mataji in the garden

we call our granny 'mataji' she usually doesnt come to the garden ever and certainly never puts her foot down on the grass coz one the dogs keep making little holes which can be troublesome and then the cushioning effect of the grass probably makes her feel a little insecure. i would not blame her at 87 for all those imaginary fears.

so here is mataji standing and looking at my garden and the flowers around in the entire house. now we have been in this house for a little over four months and gee...spring is not all that bad here. i counted a maximum of 15-16 varieties of flowers that are growing right now or in the recent past (coz roses are no longer blooming due to my shifting them from pots into the soil)

poppy flowers

i was about to pluck this plant as a weed, when rajesh the gardener told me it was a poppy plant. so now when i see the flowers in spring, i realise what a mistake i could have made.

praying for the safety of the new croton

in my house one has to not only look after the other needs of the plants but occasionally the safety too, as nikki is very fond of ripping things apart. i am sowing at least one of these crotons outside our main lobby door. along with it there is an intention to put in a climber of grapes. Amen!

another color of my rose

now the rose beds are nearly ready, soon we will be transplanting our plants to their new soils. meanwhile here is another that grew in the pots...