London Holiday

My holiday in London was one of the best experience in my life. It will never fade in my memory. I was amazed with the famous structures, historical royal palaces, and museums. It was really surprising because wherever you are in the capital, there's always a park or garden nearby. London maybe the greenest city in the world. London is sure to have the 'kind of green' that you need.

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Clean and Green Environment

Let us keep the environment clean and green. Big things start from small things. If you throw your litter anywhere it could clog up our drainage system and cause a big flood. I suggest that we dispose our garbage properly. And aside from the usual recycling and proper disposal of garbage, I think we should remove the attitude that someone else will always take away the trash. I think we should

Grasshopper

I had an unforgettable experienced about a grasshopper. I actually have a slight fear of grasshopper and I don’t want them to fly on me. The story happened a year ago while I am watching a television in our hometown. It’s an adult green grasshopper that came into our house and was very much attracted with the small insects near the light in our ceiling. The grasshopper stopped about one foot

Coleus Herb

Coleus is also quite popular as an ornamental herb in many parts of the world, mostly due to its large and colorful leaves. Potted coleus plants are often displayed indoors or planted out in the gardens. The coleus plant is eaten as food in many Asian countries, for example, in India the coleus is cultivated in some regions and used in making pickles and eaten as a fresh salad vegetable.

Butterflies

It was difficult to take photos of these lovely butterflies because every time I focused my camera to them, they will quickly fly and hop to another flower.

Purple flowers

These beautiful purple flowers are attraction in a native restaurant we've hanged-out. Actually, whenever I turned around I saw the the different varieties of purple flowers. These fourpurple flowers that I have taken are the only nice quality photos I've got. Some were not really good shots.

Pink Euphorbia

This is the Euphorbia Milii and is also called Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant. I wonder why?

Farm For Sale

This little farm near the Philippine Shell Refinery and located in Batangas City is now FOR SALE. I also heard that the big part of this farm was already owned by San Miguel Corporation. Another thing that caught my attention was those white migratory birds. I only see them every summer. Unfortunately, I don't have a specific lens to take a close-up photos of these birds.

Mango Leafhopper

Mango leafhopper infests the mango flowers and the resulting feeding activities can seriously reduce fruit production via flower and fruit drop. Most of our mango flowers have this kind of insect. The actual length of this mango leafhopper is around 6 to 8mm only.

My Camera Setup:
Model - Canon EOS 450D
Lens - Reversed EF 50mm f1.8
Shutter Speed - 1/50 sec.
ISO - 800

Adult milkweed bug

This adult milkweed bug is an attractive black and yellow sucking insect that feeds on milkweed plants.

Hibiscus Species and Cultivars

Hibiscus is a national symbol or flower of South Korea and Malaysia. When I was young we used the gumamela in the Philippines (local name for hibiscus) as part of a bubble-making pastime. The flowers and leaves are crushed until the sticky juices come out. Hollow papaya stalks are then dipped into this and used as straws for blowing bubbles. In some other countries, Hibiscus were used as

Smallest mushroom

This tiny growing mushroom cannot be easily noticed. I don't have tripod at this time and I had to lay down on the ground just to take a close-up shot of this mushroom.

Red Flowers

Valentines Day is coming and the color of love is "Red".

Fuchsia Orchids

Flowers make me happy.

Clouds - Rays of Energy

It is so windy with strong sun rays and you can feel the energy from nature.

Clouds - Active Volcano

This photo is like a volcano that is exploding smoke and ashes.

My Baby's Yellow Ride

My baby used to ride on this yellow horse toy. She keeps on holding on its ears and saying "horsey, horsey, tig tig tig eeeyah!" Few times she tried riding here, she always fell down but after practicing, now she knew how to balance and can stay on it longer.

Black Ant in Chili Pepper Leaf

It's Macro Monday!

The black ant in the chili pepper leaf.

Aenium Flowers

We were driving back to Manila when I noticed this unique flower along the Tagaytay highway. I forgot to ask what was the name of this blooming flower.

Photo taken January 19, 2008 at Cavite, Philippines

Thanks to San Diego Backroads for the informative comment. Now I knew that this is a family of aenium.

Orchids

Isn't it beautiful? Pretty, violet!

Photo taken January 18, 2008 at Batangas, Philippines