Arts...Travels...Writing

Singapore Botanics is a huge place, and I don't think I've covered the entire place despite having visited a few times. I've posted some snaps of the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden earlier. Today, I was with my fellow photography enthusiasts, and we explored that area near the Tanglin Gate. We started our trek, very early in the morning, from a nice quiet patch behind Food for Thought, and walked all the way, stopping by along a pond, and ending at the waterfalls (I know, I know, there are many waterfalls at the Botanics, and I don't remember seeing the labels). The sun had just come out, and it was not too glaring or too hot yet. It was a pleasure to walk in that kind of weather, a pleasure magnified by the fact that it was not too crowded being a weekday morning. Some foliage and floras along the way: A new bulb emerges as an old one withers In search of a good meal A picture paints a thousand words they say Patience is the na...

We have been living here in Singapore for sometime now but it was only recently that we really had a chance to explore the Children's Garden side of the Botanics - after attending a kiddie party at Jacob Ballas' garden. Some of the sights I saw were too beautiful for words...even a thousand words won't do justice. So rather than do injustice to nature's beauty that side of Singapore, I'd rather let the pictures speak for themselves :-) Ah wait, not exactly...because sometimes I get background noise from Taatu. Banana Heart Summer in the Lion City Autumn doth come here, but only in this little patch A giant, swinging Calabash - almost hitting my forehead Do you know what this flower is called? Please try to make a guess before scrolling down. Someone demonstrating to kids that pumping pressure into a bottle of water will cause it to explode and squirt water up in the air like this Taatu says this is a ladybug...is it? Thank G...