Month: October 2013

Bonsai

I am an avid fan of Bonsai so I took a little course of doing it when I was in Okinawa. I took this pictures of Bonsai plants of the Masters. I remember my teacher told me to take Ikebana class, the art of flower arrangement, instead. In Japan the art of Bonsai is for…

Water Chestnuts

Water chestnuts are synonymous to Chinese cuisine. They are the ones that makes water chestnuts popular all over the world except we only see them mostly in cans. Once in a while you will see them in Chinatown but you probably will not recognize it because they look like the corms of certain flowering plants…

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Lavender Field

This is a picture of the lavender field in Maui I took sometime ago when I attended the wedding of my nephew in Lahaina. It was the perfect opportunity for me to be close to my favorite herb of all, the lavender. Lavender is the most popular herb I know. Not only the flowers smell…

Green Gecko

I call this green gecko just to differentiate it from other species of geckos. I know they have several but this one is supposed to be a gold dust day gecko ( Phelsuma Laticauda). As the name implies, they are the day type of geckos or what they call diurnal. Most of the other geckos…