Pond Makeover

My little Fishies (they share a common name as there are too many to name individually) had been complaining to me about needing to upgrade their pond lately, so a makeover was in order. Hubby was pleased to get his D.I.Y. skills into practice, and he designed this pond concept that I am crazy about, clean lines and transparency! He used tempered glass, and we now have on our patio a 12ft by 12ft glass pond with a water feature in the centre, and a corner for water plants. Now I can watch my Fishies from every angle...they, on the other hand, get a huge apartment (a penthouse, no less!) thanks to my handy hubby.

Before  

Linking to"
Fertilizer Friday
Macro Friday 
Macro Flowers Saturday
Haiku Heights 
Haiku My Heart






For  Haiku Heights (Prompt: Confession)


confess to the waves
empty the soul of burden
fish glide blithe with cheer

My Red Orchids Rock

My red orchids have been featured before when they shared the limelight with my dianthus in a post about Red rubies in my garden. Today I am pleased to feature them as the crown jewels of mygardenhaven this month! I had moved these vanda plants nearer to where the sunlight could trigger their flowering mechaninism. And it worked like it always does.With vandas, or possibly with all orchids, this does the trick. However, I noticed that their leaves were getting scorched in the process, whilst the blooms were as fresh and as crisp as cabbages in the refrigerator. It would be timely to remove them from full sun, I thought, so, in order to keep them fresh and crisp, I  decided to place them in a safer, cooler environment. Remember my purple orchid post, My Precious molly-coddled purple orchids? They were not blooming because I had put them in almost 90% full shade. That was why only one spray emerged; and that was from the plant nearest to the light. What I've done now, is, I've moved my precious red orchids to that place of 90% shade...oh, did I forget to boast about the FOUR sprays that emerged from two of the three plants? Yes, my FOUR sprays will last much longer in the shade now that they have endured enough sunshine.


Here they are, introducing my ravishing red orchids!

A Tribute To Nature's Gift

nature's gift of  life

borne of the soil,

nurtured by the elements

bearing beauty beyond belief

gifts that we treasure beyond measure

lives that we tend to, 

lives that we propagate

proliferate and  pamper to produce

abundance

abundant sustenance, feasts for the table

abundant inflorescence, feasts for the eyes

that is nature's gift so valuable

 a  blessing to our lives

Linking to:

Mosaic Monday

Macro Monday

Poetry Potluck