Concrete Jungle

File under: "The things you find when you're not looking."

Was walking along the concrete pavements of 13th Avenue, and chanced upon this beauty:

It's so refreshing to see so many flowers and so much vibrant colours in least expected places. It's a nice breather from all the hustle and bustle of city life.

Wish they had more trees like this in our area.

Flowers of March

Yes, yes, I know. The original song is "Waters of March."

But this isn't about water. This is about this pretty installation that they placed at The 30th Ayala Mall.

It's a cascade of bright and colourful flowers that makes me smile whenever I enter the mall. It's so bright, spirited and beautiful, and it really gives you that "beauty of nature" feel. (Even if the flowers are all artificial.)

Despite that little hitch, this mall is definitely blooming!

The ROYGBIV Project

While we were at Showakinen Park a month ago, Mark was so inspired by the colors he saw in the park that he launched his "ROYGBIV Project" on the spot. His objective was to take a photo of me along with flowers that correspond with the ROYGBIV colors. 

And after roaming around the park for a few hours, here's what we came up with:

I think all our flower bed hopping paid off. The results were truly colorful.

Post card pretty

Once, while I was talking post card-type photos, Mom told me: "If you're just going to take pictures that look like post cards, then just buy a post card." I guess Mom isn't a huge fan of still life. Harhar.

After that, I've tried avoiding taking those types of shots. That was until last week when I saw this wonderful vista created by the bright blue sky and cherry blossoms in bloom.

Spring in Japan really is pretty.

By any other name

After meeting with my florist on a wedding I'm organizing this December, she gave me a cabbage rose that she imported from Europe.



Unlike the usual cabbage roses, this one really looks like a cabbage. As in, the vegetable! All you need to do is step back, and you'll know what I mean.



If you look at it from the side, it looks like your regular, green, leafy vegetable. It looks like it. And it smells like it, too. If you don't tell people what it is, they'll most likely put this flower in a salad bowl and not in a flower vase.



On my way home, people kept on asking me what this flower was. I even heard remarks like: "Ano yung hawak niya? Repolyo?"


Well, I can't blame them. This cabbage rose does look like the love child of a cabbage and a rose.

But hey, it's still a rose.