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Wall garden,anyone?

This photo was taken in Holland by my friend Guus.Do we have these containers for sale in Malaysia?I think this type of gardening is very suitable for those who love to have garden in their offices and and thier apartment with very little space taken away.Any comments?Thank you.

 

Discovered new flowers..

While my wife and me walking along The Boardwalk near KSN's house,my wife called me and pointed at the a big tall tree with multicolours of yellow and red flowers on single stalk!The view was awesome!Since I don't have the photo with me,let me share it through my simple sketch as shown here..

Lately,I am seeing more new flowers every week..

Sketch:Tulips field in Holland

About a month ago,I tried to sketch a tulip field I saw when my friends Guus and Marjolein took me to visit the most colourful fields in the world.We travelled from Leiden to Kuekenhof and we stopped some where near the most beautifil tulips garden in the world.I have a field day taking photos with my hosts.Thanks Guus and Marjolein!

One of my hobbies is to take photos of flowers.Now,I began to sketch them as well.However,when I tried to sketch the field of tulips last month,I got stuck.Last night,when I was playing with an apps from AppStore(Paper53),suddenly I got around on how to put in the details of distant trees and white caravans on the horizon and showing rows of tulips.

I dedicated this flower sketch to my dear friend Guus who reads my blog everyday and  who is undergoing a medical treatment and wishing him well on the road to recovery...God bless and take care.

Water fountain display

I was at KLCC yesterday afternoon.It has been a few months since I last visited the once the tallest building in the world.There were too many people and I prefer to walk at the esplanade.To my lovely suprised I was entertained by a nice water fountain display.I hope Putrajaya will have something like these,if not better.

These are good tourism products and KLCC is riding well on them.Looking at the crowd,KLCC is bursting at the seams.Well done but I prefer the suburbs at my age now...

Painted by light..

As I was walking this morning,I immediately stopped when I saw a beautiful tapestry of lights and shadows on the trees,the lake and the ground.It was so beautiful that I wish I could stop the time and be there savouring its beauty forever..When I returned to reality,I quickly took out my camera phone and shot this photo to share with my friends.Subhannallah,all praises belong to Allah,my Lord,Al-Khaliq-The Creator of everything.

Talking about light,it reminds me of this ayat where Allah mentions five times the word "nur":

Allah yang menerangi langit dan bumi. Bandingan nur hidayah petunjuk Allah (Kitab Suci Al-Quran) adalah sebagai sebuah "misykaat" yang berisi sebuah lampu; lampu itu dalam geluk kaca (qandil), geluk kaca itu pula (jernih terang) laksana bintang yang bersinar cemerlang; lampu itu dinyalakan dengan minyak dari pokok yang banyak manfaatnya, (iaitu) pokok zaitun yang bukan sahaja disinari matahari semasa naiknya dan bukan sahaja semasa turunnya (tetapi ia sentiasa terdedah kepada matahari); hampir-hampir minyaknya itu - dengan sendirinya - memancarkan cahaya bersinar (kerana jernihnya) walaupun ia tidak disentuh api; (sinaran nur hidayah yang demikian bandingannya adalah sinaran yang berganda-ganda): cahaya berlapis cahaya. Allah memimpin sesiapa yang dikehendakiNya (menurut undang-undang dan peraturanNya) kepada nur hidayahNya itu; dan Allah mengemukakan berbagai-bagai misal perbandingan untuk umat manusia; dan Allah Maha Mengetahui akan tiap-tiap sesuatu. (An-Nuur 24:35) | <Embed> | English Translation 

A flower...

A flower blooms beautifully even though it grows in dirty water.Just like the fish in the sea-its meat remains not salty...

 

A photo from Floria,Putrajaya

I was there this morning.It is a must visit for all flower lovers..

 

Nice gazebo

I believe there are hundreds of gazebos spread all over the many gardens in Putrajaya.Kudos to the planners and designers but very sadly under used by the public.Here is a beautiful one where I stopped by for a rest after my morning walk.The sun rays penetrating through the leaves make it  looks mystical! 

 Personal notes:

My wife: How come there is no one here ,except us.

Myself:Better that way...we can have all this for ourselves;-)

What a great beauty!

My jaws dropped for a few seconds looking at these beautiful flowers from Holland.Thank you Guus for taking time and efforts to email me those lovely photos.InsyaAllah(God willing),I will try my best to visit you in Leiden next year and then we can cycle to see and take photos of these tulips at Keukenhof Garden and the flower fields nearby.It is very selfish of me to keep these beautiful photos for me only.So,I took the liberty to post only two photos here for my fellow readers to see and enjoy the tulips.Thank you Guus and your friend who took those lovely photos.

Yellow iris

The latest addition to my wife's garden.Enjoy its beauty and have a good and safe weekend to you all...

My group of friends who love photography will do a morning walk around Putrajaya Lake on 1st May,2009.While enjoying our morning walk,we will stop to take photos of anything of interest to us.RV at Dataran Putrajaya.Anyone is welcome.Meet at 7.45am and walk starts at 8am and expected to end at 9:30am and breakfast at a mamak shop by the lakeside.