Glory of the Snow

When we moved into our new house

we got a hanging pot of chionodoxa (also called Glory of the Snow)

to adorn our balcony.

With the advent of the rains we get to see

the blossoms aplenty.

Though these flowers are not

sturdy enough to be put into containers

I guess there's no harm in trying it out.

And so I did.

Now on my dining table...they don't look bad at all.

Monday whites

Beating the Monday Blues with some white hues

(wow! that rhymes)

It's the beginning of the week again.

Using the special energy of white in my house.

White Gerberas in an aluminium tea mug in Kerala.

This mug is used in roadside tea stalls

across Kerala to pour tea from glass to mug to ensure a certain amount of cooling.

Carnations arranged in a stone mortar,

picked from Crafters Antique

The effervescent Bougainvillea

The ever effervescent bougainvillea

has always been a great choice for boundary walls, box gardens and flower arrangements.

A little house in Kushalnagar, Madikeri

These thorny vines of the paper flower bloom throughout the year and

is not fussy about everyday attention.

A monastery in Madikeri

But these flowers do make a huge difference in your backyard, pots, decks, patios and courtyards.

Outside the sales office of the Botanical Garden in Ooty.

Recycle

This is an appachatti that my mum had been using for more than two decades.

Now she got herself a new one and so I get to keep this, for floral decoration.