Twigs + Blue Sky

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.
~Kathe Kollwitz~

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A very beautiful morning in Cagayan de Oro City today. Let's start the day with all smile! 

Have a Happy Friday!

SkyWatch Friday

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Oh My Cacti!

Last Sunday Hubby and I went to plants and flowers gardens located at the West Bound Terminal in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City with main purpose to buy garden soil, because we wanted to re-pot the flowering plants that we've bought at Lim Ket Kai (will be posted soon).

While exploring the area I landed in a garden with a lot of orchids that were flourishing with colorful flowers. I was so attracted with them and decided to enter the garden, curious what more it offers. To may surprise the garden was bigger than I expected and inside it has a vast collection of cacti. Yep! there were lots and lots of cacti displayed that definitely made me awed! 

From large to small potted cacti of different shape and form, they were all there. I wanted to take home one or two of the cacti, but hesitated because hubby will surely disagree. I already tossed P1000.00 a day before for gerberas, stargazers and malaysian mums, enough na muna yun!

 

I wonder how much they were, I never bothered asking, mahirap na! 

I settled in photographing them instead, regretting not having my DSLR with me I could have taken more high resolution and clearer photos. Aarrgh!

Next time, I make sure to bring her along with me when I visit the garden. After all the owner was nice enough to let me take pictures, I'm sure she will let me take some again.

Photos taken using Samsung Galaxy S2 Smartphone.

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Water Fountain at SM

While rain is still devastating parts of Metro Manila and some Luzon provinces brought about by the southwest monsoon (habagat) intensified by Tropical Storm “Maring”, the Southern part of the Philippines particularly in Cagayan de Oro is luckily experiencing bright sunny day today. Although "Maring" had left the Philippine Area of Responsibility, still rain continues to pour. I hope and pray that our kababayans in the Metro and in Luzon will stay safe. 

Meanwhile, I'm sharing to you this water fountain located at SM Rotonda. I seldom see the fountain working but last Sunday because of the SM "3-Day Sale", it was showing its grandest. 

Sorry for the "not so" bright photo, because I only have with me my smartphone and that time it has a low battery life "sad" :(.

Water World Wednesday

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The Lilium Stargazers

Yesterday I got to meet these lovelies at Lim Ket Kai, where plants and flowers are displayed and for sale as part of the Cagayan de Oro City Fiesta Celebration on August 28. Hubby and I happened to passed by at the area after my appointment with the doctor and saw a lot of beautiful flowering plants displayed including gerberas, orchids, mums and pretty large blooms of stargazers. Accordingly, most of the flower plants on sale came from Davao City.

 

Lilium Stargazer is a hybrid Oriental Lily and are known for its fragrance. Stargazer was created in 1974 by by Leslie Woodriff, a lily breeder in California. This cross breed lily was named Stargazer because the bloom faces toward the sky.

Stargazers are available in pink and white, white and yellow colors. I only saw two colors yesterday but the vendor told me that there were yellows but were already sold out.

 

I wanted to buy the full grown plant with blooms but it cost about P350 (approx. $8.0) per plant, too expensive for me. So I settled getting the seedlings instead at P75 (approx. $1.7) each. 

I bought the pink and white, white and yellow seedlings and hoping to grow it well and soon watch them bloom in my front yard.

Today's Flower

Macro Monday

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Zamboanga's Best: Curacha

Two weeks ago, I, together with my boss + 1 colleague went to Zamboanga City (which is also my hometown) for a business trip. Even before the scheduled trip the two of them had always talked about trying out the well-known Curacha in Zamboanga. Of course, as one of the locale in the only Latin City of Asia suggested for a lunch at Alavar Restaurant. 

   

from my instagram

Curacha (not the babaeng walang pahinga) is actually a local Chavacano name of a crustacean with cross breed of large sea crab and lobster characteristics.  Also known as the spanner crabs or red frog crabs, and are only found in the deep waters of Jolo. The Tausugs of Jolo call these sea creatures as “Kagang Pamah”, it has red-orange color which stays the same even when cooked. 

There are different ways to cook Curacha but the best one I tried is the "curacha with alavar sauce". Just like what we devoured at Alavar Seafood Restuarant in Tetuan, Zambonga City, at P700-P1000 per serving (defending of size) and is already goof for 2-3 persons.

I also remember my big brothers made the same dish when we visited them years back in Zamboanga City, we just bought the crab at the flea market and cooked it with the alavar sauce. Yep! Frozen “alavar sauce” are also sold per kilogram, so you can enjoy the same dish at your very home.

Food Trip  Friday

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InstaPic: HP Year of the Snake Flash Drive

Finally! I made used of the P1000.00 voucher given to me by Lazada last month after writing an article for them.

Last week I placed my order thru their website. Followed the instructions on “how to use the voucher” emailed to me by Lazada, three days after the package arrived on our doorsteps.

 

 

Curious what I got? 

An HP 32GB USB Year of the Snake Gold Design mobile flash drive! Woot hooo! 

A special edition flash drive with eye-catching snake design that said to give good luck to whoever uses it. Hmmm.. I hope so hehehe

With a price tag of P1,059.00 that means, I only paid P59.00 when the item was delivered. And so far this small item is doing great and I'm giving it to my one and only husband. :)

Shopping with Lazada is really convenient.Visit the their website and make use this  PHP 300 Discount Voucher code: LZDbrDgr for A MINIMUM WORTH of P3000 PURCHASE.

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Peach to Pink Flower

Brought these flowering plant from Bukidnon last March. I do not know how her name, but the blooms are considerably pretty. I thought it will not survive in the extreme heat of the city, but it did as long as I maintained her place in a shady area in our front yard.

If anyone knows her, I hope you'll let me know.  For now I'll call her the "peach to pink flower", because the petals are of shade near to peach and light pink.

Today's Flower

Monday Mellow Yellows

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