Spring Onion Flowers

I have shifted my vegetable carving to my other blog  http://spiceomylife.blogspot.com/.
Please watch the Spring Onion flower and leave your comments and suggestions.

My Garden

Hi friends

After a spell of rains and my hard work in the garden the results are starting to show though slowly...

I am sharing the images with you. Hope you enjoy them.

First custard apple in my garden. The plant may be two or three years old. Way to go. In India custard apples grow in the wild near the villages and mountainous areas. They are harvested by the locals and sold by basket fulls quite cheap on the highways to the people passing through the way. Many a time when we visit these rural areas, we stop by, shamelessly bargain and buy the fruits. They are quite delicious and very nutritious since they grow naturally in the wilderness. No pesticides or manures are used. My mom and my brother in law love them. I do too. But the fruit contain a lot of seeds and eating involves a lot of hard work. LOL!

 

 Chillies grown in a pot. Gives a good crop. The plant is three years old.

 

 Red hibiscus. Actually it is blood red in colour, here the real colour has not come out well.

 

Pink Hibiscus. Flowers quite often.

 

Rose in any colour is beautiful. I love them

 

 

These are I think Crown of thorn flowers .

 

A visitor to my garden. Just the other day I was having early morning coffee in my garden, and happened to see this beauty. I had only my cell phone to capture it. The picture does not do justice to the real one. But I did not have time to rush in and bring out my camera.

 

This is the nest of a small bird. It had chicks in it. We discovered this in our potted palm quite by chance, built between two leaves. The birds abandoned it after some time when the chicks flew away and I cut off the lower leave to get a better view.

I have come across many a nest in my garden but could not photograph them as I dont want to disturb the residents there.

Its nice to know that I have some chirpy birds nesting in my garden. Hope I get some pictures of the little ones though.

Jewellery

Which woman does not like jewellery? We gals always have a thing for all such things. I don't much like to wear heavy ones. Most of the times I don't bother much with jewelery unless I am attending some weddings or other such ceremonies. But then I am interested in just admiring the jewellery pieces, designing them and updating myself on various new designs, fads and fashions.

Indians of coarse love gold. I am not going to talk about the traditional or jewellery made of precious metals which are quite costly. With gold touching the all time high price, I just don't understand how we can afford it.

Here are some Pearl sets. The pearls have been stringed with nylon wire. The pendants and ear rings are made of silver in the first one.

Here too the pendants and ear rings have been made of silver but plated with gold. You can see the corals and other coloured stones in the pendants and ear rings.

Any way I am going to show you some of the jewellery made from other materials, which are not only, beautiful and affordable but also quite unique.

This is made of terracotta. This is from Indonesia. Brought it in one of the world fairs. I love this simple design.

This is made of clay from Indonesia. I love the leaves. Goes well with dresses of greens and browns.

Now these are the terracotta necklaces from India. See the earrings and pendants of the same design. One of them is Swastika and the other is Ganesha. But I could not capture the details of the pendants or ear rings clearly. I am not a very good photographer even with a digital camera.

These ones below are made of jute and wooden beads. These are from Bengal India. There are many beautiful deigns in a variety of colours.






Now here one of the above is made of marble chips. These are from India. There are so many shades available in marble chip jewelery . The other one is made of stone beads and marble pendant. Again from India.

Some more beads of semi precious stones and marble chip jewelry below from India.Look at the lovely rainbow colours to match various colours of our dresses.

This is made of some black metal. These are tribal designs from India.

These ones below are made of silk thread. They have bangles and ear rings along with the necklace.These are from Rajasthan. Aren't they lovely? These can be custom made to match the colourful and rich silks one wear for parties and marriages.

I have still so many to share with you all. But need to photograph them. Will share with you some other time.

Please do leave your comments. How  have you felt after looking at some my collections? Please let me know...

Cheers....