD: August blooms 🧡

While father and son were parking the car and figuring out the online pay and park mechanism at the Museum Cross Road in Bangalore; I was drawn to these downward drooping pastel orange coloured flowers on the boundary wall of a nearby building. Why are they facing down and the colour is so pretty 🧡….

A moment in memory: Fuchsia 💕

Some words remain etched in my brain and the word Fuchsia is one in the list. I first heard of this colour from one of my older cousin sisters as she was describing the colour of her wedding sari, the manthrakodi – the colourful sari the bride wears for the wedding reception. The bride wears…

POTD: July blooms 🌼

Three flowers on my Pathumani (10 O’clock) plant today. Yellow flowers 💛. They are probably the easiest flowering plants to grow; they flower practically everyday, pretty little things🌼. They make my day !! I hope to get the pink ones too 🌸 !! This is probably the first flowering plant on my balcony; borrowing the…

POTD: Spotted 🦋

When you have the time to click butterfly photos🦋, it’s a sign that you are relaxed and have time on your side😄. Both are good indicators because June so far has been hectic; more on that later. But today morning was unhurried and so while venturing out to collect the fish delivered at our apartment…