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

Pretty in Pink

I am giving centre stage to one beauty today who has been a perfectly delightful performer in Mygardenhaven, my diva, the pink hibiscus!

This is my pretty pink prima donna  all dressed up in her finery and flaunting her pretty frills and finery in my garden. This close-up of the pink double-petalled hibiscus is dedicated to Laura at Macro Friday, Tootsie at Fertilizer Friday, Sandra at Today's Flower and  Beverly at Pink Saturday.

Isn't she lovely?


The prima donna imagery I am using for this hibiscus inspires this haiku which I dedicate to Haiku Heights for the prompt, 'Poison'

beauty is a curse
fawning jealousy veils
  poison  in each smile

My Cherie Amour

Today's flowers are from my  collection of Unforgetttable Blossoms from my New Zealand Springtime Romance. These are my favourite pink blossoms from the previous spring. These pink beauties were encountered in different parts of New Zealand. Yes like the proverbial sailor, I had left behind a blushing flower in every port!


Oh I was lucky enough to see my cherie amour, Cherry Blossoms in the North Island and down in the South Island as well.

It makes my heart flutter just to see this beauty!

Just love that pattern of print on the ground...even the shadows cast are beautiful.

I'll miss this a lot !

We'll meet again, my cherie amour, in another spring, maybe in another country, but till then, I'll see you in my dreams.

 Dark sighs of  yearning 

 printed patches on the ground

  pink petals drift in dreams

Go on and have a good time at Today's Flowers, Shadow Shot, Pink Saturday, Haiku My Heart

  

  

Agapanthus - the African Lily

For Haiku Heights

Prompt:Command

Lily white petals, pure

Softly bend in the breeze

A mother's command

For Macro Friday, click here.

For Macro Flowers, click here.

For Haiku Heights, click here.

For Haiku my heart, click here.

For Today's Flower, click here.

For Straight Out Of The Camera, click here.

To the hosts of the above memes, thank you for all the weeks of fun you give to me.