Garden Affair : Makar sankranti

 Its festive time in India Makar Sankranti which is a mid winter festival dedicated to Sun God  is celebrated every year during the mid of January in the Northern part of India . It marks the end of Winter Solstice  and start of new Agricultural year when sun moves northward called 'Uttarayan'. This transition of Sun is significant to bring warmth, energy and life. 

                                In Northern India it is celebrated by Flying kites, preparing traditional sweets and taking holy dip in holy rivers. Flying kites is an ancient practice on this auspicious day   considered   to be a way of showing appreciation and gratitude to God for  our Good health.

                                                    Kite flying on Makar Sanranti     

While Northern part of India celebrates Makar Sankranti Southern part of India celebrates Pongal which is a multi day festival that spans for  four day celebration , there is a traditional pongal dish which is prepared with newly harvested rice, jaggery and milk.                                                

Pongal decoration 

Pongal is a hindu harvest festival that celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of the new harvest season. It is celebrated by the southern region of India especially Tamil people and around the world.                                                                                                

                                                                                             

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Drizzle weather

 The weather right now is foggy, its drizzling . The concurrent rains from last week had lead to drop in temperature with absence of sunlight it has been challenging to peep out in the Garden .

The wait for spring seems longer as weather forecast doesn't  augur to see weather condition improving till next fortnight. Meanwhile the dreariness in garden is broken off with the presence of  blooms of Tagetes lunulata .

                                          Tagetes (red marigold )

The consistent blooms on Coral Jasmine and Bauhinia Purpurea from last month is a candy for my eyes daily

                                                                                          

The last few days  for chrysanthemum blooms 

                                                               

It was pleasure to spot Rufous treepie frolicking around in my garden

                                           I spotted it first perching on my plumeria tree 

                                    It kept on flying and perching from one to another tree 

Finally it came close to pose for a macro shot 

                                                                      

Garden Affair : Recap 2024

 Today is the 7th day of  the Year 2025 , so here when I look back to the past year these  are some of the posts from each month  worth remembering  from the last year 

                                     " Every new beginning comes

                                      from other beginnings end. "

                                                                     - SENECA

January

                                                     Foggy Mornings 

                                                           

   February      

                                                                                                   

               Growing saffron at home(Here's my detailed guide to Grow saffron at home )

                                                                       

March                                                                                                                                       

                                                            Spring has arrived

                                                                      

April 

                                                     Harvest from the spring

                                           

                                                                 

                                            

May

                                                                  Baby Sun rose 

                                                           

June                                                                                                                                           

Awaiting for monsoon 

JULY                                                                                                                                        

Arrival of Monsoon 

August

                                                         Mexican Aster 

                                                        

September                                                                                                                        

Weeds or Medicinal plant

October                                                                                                                                     

Monsoon Harvest 

November                                                                                                                        

Landour 

December                                                                                                                  

Plants to control pollution 

                                                       

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Garden Affair : New Beginning

 Is it really  a  new beginning at the first day of January and why do we need to wait for first January to start something . It is just change of Calendar or do new year  actually bring relevant change in your life. It depends upon us eventually. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS !

                                     " I hope you realize that everyday

                                          is a fresh start for you. 

                                      That every sunrise is a new chapter 

                                         in your life waiting to be written. "

                              

                                                                     

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Garden Affair : Tis the season

 It is that time of festivity on Christmas eve  when winters have just begun and Christmas cactus is blooming in all its glory . 

Merry Christmas everyone 

                                                 

Schlumbergera or Christmas cactus is a low maintenance succulent which can strive through extreme conditions but  favorably prefer low sunlight conditions.                                                                      

Christmas cactus blooming indoors 

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Garden Affair : Chrysanthemums Glory

 December is the well suitable  season for Chrysanthemum blooms in our region . The chrysanthemum blooms starts unfurling at the  beginning of winter and blooms remain intact  for more then a month . 

 

                                                   Chrysanthemums from last years                  

Chrysanthemum plants are easy to grow from cuttings and require care mostly during growing period.                                                                                                                                           

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Cold weather

December is inception of Cold weather in our region . Although this year we are already experiencing biting cold waves in the start of December itself as a consequence  temperature is  dropping up to  single digit at the night time  which happens rarely in the first fortnight    of December .   

                                                                    Purple Orchid Tree Blooming

                                    I cant get over the  paradise of blooms  of Purple Orchid Tree 

I had planted this Coral jasmine plant two years back and now it has been flowering prolifically from October . 

                                          Coral Jasmine 

Dombeya flowering season 

                                              

          Chrysanthemum blooms are unfurling with beginning of Winter season

                                                                              

                                                 

Petunias in my Balcony  Garden 

                                                       

          Marigold blooming season is back                   

These are  the last blooms of seasonal morning glory flowers for this year 

                                                                        

Adenium blooms are still abundant even after arrival of winter season                                          

                                     

                                                                    

Indian Ring neck parakeet  spotted in the park 

                                                              

                                                           When u wake  up  to this kind of  morning