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Floral Mondays :: Singapore Botanic Gardens

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Budding Frangipani

❤ espion

The Singapore Botanic Gardens is situated just minutes away from the hustle and bustle of the city. An oasis in the commercialised, built up island, the pop of greenery and serenity is both surprising and refreshing. Walking through the carefully maintained pathways, it takes some time to reconcile that the peaceful surroundings is just a stone throw away from shopping district Orchard Road.

2 Sundays ago, we took a walk in the park.I’d like to think the kids enjoyed the change in landscape as much as I did. It helped that Jayden was given a chance to tinker with the Golden Half. And I’m rather pleased with the first images from that row. We will go back again I’m sure. There’s just so much ground we managed to cover. I’d like to drop by the Children’s Garden too!

But in the meantime, enjoy the wonderful range of flora and fauna that have been captured by others at the Gardens. Happy Monday!

The Place To Be

❤ jiang

Singapore Botanic Gardens

❤ krishan shah

Evolution Garden- Singapore Botanic Garden

❤ eric

Singapore Botanic Gardens Sculpted Shrubs

❤ scott holcomb

Dating @ 1 2

❤ jonbinalay

Botanic Gardens 5-8

❤ alkanphel

Singapore - Botanic Gardens

❤ toonman

Singapore Botanic Garden 010508

❤ w3i_yu2

Botanic Gardens 100521-5830a

❤ chuan chee

Floral Mondays :: The Butchart Gardens

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8 years ago, the then-boyfriend (now husband) and I went on a trip to Canada for a friend’s wedding. We took the opportunity to tour bits of Canada. We landed at Vancouver and a spent about half a day on Victoria Island. Amongst the sites we visited, we stopped over at Butchart Gardens for a sensory overload.

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The flowers were gorgeous. The landscaping was amazing and the blooms, beautiful. It was as if each flower was trying to outdo the next in putting its best petals forward. The bees were really in for a treat, hovering from one bud to the next. It was almost like a slice of heaven. Well, if you aren’t sensitive to pollen I guess.

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Quite obviously, our fingers went into overdrive. You’d be hard pressed not to. And pretty much every bloom looks gorgeous.

Enjoy! Perhaps, some day, we’d be back. (Looking through these pictures, I wonder about the insane one-uppance for more megapixels. These were all taken with a 3.2 and they look great even in print. Ok, granted, you’d need them megapix if you are printing hugeass images!)

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If you ever have the opportunity to be in the area, do grab the chance to go!

Discover :: Rain

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❤ kellehampton

The weather in Singapore has gone somewhat topsy turvy. Heavy rains leading to floods, and a sad fatality. Rain evokes so many different emotions. Some of them, extreme. It can be hauntingly beautiful though. And take on whatever mood you are feeling.

Always remember though… there is sunshine after the rain. And a beautiful rainbow to boot.

120.365 - Hopeless Romanticism

❤ josh libatique

Rainy Day / 雨の日

❤ catalina olavarria

diamonds

❤ bator horvath

❤ via photobity

❤ cindy

The frolic [Explore #1!]

And the Rainbow Came Smiling Through

❤ rain / rainbow by aron mifsud bonnici

Day 130/365: A Walk To Remember

❤ hien

Sun, Aug 15th - And rainy Paris ... (#1 on Explore !)

❤ sylvain latouche

I do think that the organisers of the Great Singapore Sale would love to make this their poster after the some netters have cheekily coined the sale, the Great Singapore Sail. :)

Floral Mondays :: Green Clovers

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I'll let you take my four leaf clover

❤ kristina

Just felt like a little greenery is needed. No harm that these are thought to bring good luck! No matter what you feel about four leaf clovers, these photos exalt the lil green plant.

Enjoy and here’s hoping you’re having a great week ahead.

❤ kureyuzu

❤ maki via weheartit

❤ dot colon

One Lucky Day

❤ ziggy

10/10/10

❤ annais ferreira

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

❤ bradi wells

three four leaf clovers I found the other day

❤ i sew cute

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❤ josh deaton

Love Fridays :: sparklers!

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This friday I’m loving …

  1. that it is friday, can you smell the weekend?!
  2. that K’s fever has finally broke and I’m no longer hugging a hot water bottle (or what feels like one)
  3. the long weekend (school’s out on Monday!)
  4. all the gorgeous Swarovski bling I looted last couple of weeks
  5. that Canada Post is back in business!

So, erhmm, hang in there whilst I work to get new designs up, the table tidied and your emails answered.

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Discover :: Infinity

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❤ national geographic via sunsurfer; Dhigu Resorts, Maldives

So the school holidays have just ended. But did you go anywhere? We didn’t. Not out of the country anyway. Not complaining, just stating a fact. Like how gorgeous these images of infinity pools are. They are rather inviting aren’t they?

Caution: huge amounts of wanderlust ahead.

❤ Sheraton Moorea

❤ you must create

❤ casa kimball, dominican republic

❤ conrad maldives via quinn & co & forbes

❤ Dugong Beach Lodge, Mozambique via confetti mag

Sunrise at Kandalama

❤ Kandalama hotel, Sri Lanka by adam brill

Infinity Pool Sunset Panorama

❤ Divi Little Bay Beach Resort, St. Maarten by erik ogan

❤ velassa, maldives

Cocobay infinity pool

❤ cocobay by bubbapictures

*le sigh*

Floral Mondays :: Hellebores

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❤ saipua

I stumbled upon a post by Saipua of the hellebore flower and was captivated. I trawled the net for images of the beautiful flower, and fell more enchanted with it. Then midway, I realised, it was also known as Christmas Rose. And, I had featured it last year. Still doesn’t take away from its beauty.

Enjoy a revisit to this flower. With an all new selection of images.

❤  design sponge

Hellebore (Winter Rose)

❤ keith davenport

❤ dear little red house

❤ miss pickering

Hellebore

❤ xray-ism

"Hellebore" that I found out back

❤ hallie

Hellebores

❤ yuichi handa

Hellebore

❤ karen miller anderson

Happy floral Monday!

Discover :: Mail

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Letters

❤ zu

To our friends in Canada, sorry but mail is gonna be mega delayed. I guess you’d already know that Canada Post is indefinitely closed. For shoppers intending to surprise friends in Canada, well, erhmm, you’d have to go the expensive shipping route (via Fedex, UPS, DHL) or wait it out. Apparently talks have broken down between Canada Post and the workers. And we are all just hanging in there. The post office has shut and the mailboxes have been sealed. So no international mail agency is accepting mail to Canada right now.

Still, take time to smell the roses. Mail isn’t what it used to be. How often since you last received a handwritten note? How beautiful the cursive lettering? And how charming to know that someone took the time to source paper, sit him/herself down to write and post it off? Bills and official letter notwithstanding, therein lies the charm of mail.

The tender word forgotten, the letter you did not write, the flower you might have sent, dear, are your haunting ghosts tonight...

❤ kristi

Some romance

❤ iro – ivy

Yesterday's lavender

❤ claire brocato

Vintage Metal Letter Holder Office

❤ joie de cleve

❤ rustymermaid-stock

Vintage Letters

❤ cindy k

correspondence

❤ lou dizon

Day 296/365: The Letter

❤ karenilagan

❤ via studio meez

ps : I’d be out today, spending some time to catch the tailend of the holiday programs. I’d pop in to answer emails on the go but I won’t be making any extra mailruns. Hopefully with school restarting on Monday, life will be back to normal. Whatever normal is!

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